Falling Fruit
Masthead Brewing Co.

 

Can't say I've had too many beers brewed with both apple and peach if anything I can taste more peach than Apple it's smooth crisp and easy drinking but finish is kind of lacking maybe I could use a wheat base? Either way not bad quite easy to crush

I got a can of this beer off the single shelf from my local beer store just around the corner. It poured a clear copper with thin white head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had tart berry fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink for a tart fruit beer. Tange rine and berry flavors being prevalent. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it was a decent beer.

Look: Clear gold with an inch of foamy head that dissipates quickly. Lots of small, fast rising bubbles.
Smell: Quite a fruity aroma, berries, apple, peach, honey, and herbs.
Taste: Not as sweet as the aroma would suggest. A sharpness overtakes the sweetness. Then the apple/berry aroma dominates the finish.
Feel: Feels clean and dry in the mouth.
Overall: Overall, I like it and would drink it again.

EDIT: I just finished the last of the 4 pack and I am finding I like it more as I drink more of them.

Note: I find this beer to be much more enjoyable if I just pour it and drink it without thinking about the various aspects of "tasting". I don't mean to imply that "tasting" is a bad thing; quite the opposite! I am only saying that I like THIS one more, with a less formal approach.

Had this on 2020-02-25 near Pittsburgh, PA from a 16oz canned on 2019-07-11

A - Peach-gold with a 1-finger white head that drops quickly leaving little lace

S - Sweet ripe peach. Bread crust. Honey. Floral. Very nice

T - Peach, slightly-tart apple juice, honey, light bread. Grassy/herbal spice. Mildly bitter. These flavors suit me well.

M - Medium body and light-medium carbonation. Smooth. Not dry on the finish.

O - I really enjoyed this beer even though you could almost have it at breakfast in lieu of fruit juice. It still tastes like beer, not cider and it isn't like a juicy NEIPA. Well done. Will have this again.

Sample Source: 16 oz can

Tasty and versatile beer. Not too sweet...fruit is not overpowering.

I like this one quite a bit. It has a nice slightly tart taste and is a great lawnmower beer. Pretty thirst quenching and approachable. I will have again for sure. Well done.

It's hard to nail this brew - what is it?

It pours a strong yellow with average head that recedes. The aroma is faintly of fruit, but hugely understated. The taste is of some kind of fruit infested beer. I can't tell what kind of beer is the base. It's just OK, and I am usually a fan of these.

Not recommended.

 

16 FL. OZ. can
Served in a stemless wine glass

This beer pours amber with thousands of bubbles visible. It is topped with a couple inches of beige head that leaves nice rings of lacing as consumed.

I get light fruit aromas. Peach stands out. The apple is more allusive. It smells mildly tart.

The peach is the lead flavor as well. The taste is not overwhelming. It lets the base beer come through. Once again the apple proves allusive leaving only a slightly tart flavor to let me know that it exists.

Medium bodied with a pillowy mouthfeel

This is not a tart fruit bomb as most fanboys would expect. It is more of a mild mannered fruit ale. It is refreshing and enjoyable. It will not knock you socks of but there is something to be said for simplicity.

 

Look: Clear body, orange golden color with a white head of somewhat energetic bubbles reducing quickly to lacing
Smell: Quite good, like peaches, maybe a bit tart, grainy, and sweet
Taste: Fruity, peachy, apple/white grape, sweet with a bitter tail going down
Feel: Juicy, refreshing, moderately heavy body
Overall: Good beer, would get again, but probably wouldn't search out

Received as an extra in a trade.

A - Poured in to my Duvel tulip just barely hazy golden hue with a thin white head that fades relatively quickly to leave light lacing and thin wisps.

S - Aromas of peach skin and juice, peach gummy candies, floral, almost potpourri notes. Little bit of malt. Flashes of apple skins.

T - Taste is similar to the nose though a bit sharp on the finish and kind of like stale biscuits. Lingering almost metallic twang. The fruit notes are even more perfume forward than the nose, to the point that it comes across like I'm chewing on a peach scented candle.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated and the body is on the thinner side.

O - Overall this beer smelled solid enough but everything else wasn't that good. It boggles my mind that a person would send something like this as an extra when it is clearly a not well received beer. It's always nice to receive new beers, but when the person clearly keeps forgetting to send their end only to include this as an extra to make up for it...just pathetic.

Serving Type: Can

Berry undertones, Good.