Delilah
Martin House Brewing Company

Pour is bright red with a nice pink cap of foam. Good lacing and retention for a high ABV sour.
Nose is tart cranberry juice hidden behind a wall of sweet/tart raspberry.
Taste follows. Sweet/tart juicy, ripe, raspberries are upfront with cranberry juice coming out afterward. Lemon, wheat.
Moderate, tolerable sourness.
Easy drinking for 10%. Crisp body.

 

 

Poured from a can into a tulip glass
Appearance – The beer pours a hazy deep pink color with a one finger head of light pink foam. The head fades rather fast over time, leaving just a trace of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is huge of a sour cranberry smell mixed with notes of apple cider vinegar and some sweet raspberry. Along with these smells comes some light notes of a graininess as well as a little bit of a funk and must.
Taste – The taste begins with a sour and tart cranberry and raspberry flavor, boardering on candy like (sour warhead like) flavor. As the taste advances, it sours even further, losing a bit of the fruity and sugary sweetness that was present upfront. At the same time flavors of tart green apple and lemon come to the tongue, and with a little bit of grapefruit and some must and funk, one is left with a rather nice fruity and sour taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is light for a brew of 10 % with a carbonation level that is rather medium to slightly lower for a sour style. Overall, the moderate nature of the brew is a nice match for both the high abv and style and makes it a rather easy drinking (in a dangerous way…).
Overall – While I am typically not a huge sour fan, this is a different story. I rather liked this brew. The tartness was a nice match for the flavor profile, with a nice, not overly sweet, nor ridiculously sour/tart flavor profile. Quite tasty.