Untethered Sour Brown
Lake Monster Brewing

this was hands down the least impressive beer here. its hot on the lacto, seemingly rushed through on the front end, and really flat in the mouthfeel. i thought their berliner had some of the same properties, and i was left with a less than glowing opinion of the sour beers in this place (everything else they made was very good however). this has a cool nose though, a little nuttiness from the grain, and some of that cocoa too, really is a brown at its core. the lacto is past lemony to overly acidic though, and it breaks all that grain down in the flavor, one dimensional and its a dirty intense acidic sour. if it had some bubbles to keep it moving it would be greatly improved, as its definitely light to begin with, so i could see that working better, but its almost dead still, which really hurts it for me. these guys are new enough that i can give them some grace period to figure it out, its cool they are even playing with styles like this, but this is in need of a serious overhaul to be worth drinking as it currently exists.

 

 

 

 

 

Tastes like lactic acid was poured into beer to "sour" it. Not very complex - single note.