WTF Kettle Sour Light
Situation Brewing

8oz glass at Beer Revolution. Situation's latest rotational offering.

This beer appears a hazy, medium apricot amber colour, with one skinny finger of wispy and weakly foamy off-white head, which leaves very little in the way of lace anywhere near the glass as things slowly abate.

It smells of grainy wheat malt, a lesser caramel sweetness, sour lactic notes, some mixed citrus and stone fruitiness, and a hint of leafy and herbal green hop bitters. The taste is tart apricot and peach flesh, spoiled milk, grainy caramel malt, wet wheat crackers, muddled domestic citrus rind, and more edgy leafy, earthy, and floral verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly low-key in its barely there frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and generally smooth, with an actual fruity creaminess arising as it warms up a tad. It finishes off-dry, the fruit character still overshadowing the malt and hop bitterness.

Overall, this is exactly what this sports fan likes to see when dealing with this wholly unnecessary beer 'style' - no funk, no wood, no pretension. Just a lot of tart and complex fruitiness, with some off-setting hops. Worth checking out, especially if you're curious about the whole sour thing.