Don't Tell Me How To Wheeze My Life
Mirror Twin Brewing

Taking the childhood treat of slushies to the next, more adult, level, the brewers at Mirror Twin tap into the adolescent in all of us by rounding out their sour ale with generous additions of orange, blackberry, lactose and red savina peppers for a fruity and spicy kick.

Hazy ruby and maroon, and pouring with a nod toward purple, Don't Tell Me How To Wheeze My Life locks on the olfactory senses with a burst of robust dark berries and a tangy citrus that leads toward a mild pepper presence. Taffy, spritzer, faint must and berry fruits continue to tease the nose while an initial taste of cereal, cream and cobbler pie filling sweetens the taste early and often on the tongue.

As the sourness unfolds on the middle palate, a host of lemon, lime, cider, gooseberry and wine frame the undertow of a fairly nondescript sour ale. Its clean lactic acids are a pure palate for the layers of blackberries and oranges that flood the tastebuds. Branch ripe, fresh squeezed and oozing with ripe citrus, the dark berry flavors bleed into the character of wine, plum, black cherry and blueberry before diving into a pleasantly sour finish of cream candy, sharp peppercorn and cayenne.

Medium bodied and somewhat full for sour ale, the creaminess of the ale and its robust berry flavor has its texture firmer and more flavorful. A brief aftertaste of red wine undercuts the citrus for a crisp, heated and pleasantly piquant finish.