Froot Camp: Pineapple Orange Banana
WeldWerks Brewing Co.

 

16 fl oz pull-tab can nabbed at Weldwerks (Greeley).

"Kettle-soured wheat ale" "brewed with thousands of pounds of pineapple, orange + banana puree." 5.2% ABV.

Pours a sludgy brown that looks like Odwalla juice left out in the heat for a few days...its appearance is downright awful. Has an off-white head and appears well carbonated, but it looks like a crappy health shake or something; this is the worst appearance in a beer I've encountered in a long time.

Aroma shrieks banana from the high heavens. Pineapple puree, pulp. Again, a nasty health food shake comes to mind. I'm hoping this tastes better than it looks or smells...

Green banana, papaya, fruit puree, Odwalla juice...this doesn't taste like a beer, and I don't mean that as a compliment. I taste no malt, hops, or yeast. Tastes like an alcopop for the megachain gym-goer.

The pineapple in particular is pretty repugnant.

Thick, sludgy, pulpy, and heavy on the palate, resembling a meal in a glass or a fruity meal replacement shake.

Not bad tasting in terms of beverages broadly, but as a beer it's just not really what I'd ever crave, and up against cleaner drinking less fruit sludge-emphatic sour wheat ales, it's by and large a failure, drinking almost like a liquid parody of craft beer trends. Years ago, I thought Colt 45 Pile Driver was as close to alcoholic Sunny Delight as beer would ever go; now, I'm not so sure, and what's worse is people seem to actually want these fruit pulp Odwalla ale juice concentrate sludgebombs...

C- (2.60) / BELOW AVERAGE

 

 

16oz can at share. Orange juice pure and simple. Big juicy notes throughout, almost pulpy. Thick and full, sweet, goes down like a champ. This would be great with breakfast .