Megafauna
Urban Artifact

12oz can. Date stamp on bottom reads 'CANNED ON 06/17/21'.
Sludgy, yellow gold colored body. Lots of light colored residue floats in the body. Brief off white, with an orange tint, head. Bubbles keep the ring solvent. No real lacing.
Aroma of exotic mango, orange, and peach. Also a bit of bread dough.
Taste is tart and bracing, with some early sweetness. Flavors of mango, apricot, peach, orange, and some white wine. The tanginess increases through the flavor profile. Short lived aftertaste.
Medium mouth feel, with a nectar quality. Very drying finish. Okay carbonation.
Quite a spread of flavors but quickly the tart dryness ends it all. The beer held in the mouth is sweet but the swallow brings forth the tartness. Higher ABV% is well hidden.

 

Pours thick, dreamsicle orange, with a fluffy head that quickly vanishes. Aroma is mango. The taste is bitter mango, orange and citrus characters. Somewhere between a sour and a tart profile.

 

 

Wow. Now that is what I call a fruit beer. I really don't know what all went into this, but it sure is big and it works for me. I just heard the word Megafauna las night watching The Zoo: San Diego to describe a Rhinoceros. That is what this is to fruit brew, a RHINO!

It pours super thick and creamy, opaque and with little fizz. The aroma is scary fruit and booze smells - like an unknown fruit smoothy with unknown shots poured in it. But the taste shows that it is something much more interesting, a beer made with fruits and stuff and fermented to a pretty high ABV. Tart, but not overly so - just enough that you would never say it was sweet. It finished with a slight bite. What a unique brew.

Highly recommended. This is why I love Urban Artifact - amazing fruity concoctions like nobody else makes.

To brewers, there's no more popular fruit to apply to sour ale than mango. When the tropical fruit is applied to the beer's acidity, something special happens. And for Urban Artifact its basically a great opportunity for them to pat themselves on the back.

Turbidly orange and suspended in a pale matte gold, the frothy and fizzy MegaFauna begins seducing the nose immediately with strong tropical nose, a citrusy kick, while also redolent with white wine and cider. With its first sip, a full fruit pastry sweetness is brought to life with impressions of sourdough, taffy and savory pie crust.

Then as the malty and fruity ale wafts over the middle palate, the sweetness resists any fade while the sourness builds upon the tastebuds. Refreshingly fruity with the distinct flavor of mango, the beer shares a familiar sense of Fruit Rollups ahead of a bracing sourness of crabapple, lime, lemon, gooseberry and white grape that's hidden behind the generous mango additions. Hints of oranges and apricot show both a racy tropical and citrusy blend before the ale dives into a rounded, juicy and spicy sourness.

Medium-full on the tongue, the sour ale finishes on a plump with a series of sourdough and dry burlap in its wake. Part smoothie and part sour ale, this fuller and more robust fruit beer meets the challenge of the most stark sour ale fans.

12 ounce can, canned on 06/16/21. Served in an Urban Artifact chalice, the beer pours a cloudy golden/orange color with about an inch light orange head that stuck around for a bit. Not much lacing. Looks like fruit juice! I like the aroma, the brew smells pretty much just like mango, along with some citrus and bready malt. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, it's dominated by the mango. Good amount of tartness. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's juice-like and easy enough to drink. Moderate amount of carbonation. Doesn't drink like it's 10.1%. I liked this one, certainly worth picking up if you come across some!