Secret Machine - Orange Guava Passion Fruit
Dewey Beer Co.

 

Pours a murky dull orange with plenty of fizzy relatively short-lived head. Aroma is bursting with tropical notes, in particular the guava and passion fruit. No malts or hops to speak of. Does it smell like beer? No, but it smells really tasty. A little more orange comes forward in the mouth, along with the aforementioned guava and passion fruit. As with the other Secret Machine beer I've tried, it tastes like sprite has been added to a fruit drink. Quite tasty.

16 oz can split with my wife, poured into a tulip pint glass. Appearance is a turbid light orange. Moderate head with little retention. Aroma is passionfruit, orange, and generic tropical fruit (guava, I suppose) with some wheat. Taste is similar, and fairly tart - lots of passionfruit. There is a hint of spice as well which is a little bit confusing (kind of like clove or grains of paradise), or else my score would be even higher. Overall it's really tasty with a ton of bright fruit flavor; pretty much exactly what a fruited kettle sour ought to be.

Pours a hazy orange color; looks cola like. A large frothy head just as quickly dissipates.

As expected, aromas of orange, guava and passion fruit dominate the nose. It also seems to be perhaps dry hopped as I detect semi dank notes of grass and herbs.

Fruity flavors very much align with the aromas. Very bright, tangy and zesty with an easy going but assertive tartness that is lightly mouth puckering. The malt base evokes sourdough bread while the spices evoke pepper, grass and mint.

Medium bodied with a tart, dry and refreshing finish. The mouthfeel is smooth and slightly doughy. The carbonation is moderate.

One of my favorites from this Secret Machine series. I would have again.