Purple Plum
Mraz Brewing Company
- From:
- Mraz Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 10.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 23, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Heavily soured with lactobacillus and finished with Saison yeast, this beer is light, easy-drinking and nicely tart. The addition of heaps of purple plum give this beer an amazing rich pink color and vibrant fruit flavor.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stoumi from California
3.27/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Purple Plum pours a light and hazy pinkish-purple with with a small, loose 1-finger head that quickly dissipates. The smell above anything else is funky, due to the Saison yeast, with a soured aroma, as well as some soured plum. This is the first sour I've had with such a big funk to it. More noticeable in the taste then on the nose. It's a bit tart with the soured plum, but also has a small vinegar component.
Jul 08, 2019
Reviewed by dertyd from California
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The beer pours out a full on hazy light purple color, with 1 finger of pink head, it looks amazing in the glass--------------- the aromas are of over ripe plum and lactic acid, not a lot going on but it smells wonderful------------------- the flavors are of sour candy up front followed by sour plum, purple starburst and light vinegar, the beer has a medium mouthfeel with a smooth finish----------------- overall this beer was delicious, it's a great fruited sour very juicy and refreshing
Jan 12, 2018
Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California
3.54/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - Pours a pink-purplish color with a pink, quarter finger head that dies rather quickly to reveal a mostly barren surface. A handful of small spotting makes up the lace.
Smell - Stomach acid, plum, more stomach acid.
Taste - Follows the nose. Plum and gastric acid. Finish is much the same with sour-like acidity with some lighter plum notes that linger well into the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel - Light bodied with light, bitey carbonation. Dry finish with a sour impression left behind.
Overall - Yeah, the more I drink sours, the more there's a funky stomach acid character to them. Not all of them have it, but this one does for sure. While it's not disgusting or completely off-putting, it's not something I look for in my beers, sour style or not. Lord knows I've had many sours that don't hit that "sour stomach" tone with me.
Jan 01, 2018Smell - Stomach acid, plum, more stomach acid.
Taste - Follows the nose. Plum and gastric acid. Finish is much the same with sour-like acidity with some lighter plum notes that linger well into the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel - Light bodied with light, bitey carbonation. Dry finish with a sour impression left behind.
Overall - Yeah, the more I drink sours, the more there's a funky stomach acid character to them. Not all of them have it, but this one does for sure. While it's not disgusting or completely off-putting, it's not something I look for in my beers, sour style or not. Lord knows I've had many sours that don't hit that "sour stomach" tone with me.
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