Park Life Passion Fruit Ale
Bomber Brewing

Murky orange color. Can't see the bubbles rising except for a few fine bubbles right at the surface. Poured a thick head that vanished in seconds, leaving no lacing.

Mostly a fruit scent that is a blend of passion fruit and apricot. Some sweet and sour, with a touch of marshmallow. A bit of fresh cut grass. Swirling the glass kicked up more apricot and a hint of barnyard.

Tart and a little bitter, then the fruit flavors (still getting both passion fruit and milder apricot) kick in followed by a bit of cereal malt. The aftertaste is slightly bitter apricot pit.

Not a lot of carbonation, but it slowly builds to a weak foam with larger bubbles. Somewhat astringent.

The passion fruit is not as strong in this batch as it was a few years ago. At that time I noted that the flavor was almost at radler flavor level while still having beer alcohol level. I liked the stronger fruit in the past, but some might prefer it at the current level. Thankfully the little bit of barnyard in the scent didn't make it through to the taste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance - Pours a cloudy apricot with three fingers of foamy white head.

Smell - Passion fruit, pineapple, fruity esters from yeast, biscuity malts, and light floral hops.

Taste - Tropical fruit flavours, primarily passion fruit and pineapple, along with a little bit of citrus fruit (think grapefruit peel/rind). There is a slight bit of sour/saltiness that reminds me of a gose, creating a little tartness. Fruity esters, malts and hops are there to support.

Mouthfeel - Light-to-medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes with a lingering tartness that provides just a little pucker.

Overall - A creative showcase of the passion fruit in this wild ale format. A nice level of tartness that isn't overbearing and provides a good level of summer refreshment.

 

355ml can - not a lot of info available on the label, beyond the fact that it's a passion fruit ale, FWIW. Memories of Blur's mid-90s suburban soccer anthem come to mind right about now ('all the people, so many people').

This beer pours a murky, medium apricot yellow colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, caked, and somewhat fizzy dirty white head, which leaves some sparse sudsy islet lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of muddled tart tropical fruit esters (passionfruit, I suppose, but with the addition of peach and papaya to the mix), bready pale malt, some ethereal caramel notes, a wee funky yeastiness, further indistinct citrus bitters, and some weak earthy, leafy, and mildly perfumed floral green hoppiness. The taste is bready and doughy pale malt, a growing caramel sweetness, underripe passionfruit (without really knowing it), apricot and peach stone fruit, a still moderated yeast astringency, and more timid leafy, weedy, and floral green hop bitters.

The carbonation is rather active in its probing and supportive frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, only the yeast seeming to come into a bit of trouble here. It finishes off-dry, the hard to differentiate dark fruitiness holding tough, alongside the lingering mixed maltiness.

Overall, this is a lively and easy to put back summer quaffer, with a touch of that, er, 'something', which is why I imagine it was added under the given style here. At any rate, a pleasant fruit ale, from a brewer who is increasingly coming across to me as one who can do no real wrong.

Poured from a 341 ml can.
A: Pours a hazy gold with a medium white head.
S: Passion Fruit is there somewhat strong kind of like a cheap perfume.
T: Kind of a sweet hit of Passion Fruit with a weird aftertaste.
F: A fruit juice feel to it.
O: Well for me its a terrible beer i really have to idea why anyone would buy it or even want to drink it. My rating here is probably to high.

 

Delicious! Beats the pants off Stanley Park's passion fruit beer that I tried at last year's Craft Beer Fest. Smells awesome, great colour, but still tart. It does not taste like it's full of sugar like a lot of summer edition fruit-flavoured beers taste.

 

L: Dark gold colour, very hazy, one inch of thin, white head
S: Passionfruit, citrusy, some pale malt aromas, a bit perfumy
T: Semi-sweet, passionfruit, some grapefruit/citrus, a bit tart, subtle solvently aftertaste
F: Medium body, rich mouthfeel, good carbonation, finish is on the sweeter side
O: Refreshing and easy drinking summer beer, a little too much fruit/passionfruit for my taste