Dagger
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales

 

 

 

Appearance: peach colored with a slight haze - chill haze perhaps. The color is akin to a white zinfandel or a cheap fruited wine.

Aroma: lactic sourness. The sour punch is evident. The aroma is light but inviting.

Flavor: fruit punch and sour - just as described on the label. The fruit flavor is definitely fruit punch. There is a "mineral"-like taste, almost like a phosphate. Very enjoyable. I read from a second-hand source that this is second-use fruit. I can't comment on the accuracy of statement, but this beer is more fruit forward than many other fruited sours that I've tried.

Mouthfeel: light, thin. This is thirst quencher in weight. You could drink this beer all day long.

Overall: this beer was very enjoyable. Very refreshing. The flavor is obvious, while light, and the body is thin enough to treat this beer as a thirst quencher. This beer reminds me of Crooked Stave's Sour Rose, but in a different flavor. I'd buy this again.

the second use fruit thing is awesome, it seems like a more mellow fruitiness, allowing more of the yeast and funkiness to rise up, suggestions of a ton of fruits, but i get passion fruit right away, distinctively tropical and tangy, mouthwatering with the bacterial tartness this obviously has. a little still looking from the tap, but it stays feeling light because of the piquancy and the lesser body. passion fruit for sure in this, tough to tell what else, maybe white grape and apricot, a veritable white sangria to me as i drink on it. slight marmalade sort of sweetness with a candied citrus note, wheaty earthiness, and a slightly vinous bretty funk drying it up as much as possible at the end. a cool flavor complexion here, why discard fruit like this when it clearly has so much to give?! i have liked some of their second use fruit beers as much as the primary ones, more space for the fermenting agents to shine i reckon. a really easy drinking, summery, and unique glass of beer. these guys have been killing it lately!