Sunset Daydream
Aldus Brewing Company
- From:
- Aldus Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 01, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 01, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
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Strawberry Guava Golden Fruit Ale. Fruity and bright, with distinct berry and tropical essences. For most, guava is not a common fruit, and the aroma it provides is very fragrant which complements the subtlety of strawberries perfectly. 17 IBUs.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.21/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.21/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This may seem counterintuitive, but thanks to my long hours at work & drinking less as a result, I am finding more beers in my backlog that I want to drink! Aldus is a small brewery in (relatively) nearby Hanover & I have been buying their bottles (gasp!) on occasion, usually to fill out a mixed sixer. It suddenly struck me that I have enough for a brewery horizontal, of which this will be the first.
From the Bottle (eek!): "Strawberry Guava Malt Beverage with Natural Flavors"; "Fruity and bright, with distinct berry and tropical essences. For most, guava is not a common fruit, and the aroma it provides is very fragrant which complements the subtlety of strawberries perfectly. A pleasant balance of acidity and residual sweetness make this beer very quaffable. This brew can make any sunset a little more dreamy."
Before Pop!ping off the cap, I noticed that there was a good bit of flocculate sitting on the bottle's kick/punt, so I did some in-bottle agitation before proceeding. My actions caused it to foam mightily, forming two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with very good retention. Color was a turbid, murky Coppery-Brown (SRM = > 17, < 22), possibly attributable to my machinations. Nose was definitely strawberry up front, coupled with a fragrant guava, which was not at all unfamiliar to me. I subsisted primarily on FF&V (fresh fruit & vegetables) for a period of time during my Navy career & guava was a tropical staple. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was really interesting, opening with a strawberry sweetness that was quickly joined & overrun by a guava tanginess, not tartness. I have had guava jelly & jam before & I think that everyone has had strawberry preserves as a kid. I now wonder what a strawberry-guava jam might be like. If it is anything like this beer, it would be a winner! Man, this really captured the essence of both fruits, which is the idea behind the style. I found myself licking my lips after each sip to try and retain/recapture the taste. Mmm. Finish was semi-sweet with the guava slightly offsetting the strawberry. I would be quite happy to see them brew this one again! YMMV.
Nov 01, 2020From the Bottle (eek!): "Strawberry Guava Malt Beverage with Natural Flavors"; "Fruity and bright, with distinct berry and tropical essences. For most, guava is not a common fruit, and the aroma it provides is very fragrant which complements the subtlety of strawberries perfectly. A pleasant balance of acidity and residual sweetness make this beer very quaffable. This brew can make any sunset a little more dreamy."
Before Pop!ping off the cap, I noticed that there was a good bit of flocculate sitting on the bottle's kick/punt, so I did some in-bottle agitation before proceeding. My actions caused it to foam mightily, forming two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with very good retention. Color was a turbid, murky Coppery-Brown (SRM = > 17, < 22), possibly attributable to my machinations. Nose was definitely strawberry up front, coupled with a fragrant guava, which was not at all unfamiliar to me. I subsisted primarily on FF&V (fresh fruit & vegetables) for a period of time during my Navy career & guava was a tropical staple. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was really interesting, opening with a strawberry sweetness that was quickly joined & overrun by a guava tanginess, not tartness. I have had guava jelly & jam before & I think that everyone has had strawberry preserves as a kid. I now wonder what a strawberry-guava jam might be like. If it is anything like this beer, it would be a winner! Man, this really captured the essence of both fruits, which is the idea behind the style. I found myself licking my lips after each sip to try and retain/recapture the taste. Mmm. Finish was semi-sweet with the guava slightly offsetting the strawberry. I would be quite happy to see them brew this one again! YMMV.
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