Squeeze Play: Concord Grape Sour
Left Field Brewery
- From:
- Left Field Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 09, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Small ball at its finest, a squeeze play is a sacrifice bunt that gives the runner on third a scoring opportunity. Fruity, tarty, sweet and tangy - we added Concord grape juice concentrate to our favourite fruited sour to create a grown-up grape soda that your inner child is going to love. Reminiscent of picnic table pizza parties, pool days, and purple tongues, Squeeze Play Concord Grape Sour is definitely delicious.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
355 mL can from the LCBO; dated Jul 22 2024 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a foggy vermilion-amber colour, with nearly two fingers of puffy, foamy, pale pink-tinted head dissipating fairly rapidly. Within a few minutes, it has been reduced to a narrow collar and a spotty film on the surface; some lace deposition occurs later on in the session, as the level drops. Grape juice and red wine on the nose, with suggestions of blackcurrant, grape must and some understated lactic funkiness.
There is some interesting flavour interplay here. Tart at first, with sour grape, lemon juice and lactic acid giving way to tangy hints of concord grape juice. A little sweet on the back end, with grape sugar, red wine, wheat, must and tannin astringency retreating into a tart, acidic aftertaste that doesn't last; instead, tannic grape skin lingers into a fruity aftertaste that reminds me of the real deal. Medium in body, with average carbonation that gently agitates the surface of the tongue; smooth mouthfeel that seems more substantial than the other SP variants I've had in the past.
Final Grade: 4.0, an A-. As is the case with most fruited kettle sours, Squeeze Play Concord Grape is not something I feel the need to drink on a weekly basis. On the other hand, grape sours aren't exactly commonplace at the LCBO, and I think Left Field did a great job on this one. The grape flavours are poppin': the balance between sour/tart and juicy/sweet is spot on, with tannic grapeskin/wine character adding some extra depth. This might be my favourite Squeeze Play variant so far, though the blackcurrant one comes close. Worth trying.
Feb 09, 2025Pours a foggy vermilion-amber colour, with nearly two fingers of puffy, foamy, pale pink-tinted head dissipating fairly rapidly. Within a few minutes, it has been reduced to a narrow collar and a spotty film on the surface; some lace deposition occurs later on in the session, as the level drops. Grape juice and red wine on the nose, with suggestions of blackcurrant, grape must and some understated lactic funkiness.
There is some interesting flavour interplay here. Tart at first, with sour grape, lemon juice and lactic acid giving way to tangy hints of concord grape juice. A little sweet on the back end, with grape sugar, red wine, wheat, must and tannin astringency retreating into a tart, acidic aftertaste that doesn't last; instead, tannic grape skin lingers into a fruity aftertaste that reminds me of the real deal. Medium in body, with average carbonation that gently agitates the surface of the tongue; smooth mouthfeel that seems more substantial than the other SP variants I've had in the past.
Final Grade: 4.0, an A-. As is the case with most fruited kettle sours, Squeeze Play Concord Grape is not something I feel the need to drink on a weekly basis. On the other hand, grape sours aren't exactly commonplace at the LCBO, and I think Left Field did a great job on this one. The grape flavours are poppin': the balance between sour/tart and juicy/sweet is spot on, with tannic grapeskin/wine character adding some extra depth. This might be my favourite Squeeze Play variant so far, though the blackcurrant one comes close. Worth trying.
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