Patrons Project 17.05 Neale's Sour (Purple) Grapes
Northern Monk Brew Co.
- From:
- Northern Monk Brew Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 2.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 04, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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The base beer is fairly true to the gose style, dominated by malted and flaked wheat alongside German pilsner malt and torrified oats which all come together for a full, round mouthfeel. The wort was soured in the kettle for 48 hours before being boiled up with a touch of sweetening lactose and a pinch of sea salt, a signature addition of the style. The salinity helps add great depth and roundness to the beer.
Mid-fermentation, we introduced the fruit at a rate of 140g/l. In total, 8 drums of fruit puree were sacrificed in the name of flavour, led by blueberry and blackberry, backed up with sweet and sour cherry and finished with the dark grape juice. The colour is radiant and the beer is packed full with all the berry fruit flavour you could wish for!
This beer is a tribute to INSA’s assistant, Neale. He’s been through some difficult times, and they always joke that the best way to deal with the bitterness is to ‘sup’ a good ol’ sour’. This one’s for you, Neale.
Mid-fermentation, we introduced the fruit at a rate of 140g/l. In total, 8 drums of fruit puree were sacrificed in the name of flavour, led by blueberry and blackberry, backed up with sweet and sour cherry and finished with the dark grape juice. The colour is radiant and the beer is packed full with all the berry fruit flavour you could wish for!
This beer is a tribute to INSA’s assistant, Neale. He’s been through some difficult times, and they always joke that the best way to deal with the bitterness is to ‘sup’ a good ol’ sour’. This one’s for you, Neale.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
4.17/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours an opaque, purple coloration with a medium, fluffy, pink head. Smell is dominated by the fruit additions, with blueberry and blackberry dominating, as well as some cherry and lactic acidity. Taste is a good balance of fruity sweetness and lactic acidity, with the cherries and grape juice coming through a lot more than in the nose and lighter blueberry and blackberry accents, as well as just a hint of lactose and salt. Finishes with a light/medium tarness and some cherries and grape juicy lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.
While it does irk me when brewers call their Fruited Kettle Sours a Gose, this is still a rather well-done example of the style that is thankfully a lot more dominated by the lactic acidity than lactose, which really stays in the background here and allows the tart berry notes to shine in a rather nice way, with the light salinity rounding things out nicely. Not really a Gose, but a rather well-done generic Fruited Kettle Sour indeed.
Jan 30, 2020While it does irk me when brewers call their Fruited Kettle Sours a Gose, this is still a rather well-done example of the style that is thankfully a lot more dominated by the lactic acidity than lactose, which really stays in the background here and allows the tart berry notes to shine in a rather nice way, with the light salinity rounding things out nicely. Not really a Gose, but a rather well-done generic Fruited Kettle Sour indeed.
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