Island Sherburps
Alvarado Street Brewery
- From:
- Alvarado Street Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 5.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 25, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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We had a dream. A simple dream really; to find a tropical island paradise, settle into our favorite beach chair, and dive into a sweet, frosty glass of... sherbet. But every time we tried this our sherbet melted in the equatorial sunshine. So we made this sherbet-inspired sour ale instead with a mouthwatering blend of guava, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, & dragonfruit. It's bright, creamy, and lick-the-spoon delicious. No travel to the tropics required.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
4.24/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can poured into an Alvarado Street Brewery Willi Beecher glass
A: Pours hazy golden orange with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.
S: Overflowing with ripe tropical fruit juice, mild lactic tartness, a hint of vanilla, and a little biscuity malt.
T: Juicy ripe tropical fruit abounds, mango, guava, passion fruit, pineapple, and even the typically subtle dragon fruit, all show up, mild lactic tartness, a touch of biscuity malt to hold it all together, and dare I say a hint of vanilla.
M: A little on the fuller side of medium body, moderate carbonation, soft on the palate with just enough carbonation bubbles and tartness to keep it from getting syrupy. That 8% is pretty much completely hidden.
O: This can might win the award for best job of hiding in my fridge, only to re-emerge at the perfect time. I don't think the extra time in the can had any ill effects on this one as it's drinking delightfully after a warm summer day. Reminds me of sipping POG juice with my toes in the Maui sand a few years ago. Hopefully this one comes back again so I can see if it's somehow even better fresh.
Jun 25, 2025A: Pours hazy golden orange with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.
S: Overflowing with ripe tropical fruit juice, mild lactic tartness, a hint of vanilla, and a little biscuity malt.
T: Juicy ripe tropical fruit abounds, mango, guava, passion fruit, pineapple, and even the typically subtle dragon fruit, all show up, mild lactic tartness, a touch of biscuity malt to hold it all together, and dare I say a hint of vanilla.
M: A little on the fuller side of medium body, moderate carbonation, soft on the palate with just enough carbonation bubbles and tartness to keep it from getting syrupy. That 8% is pretty much completely hidden.
O: This can might win the award for best job of hiding in my fridge, only to re-emerge at the perfect time. I don't think the extra time in the can had any ill effects on this one as it's drinking delightfully after a warm summer day. Reminds me of sipping POG juice with my toes in the Maui sand a few years ago. Hopefully this one comes back again so I can see if it's somehow even better fresh.
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