Sour Neighbour Cherry Sour
Mill Street Brew Pub
- From:
- Mill Street Brew Pub
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 0.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 23, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 23, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.57/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.57/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; one of six in their Essentials mixed pack. Coded Jun 25 2020 and served barely chilled.
Pours pinkish-orange, hazy and translucent; roughly one finger of foamy, bubbly white head fizzles off within sixty seconds or so, leaving behind a thin collar and some patchy islets of film, but no lacing. There's just a little twinge of lemony tartness on the nose, as well as some cherry juice and maybe a faint wisp of wheaty malt. It's so muted that it might as well be muzzled.
Inoffensive and pretty forgettable. Hints of wheaty malts serve mostly as a background presence, with cherry being the other major component - sweeter towards the forefront, with a mildly sour tilt developing nearer the finish, which includes a touch of cherry pit spiciness. Light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles the palate, giving this brew a crisp, satisfying mouthfeel. This beer does have its share of flaws, but in all honesty it's extremely refreshing and easily gulped back, with its drinkability being through the roof.
Final Grade: 3.57, a B. Mill Street's Sour Neighbour is technically a sour, but in practice it barely qualifies - meanwhile, the fruit/cherry elements aren't quite compelling enough to fill in the vacuum, resulting in a mostly underwhelming experience. Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly acceptable as a summer refresher on the patio or whatever, and I suppose I'd recommend this to cherry beer fans specifically looking for a sessionable brew in that vein. As for that mixed pack, I wouldn't buy it specifically for this - though if you're curious and don't mind the occasional Tankhouse, West Coast IPA or 100th Meridian, it might be a worthwhile investment.
Aug 23, 2020Pours pinkish-orange, hazy and translucent; roughly one finger of foamy, bubbly white head fizzles off within sixty seconds or so, leaving behind a thin collar and some patchy islets of film, but no lacing. There's just a little twinge of lemony tartness on the nose, as well as some cherry juice and maybe a faint wisp of wheaty malt. It's so muted that it might as well be muzzled.
Inoffensive and pretty forgettable. Hints of wheaty malts serve mostly as a background presence, with cherry being the other major component - sweeter towards the forefront, with a mildly sour tilt developing nearer the finish, which includes a touch of cherry pit spiciness. Light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles the palate, giving this brew a crisp, satisfying mouthfeel. This beer does have its share of flaws, but in all honesty it's extremely refreshing and easily gulped back, with its drinkability being through the roof.
Final Grade: 3.57, a B. Mill Street's Sour Neighbour is technically a sour, but in practice it barely qualifies - meanwhile, the fruit/cherry elements aren't quite compelling enough to fill in the vacuum, resulting in a mostly underwhelming experience. Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly acceptable as a summer refresher on the patio or whatever, and I suppose I'd recommend this to cherry beer fans specifically looking for a sessionable brew in that vein. As for that mixed pack, I wouldn't buy it specifically for this - though if you're curious and don't mind the occasional Tankhouse, West Coast IPA or 100th Meridian, it might be a worthwhile investment.
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Not cherry enough, not sour enough. All the cherry is in the nose and it's not a lot. U
There's a hint to taste and just a wee bit of sourness. Pretty light, easy going stuff, dinkable, not so memorable.
Jun 23, 2020There's a hint to taste and just a wee bit of sourness. Pretty light, easy going stuff, dinkable, not so memorable.
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