Walkabout Tangelo, Mango and Coconut
Fat Orange Cat Brew Co.

 

 

Just like a bowl of sherbet in a beer glass, Fat Orange Cat shows us once and all that we don't have to give up on our childhood taste to be an adult. Moderate in alcohol content and full of tangy, herbal and fruity flavor, grownups have never had it so good!

Their Walkabout with Tangelo, Mango and Coconut Sour Ale gets going with a turbid and silted pour of gold and orange. As an eggshell lather tops off the glass, it's striking scent of tropical fruit and citrus set the tone with a backdrop of vanilla and juiciness is never far behind. Sweet on the early palate, a taste of shortcake, cream, candied coconut and cereal keep the confectioner's and creamery character flowing.

Juicy with those obvious tangerine and melon flavors, the smoothie styled beer also hosts complementary fruit flavors of pink grapefruit, pineapple, passionfruit, mango, peach and apricot in a fruit-filled taste of fruit punch with a plop of sherbet, once more. A mild herbal finish of verbena, lemon balm and tea come with a racy tartness that allows for a refreshing late taste and a much needed offset of the lingering fruit and pastry sweetness.

Full bodied for sour ale, the beer finishes juicy and tart with a medium length aftertaste of all things gelato, sorbet and sherbet, then with a winey and cidery tanginess in aftertaste. Maybe I do want to be a grownup after all.