Stay Out of Malibu
Aurora Brewing Co.

love it

Pours a sunset orange. Thick foam. Fruit punch aroma. Sweet naval orange and pineapple body. Tangy sour finish. I don't really like this style but it's pretty good. Good flavor and not too sour. A good brunch beer...but this is just... like my opinion man.

 

very neat berliner base here jazzed up with earl gray tea, cardamom, and pomegranate, a really one of a kind combination of ingredients here, and it drinks unique, but its important to call out the base beer for being excellent too, its wheaty enough in aroma and flavor to still be beer, the sourness is subtle, clean, and not sharp enough that it would disrupt my belly, even in high volume, real solid there. it has a gorgeous almost flamingo pink pour, and a nose of tart berries, herbal freshness, and something exotic, indian even, but just subtle. the pomegranate is the most forward, which is rare, i feel like its always subservient to other fruits in beer, but it can be identified on its own here which is wild, its tangy and clean, hints at cranberry and even green apple to me, pleasant with the lacto sourness. the tea is the most minimal, just slightly floral on the back end, breakfast-esque, no real bitterness from it, a trace of lavender or something. the cardamom is there, carefully dosed, accenting the others in a real cool way, right in the center of the beer it hits the strongest. this is clever and cohesive, drinkable for the style, and not relying on vanilla like so many of these do to make it unified. very enjoyable, festive even, but really smart and well executed.