Double Mmm... Fruit Dream (Dragon Fruit, Passion Fruit, Vanilla, + Coconut)
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

Purple color. Medium-sized white head. Passion fruit, vanilla, and coconut in the fruity aroma. Perfectly balanced taste with fruity sweetness and mild sourness. Delicious!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance: Pours the color of dragon fruit with a one finger mauve head; a few dots of lacing

Smell: Dragon fruit and passionfruit dominate, with the vanilla discernible and a hint of coconut

Taste: Dragon fruit forward with the vanilla and coconut adding a hint of sweetness; the passion fruit emerges, in the middle, and blends with the other adjuncts through the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A nice exploration of the Far East in a Germanic style

Yeah, I took a while to get around to this but thankfully, Berliner Weisse beers don't change much over time. This one was bought at Other Half and put into my queue as I finally got around to it tonight. Canned on 2/6/19 with "DREAM GUCCI SUIT" written underneath it, this was fun to drink crafted just as well as Other Half's more popular offerings...

Of course, this had a bright and tropically juicy appearance to it that was indicative of the dragonfruit and passionfruit that was quite overt in the nose. Sweet and tangy, the aroma was just like the listed ingredients in this beer as it felt like something native to a region far from here. Prickly pear cactus and starfuit could also be felt on the nose and in the taste with this beer having a bit less vanilla and coconut than I was led to believe. Slick, sweet, and exotic, it was hard to pick out the malt in this as the carbonation was light but not strong enough to scrub the flavors away. More tartness, body, and bubbles would have made this fun but as it was, it felt as much a syrup as a beer when the last sip went down...

Not a lot of booze in this and given everything else that was going on, that was certainly a plus. I love the Fruit Dream offerings from Other Half but they don't quite measure up to their more well-known and popular offerings and a beer like this easily proves why. If they could take something like this up a notch, it would be enough to prove how well they could take on any style and excel at it. Drink this once a a reminder that it's not just IPA's and Stouts that make a brewery worth following...

 

Pours pink/red with mild aroma. Tastes of dragonfruit, and passionfruit. Some coconut and vanilla as well in this beer. Overall a good fruity taste with sufficient tart overtones.

 

 

 

Nearly-opaque fuchsia/guava-colored beer kicked up a brief white foam in a goblet... Featuring dragon fruit and passion fruit, coconut and vanilla, it smelled and tasted like the ingredients it presented... Tart and tangy with tropical fruit up front, the coconut and vanilla softened the blow considerably, and smoothed out the prickling of tingles from the acidity... Not a true Berliner weisse owing to the IPA-like abv, this is exactly the kind of Berliner weisse I would drink more of... 2/6/19 canning...

Vibrant neon pink/red appearance that might pass as a watered down tropical punch Slush Puppie (with a bit of magenta added). Slightly funky aroma like iffy milk; sourdough and lemongrass tom gha pai. Coconut is prominent along with cranberry and green tea. Dragonfruit is hard to pinpoint even though I've had quite a few of power-c vitaminwaters. Then there's carrot and sweet herbals. Texture is a bit slimy, or malt shake if you please. To be fair it's incredibly juicy, but not crisp to match.