You Can't Get There From Here - Peach And Passionfruit
Burlington Beer Co.

16 oz. can. Hazy yellow body. Smells of acidic peach. The passionfruit seems to just add acidity. A little bit of pale malt. Tastes of sweet peach up front but passionfruit takes over with sourness and a mineral graininess. Lightly bitter finish. Medium carbonation and body. Nice, though it's kind of a generic fruited sour. Amazing that these days I can say that about a beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can to tulip, the appearance was a light pale orange somewhat golden sort of color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head that slid off at a mild pace. Some lace, somewhat stringy slid at a moderate pace into the beer.
The aroma had a nice settling semi-sweet peach to tart peach skin. Mild acidic qualities. Semi-sweet grassy hop punch. Lactose was super light, seemed barely there.
The flavor was more blended as the passionfruit seemed to come forward a bit more with the peach. Grassy hop kicks back further to seem barely there. Peach is still there, full, sweet and tart. Nicely blended aftertaste of the peach, passionfruit and grassy hops.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine, somewhat low. ABV felt appropriate. Lactose seemed to have pulled down some of the "pucker factor" of the normal AWA.
Overall, been loving these fruited "sour ales" that Burlington does and this one is definitely one of the better ones of the series.

First had poured from pint can, gift from friend, into tulip. Brewed with lactose as part of the You Can't Get there from Here series, this 4.50 ABV Peach & Passion Fruit Sour is reminiscent of a quality fruit ice cream.

 

Straight pour from a 16oz can to an oversized wineglass (Jester King stemware, specifically). At the time of consumption, this can is two months old to the day: “8/17/16 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” is printed on the underside of the can. Hopefully still nice and fruity!

Appearance (4.0): One and a half fingers of crackly, bone-white foam caps a bright, glowing orange-gold body. A very, very hazy one at that. The head dies down at a fair pace, which isn’t surprising, given that it’s a sour beer. It leaves a thin, creamy cap that eventually dissipates on the surface. No lacing to speak of. Again, while this all fits for the style, the beer certainly doesn’t rise above it. Still, quite pretty.

Smell (4.25): Passionfruit is definitely there, with its tropical, twangy funk. Sweet, more mellow peach adds a soft, pillowy background for the combination of passionfruit and tart lacto. The acid is clean and crisp, allowing the fruit to shine while offering a crisp edge to the naturally tangy passionfruit. Peach definitely comes out more as it warms.

Taste (3.5): In contrast to the nose, the lacto is front and center, with the fruit offering background color. Lemon juice and grapefruit pith steer the ship, with only light passionfruit and almost no obvious peach behind them. At first. As it warms, the lacto sourness is rounded and smoothed by watered down mango and passionfruit juices, and as it warms, more peach. Underripe peach, maybe. There’s a bit of green banana-like, nearly starchy bitterness, which is probably where we see some of the malt popping up. Starchy, very pale, with sourdough crisp bread, common crackers, and floury baking soda biscuits. The malt is a perfect support structure for the fruit, though the lacto may have eaten up more malt than would be ideal. Still, it works.

Mouthfeel (4.25): Extremely crisp and dry, with a flash of lacto sourness that transitions into dry, starchy body. The fruit hangs out in the back: the lacto and pale body are never outshone or covered by fruit sweetness. This is most definitely a crusher. Definitely fits the style.

Overall (3.75): This is a very tasty, sessionable sour. A series of not overly complicated fruit sours at session strength in 16oz cans is really brilliant stuff. It’s no “record scratch,” makes-you-rethink-the-style type of beer, but man it’s still very tasty. This particular iteration may be a one-off, but the series it’s a part of is definitely recommended.

Pours a hazy orange/white hue with a thin head into my glass. Lots of bubbles. Peach and passionfruit pop out in the nose. There's also a good indicator of tartness. Passiolnfruit dominates with peach closely behind. It blossoms into a nice, ripe peach aftertaste with the right touch of sourness. Thirst-quenching beer that works well during this hot September night.

 

The beer comes in a hugely hazy light gold, straight up like a New England IPA.

The aroma offers wheat, fresh grains, surrounded by passionfruit and peach juice. A bit of sweet green tea.

The flavor follows with flashbacks to Avery Liliko'i Kepolo. Watered down Sweet Tarts, jumping out with bursts of lightly tart passion fruit, peach juice, a bit more tart than Avery, but still at a medium to medium minus level, a touch stingy at the sides of the cheeks. Surrounded by crackery malts and wheat.

Original rating:
3.93/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
bobv, Aug 29, 2016

New rating and review:
L:
Hazy, small white head.
S:
Coriander, peach, and passion fruit.
T:
Passion fruit bitterness.
F:
Good feel.
O:
Tasty fruited Gose and would have again.

Served on tap at BBC.
Pours a hazey deep golden blonde with two fingers of head.
Aromas are lots of yeast and lots of sticky fruit. Nice aromas here.
Flavor is really nice as well. Layered and complex fruit with good interplay with yeast.
Mouthfeel was very nice.
This beer is the second installment in this line. I really like it, but could go for more sourness moving forward. I liked this more than the honeysuckle berry as it's a bit more flavorful.