Miami Madness
J. Wakefield Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloudy orangey yellow body, white head. Smells and tastes exactly as expected but even more potent and balanced: absolutely huge guava, passion fruit and mango with cutting wheat and salt, backed by lemon, cracker and lactose. But here is the thing, I came in expecting this to be underwhelming, but the intensity and depth of the fruit flavor, then met with contrasting berliner backbone is impressive. Feel reflects with tart juice up front, dry and snappy wheat on the back end, lingering light sweet and salty textures is appreciated, though this is certainly a new world take

L: Hazy orange with a slight white head that disappears quickly

S: Guava, mango juice, and passion fruit in that order

T: Restrained fruit compared to what the nose let on. Not a bad thing as I am not a fan of alcoholic juice. Tart lemon and guava up front. Mango on the back end.

F: Light bodied. Dry and puckering finish.

O: Really good fruited sour. A bit overhyped in my opinion though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 vintage

My first review of 2022! Yet another beer from my trade with merpunk1. This one is the highest rated Fruited Kettle Sour on BA, though it’s brewed more in the Berliner Weisse style, but whatever. It’s also currently sitting at #105 overall here, but I’m sure that’ll change soon given all the site updates as of late. Let’s pop this open

Pours a cloudy orange gold with a finger of white head that quickly fades to a thin ring and leaves no lacing

I really like what the guava does to this one in the nose, adding a nice funk. I’m picking up on aromas of overripe mango, funky guava, lemon juice, crackery malt, and light passion fruit

It’s even better in taste, still feeling unique in a world where this kind of thing is quite common. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting lemon juice, funky guava, mango sorbet, crackery malt, passion fruit, and light orange juice. The swallow brings notes of tart passion fruit, orange juice, tart guava, apple skin, and pineapple

A light medium body pairs with aggressive tingling carbonation, resulting in a sharp and brisk beer. Finishes mostly dry and very tart

This is really good stuff, definitely worth trading for. I gotta get my hands on more of these J. Wakefield Berliners

 

Bottle pour at Other Half Finger Lakes in Bloomfield, NY.

This smells like lemon, lactic acid, sweet mango, guava, passionfruit, and citrusy funk.

This was probably earth shattering 5-6 years ago, when nothing like this existed. As it exists now, it's just a pleasantly tart fruited berliner with a semi-restrained fruit character, at least compared with the smoothie overload most breweries are doing these days. It's very drinkable, and you could easily see taking down a whole bottle of it if you so needed to.

This is light bodied, crisp, clean, and pleasantly sour on the finish, with a very nice drinkability.

This is most certainly overhyped, but it's still a well done and enjoyable beer through and through.

 

 

 

 

#84, yummy!

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a OJ. Nose of mango, guava, passion fruit. Taste follows - excellent fruit. Feel is medium with medium carb. Overall - it lives to what it says it is. Do not think it is complex