Collective Project: Sour Dry Hop Ale - Passion Fruit And Peach
Collective Arts Brewing

 

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square - part of an impressive leftover menu from their tap takeover a few days ago.

This beer appears a murky, medium apricot yellow colour, with a thin cap of wispy and weakly bubbly off-white head, which leaves very little in the way of lace anywhere near the glass as things quickly sink away.

It smells of a mixed exotic and stone fruitiness, grainy and crackery cereal malt, a bit of lactic sourness, further domestic citrus rind, and some plain earthy, musty, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, peach cobbler, a muddled tropical fruitiness, faint sour yeasty notes, and more understated herbal, leafy, and floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly low-key in its innocuous frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with perhaps a touch of fruit acridity making a minor dent in the proceedings here. It finishes trending dry, the hops co-opting the lingering sphere.

Overall - this is another well-made kettle sour from this weird art appreciating brewing concern. Both guest ingredients do their part in providing a genial and flavourful experience. Worth checking out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate to vigorous pour yields a one and a half inch white head over a cloudy golden body with some fleeting lacing. Nose of peach, slight passion fruit, with a slight minerality as well. Taste mirrors nose very nicely with wonderful flavors on the finish. Very well balanced tartness, nice feel, and overall another fine job from our friends up north in Hamilton, Ont. Cheers!