Pomegranate Hibiscus Sour
Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers

Murky orange-tan color with a bit of fluorescent purple-pink when the light hits it right. Poured a short head that disappeared in half a minute. Too murky to see the carbonation level. Left no lacing.

Starts with a light funk, then some unidentified florals and fruit show up. Somewhat sweet smelling in general. There is a hint of a volatile hydrocarbon that sometimes shows up. Swirling the glass kicks up a barnyard that gives way to a generic ripe fruit smell.

Tart with a slightly bitter fruit and floral flavor. Some funk. Faintly sweet. The fruit and floral flavors are quite indistinct, with nothing specific showing up in the blend. Nothing really tastes like either pomegranate or hibiscus. The aftertaste is a quick burst of barnyard followed by some tart funk and then bitter fruit. The bitter fruit flavor hangs around for a long time with the fruit going away and the bitter seeming to get stronger after half a minute.

Started off with a lot of tongue tingling and coarse foam, but this had died down to a mild tingle and almost no foam after half a glass. Moderate astringency.

The purple-pink color was interesting. It showed up in the stream when pouring and in the very edge of the glass. This was somewhat disappointing when tasting it. The flavor was a generic fruit with nothing standing out. It might help to try using only one of the pomegranate or hibiscus. My choice would be to use the hibiscus because pomegranate is usually ruined by any heating processes.