Liquid Karma
Southern Grist Brewing Co.

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From:
Southern Grist Brewing Co.
 
Tennessee, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #333
ABV:
10%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,259
Avg:
4.19 | pDev: 5.97%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
11
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 26, 2023
Added:
Nov 18, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brewers notes Imperial Sour Ale brewed with lactose and loaded with 800 lbs of rainbow candy sour belts.

Hazy golden liquid , white foam ring

Aroma is sweet tart tropical fruits

Taste is sweet tart tropical fruits

Sweet , tart, tangy , medium sudsing

Nice beer
Aug 26, 2023
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.77/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can, canned on 7/27/21, into Prairie Rastal glass.

Hazy dark gold with a tight stable finger of head. No lacing.

Aroma of sweet tarts candy. Maybe a little banana or melon. Mildly fruity, mostly dusty candy.

Flavor is fairly good but not powerful. It's definitely something you'd get if you brewed a beer with sour candy. It's not particularly natural, i.e. they didn't get a sour candy vibe by using alternate, more natural methods. You can taste the product line artificiality/"gumminess" of it, with a little bit of pilsner malt underneath. There's a hint of hidden diesel (I only notice this because my feelers are out for the 10% ABV). Limbos between sour candy and AAL. Tastes a bit like the "giant chewy" SweetTarts (remember those?) with a mouthful of clean lager. Hm. Not exactly my thing.

The feel is mildly carbonated, with some major heat at the back palate, but no sign of it until that point. Burns the esophagus and gut too. A little starchy, not bad.

Overall, I popped over to Untappd and trusted the ratings and "reviews" for this, which stated things along the lines of, "liquid sour candy" "gummy worms in a glass" "like drinking smarties". I definitely don't get that here, and it's not even as fun as it was back in 2018 when the beer was actually bluish-green according to photos. Since I disagree with the Untappd masses on nearly every beer I drink, it would make sense to not trust the global consensus there anymore.

On a personal note, a 10% beer generally constitutes/contains the calories of a similarly heavy barrel aged stout, so if I'm drinking a sour with a similar ABV, I would expect a similar expression of powerful flavor. I find myself downing the can looking for the wow factor and I cannot find it. It's frustrating. So Liquid Karma was clearly a bad choice for me. Maybe that's the treatment you get for buying the 4 pack. Sorry to be so negative.

An expensive and disappointing effort from a legendary brewery. Probably my biggest letdown since Dancing On Staves.

$22 / 4 pack / southerngristbrewing.com
Sep 09, 2021
 
Rated: 4.31 by blevinsaj from Ohio

Aug 13, 2021
 
Rated: 4.4 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Aug 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by kevindp9 from Arizona

Feb 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by JamesLeung from Florida

Jan 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.34 by Zazzi82 from Tennessee

Jan 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.54 by Keananmichael5 from California

Dec 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.15 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Dec 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Nov 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.13 by MJSFS from Florida

Nov 18, 2018
Liquid Karma from Southern Grist Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 11 ratings