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This one pours a light and mostly clear crimson red color, with a small delicate head, and lots of lacing.

Luckily, the hibiscus is pretty light and adds a mild herbal character. This is good for me because I don't really love hibiscus that much. There's lots of spiky and prickly sour raspberry aroma on the nose, too.

There's a lot of raspberry here, and it works well- it's mostly tart and acidic, but there is some seedy juiciness too. There's a bit of lemon, and that herbal hibiscus sweetness. I don't get much of the base farmhouse ale, or a whole lot of funk. It's definitely feels more like a straight forward fruited sour to me.

This is light bodied, crisp and clean, with a slightly lingering acidity on the back end. It's very drinkable and pretty refreshing.

This is a cool little beer- nothing to knock your socks off, but well crafted.

Can ordered from the brewery. Canned February 8th, 2018. Served in a Wakefield snifter.

Look - Pours a gorgeous fuchsia color, with a half-finger of off-white foam that settles to a thin collar and some wisps on top, with a few specks of lace dotting the sides of the glass. The body is semi-transparent opacity with a nice glow when held to the light.

Smell - Smells like hibiscus and raspberries. There's a strong underlying lactic acidity that tickles the nostrils. This is a straight up American Wild Ale - tart farmhouse is a bit of an understatement.

Taste - The taste is more lactic sourness and raspberry tannics, with the lemony hibiscus showing up in the finish. Very sour; evocative of Framboise de Amorosa, but with less of the balancing malt and oak flavors. A tad unbalanced, but enjoyable for the duration of a 355ml can.

Feel - Medium-light body, dry, tannic body, pleasant moderate carbonation. Not overly acidic going down, but has that trademark stomach-churning feeling after a full can.

Overall - Smells great and tastes pretty good. A bit unbalanced and overly acidic for my tastes, but quite good; just not drinkable in mass quantities. Still, this is a quantum leap for sour and wild ales in Ontario; they've almost reached 2009 in the US.

 

This is a beautiful looking beer. Its body is a fully saturated crimson red. An inch of dense, creamy light pink head make it look more like a dessert than a beer. The lace it leaves behind comes in sheets.

Raspberries come through in a big fashion. Juicy, lush, and pureed. The hibiscus is dialed back in comparison, being more floral in character. A dash of fresh biscuit is a reminder that this is still a malt based beverage.

A quenching tartness is what defines the raspberries in taste. Their ripe sweetness is mellowed out and fleshes out the feel. A twist of lemon mixes in nicely. It's leafy and green in the finish. It's a straight shooter but nicely done at that.

it's got a champagne level of carbonation and almost the dryness to match. It's light on its feet and extremely thirst quenching. Is this really 6.5%?

This is a fresh, straight shooting, raspberry heavy sour. What it lacks in complexity, it makes up for in tart refreshment and boodles of real field ripened raspberries. It's sweetness never leans towards being artificial or contrived. A crushable sour, indeed.