Gemheart
Hudson Valley Brewery
- From:
- Hudson Valley Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
Ranked #170 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #9,673 - Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 6.73%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 31, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Sour DIPA with raw wheat, malted oat, milk sugar, black currant, lemon purée and rooibos tea and hopped with Simcoe and Azacca.
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Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
4.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
4.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
Poured from a 16 ounce can into a Teku glass.
5/3.75/4.5/3.75/4.75
A stunning and vibrant ruby-dark purple-pink. Thick, opaque, and beautiful. Light head.
Smells lactic and sour-sweet. The spoiled milk notes are not great, but the fruit is pleasant enough.
Oh man, that is so weird. There is a ton going out straight out of the gate. Super sour with a strange-but-compelling savory note (the tea? hops? some grain?) then a blast of berry fruit juice, like cassis meets pomegranate. As my tongue gets used to it, the tartness tones down a bit. Pretty wild fruit beer.
You can really feel the lactose, especially on the aftertaste. Almost sticky-sweet finish.
Overall an exceptional experience. Highly enjoyable if you like blackcurrant or sours in general. Not really my idea of an "DIPA" though...
Mar 07, 20195/3.75/4.5/3.75/4.75
A stunning and vibrant ruby-dark purple-pink. Thick, opaque, and beautiful. Light head.
Smells lactic and sour-sweet. The spoiled milk notes are not great, but the fruit is pleasant enough.
Oh man, that is so weird. There is a ton going out straight out of the gate. Super sour with a strange-but-compelling savory note (the tea? hops? some grain?) then a blast of berry fruit juice, like cassis meets pomegranate. As my tongue gets used to it, the tartness tones down a bit. Pretty wild fruit beer.
You can really feel the lactose, especially on the aftertaste. Almost sticky-sweet finish.
Overall an exceptional experience. Highly enjoyable if you like blackcurrant or sours in general. Not really my idea of an "DIPA" though...
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