Humble Pie
Hidden Springs Ale Works

 

 

Can dated: 10/20/21. Consumed on 02/05/22. May have gone bad. A weird, underlying sulfur quality.

 

 

 

Pours an effervescent color of cranberry ginger ale with a half finger of head. The nose has notes of tart berries (I have no idea what a boysenberry smells like particularly, so I can only generalize).

The flavor is akin to a mild Sweetart candy with a hint of almonds on the finish.

 

 

Good sour mix of fruit and vanilla will get again

Served from the can in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Some major Kazaam vibes from that label... Anyway, this stuff pours a mostly clear fuchsia-ruby topped by a half-finger or so of dirty white foam. The nose comprises berries, cherry, vanilla, light cinnamon, light nutmeg, and a touch of breadiness in the background. The taste brings in more of the same, the sweet/spicy elements blending very nicely with the tart berries. I'll take their word that there's some almond-ness in there, 'cause I didn't get any of it. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation, and a dry, sticky finish. Overall, a rather tasty dessert Berliner, one that deftly melds the sweet with the sour without clashing or diminishing one of them.

Brewed in collaboration with Tampa Bay Beer Week.

 

Nice combination of fruit and pie-like flavors with the cinnamon, vanilla and lactose. Not a lot of nuttiness but the fruit and mild acidity play nicely as a filling.

 

 

 

Poured a light purplish/rose wine body with almost no head or lace. The aroma is tart, must be the boysenberry, although a smattering of lactic and sugar notes come through. The boysenberry taste comes through well, touches of vanilla breadiness add sweetness and heft as well as enables beer to pass over real smooth, and the cinnamon is somewhat noticeable on the finish as beer finishes with a touch of heat.