Hasta La Vista, Baby
Southern Prohibition Brewing
- From:
- Southern Prohibition Brewing
- Mississippi, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 16.84%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 13, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Fruit punch inspired Berliner Weisse, loaded up with Guava, Passion Fruit, Tangerine, and Apricot.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Oklahoma
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
CAN: 16 fl oz. Standard pull-tab. Cost $4.29 USD plus tax at a beer store in New Orleans, LA. 4-packs run $14.99 USD at the brewery.
"Fruit punch Berliner-style weisse." 4.7% ABV. "Fruited ale."
AROMA: Very tropical, fresh, and enticing, hitting on fruity notes of apricot, guava, passionfruit, orange, clementine, and peach. There's some lactobacillus sourness and tartness. Fresh wheat and 2-row are neutral, bending to the whims of the fruit. Doesn't seem too sweet in spite of its obvious fruitiness.
Its freshness coupled with its authenticity is fantastic - this doesn't evoke fruit puree or artificial fruit/natural flavor, it actually seems like real fruit.
Aromatic intensity is moderately high for the style.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Smacky and acidic, hitting on all the tropical fruit notes found in the aroma - though they don't taste quite as fresh as they smelled. Soft and refreshing with perfect carbonation. I'd prefer it more sour, tart, and bacterial (it's maybe a 3/10 in terms of sourness), but the soft wheat backbone is quite pleasant alongside the mellow fruits. More of a citrus emphasis would likely play better to the lactobacillus, but this goes after more tropical fruit flavours, de-emphasizing the citrus. Balanced and enjoyable across the board, though it could use better depth of flavour.
Still more acidity would be nice. It's well-carbonated, smooth, and wet.
OVERALL: I wouldn't shell out $4.29 for another can, but price aside it's a tasty and refreshing Berliner weisse that captures some nice fresh fruit notes. One of the better beers I've tried from Southern Prohibition, and certainly what the kids would call skullable.
High B- (3.50) / WORTHY
Aug 26, 2019"Fruit punch Berliner-style weisse." 4.7% ABV. "Fruited ale."
AROMA: Very tropical, fresh, and enticing, hitting on fruity notes of apricot, guava, passionfruit, orange, clementine, and peach. There's some lactobacillus sourness and tartness. Fresh wheat and 2-row are neutral, bending to the whims of the fruit. Doesn't seem too sweet in spite of its obvious fruitiness.
Its freshness coupled with its authenticity is fantastic - this doesn't evoke fruit puree or artificial fruit/natural flavor, it actually seems like real fruit.
Aromatic intensity is moderately high for the style.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Smacky and acidic, hitting on all the tropical fruit notes found in the aroma - though they don't taste quite as fresh as they smelled. Soft and refreshing with perfect carbonation. I'd prefer it more sour, tart, and bacterial (it's maybe a 3/10 in terms of sourness), but the soft wheat backbone is quite pleasant alongside the mellow fruits. More of a citrus emphasis would likely play better to the lactobacillus, but this goes after more tropical fruit flavours, de-emphasizing the citrus. Balanced and enjoyable across the board, though it could use better depth of flavour.
Still more acidity would be nice. It's well-carbonated, smooth, and wet.
OVERALL: I wouldn't shell out $4.29 for another can, but price aside it's a tasty and refreshing Berliner weisse that captures some nice fresh fruit notes. One of the better beers I've tried from Southern Prohibition, and certainly what the kids would call skullable.
High B- (3.50) / WORTHY
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