Forklifts Are For Mitches
Atom Brewing Company

500 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours lightly cloudy golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy cranberries, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, green apple, melon, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance; with minimal puckering flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, acidic/tangy/tannic, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome fruited sour/wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cranberries, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the moderately increasing acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Outstanding balance of jammy cranberries, Brett/Bacteria complexity, oak barrels, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. A very enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.

A - Pours a hazy amber with a this white head. No significant lacing.

S - Aroma is cranberry, lemon, green apple skin and hay.

T - The taste is carnberry, lemon, lime, green apple skins, white vinegar and some barnyard funkiness.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a crisp bone dry finish.

O - Nice collaboration between Atom and Speciation. This is a mouth puckering sour with the cranberry being the dominate flavor. Very well done.