Lavenade
Springdale Beer Co.

Nucleated Tulip

Look: Hazy yellow golden color. Pulls a nice head, about one finger in height and white in color. Dissipates fast though.

Smell: Very floral and citrusy. Strong lemon zest and a small hit of lavender.

Taste: Sweet, with lots of upfront lemon. The finish is tart and laced with lavender. Lavender and lemon lingers for a while.

Feel: Crisp and tart. Makes the mouth water, and the crispness makes it really refreshing.
Overall this is a great sour. It hits the mark of lavender and lemon. I think the tartness is perfect and the flavors balance really well. I would definitely buy again.

 

Pours clear, gold in color with one quarter inch head. Taste is big lemonade and lavender withsour mix. High carbonation, tart, light body. Interesting combination, certainly one I will pick up again.

 

Brief and small head. No lacing. Dark gold color with a light haze.

Lavender and licorice smells. Some minor pale malt in the deep background.

The flavor is similar but with a huge dollop of lemon. This is most like a Shandy. Decent body with lower carbonation. Long lemon, but not too sour, aftertaste.

L: Pours a hazy gold. No head and no lacing.
S: Bright lemon and faint hints of lavender.
T: Tart lemon, not picking up the lavender. Still very good.
F: Light bodied and quenching.
O: Delicious and extremely enjoyable.

 

Canned 4/2/20.

Hazy gold, with almost-instantaneously- dissipating white head.

Smell is lemonade and a hint of lavender, plus the usual lactic sourness+fresh ocean breeze.

Taste is mostly sour lemon candy, with a hint of something herbal. If I blind-tasted
this, I'm not sure if lavender would be the first guess. The light touch with the lavender is a point in its favor. :) Slight bit of bready (crust) malt o the finish. Moderate sourness, and light bitterness.

Feel is light , with moderate, very,very fine, soft carbonation.

Overall, very enjoyable sour. Wish I had tried this sooner. What held me back was not wanting something that was a chore to drink because of overpowering lavender flavor. (I do like lavender, in small quantities.) Not the case here, as it's a barely-there compliment to the lemon. Well-done!

Can. Pours a turbid yellow color. No head at all but these seltzer-like bubbles militantly rise to the surface in perpetuity. Smells of lavender, rich honey, and citrus. Graham cracker, too. Flavor is tangy but also fairly sweet. There is an immediate tart zip then is subsides and the sweetness rolls in the flavors compliment each-other. Sorta like a lemon-poppy muffin with lavender baked in. More drinkable than I was expecting. I think the lavender is dialed in correctly. Too much and it would ruin the ease of drinking. I think overall all the did a really good job putting this together but for me, this one didn't have a very high ceiling.

 

A: The beer is hazy pale yellow in color. It poured with a short white head that rapidly dissipated and completely faded away.
S: Light to moderate aromas of lavender are present in the nose along with hints of lemons.
T: The taste follows the smell and has a little stronger flavors of lavender with light notes of sourness and hints of lemons.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I really enjoyed the lavender flavors in the taste of this beer.

Serving type: can

Canned 3/4/20

If we're being completely honest, yeah, I bought this because it sounded weird af, don't judge

Pours an oddly clear pale gold with a finger of bubbly white head that dissipated faster than I've ever seen

Is that actually lavender I pick up in the aroma? I'm getting a strange maple character that smells slightly floral, some general citrus and a bit of malt, but certainly nothing like lavender. Quite the off putting aroma

Ok, the taste is a marked improvement from the nose. A bit of maple still persists, but it somehow works out here with everything going on. Bright, fresh lemons attack the early palate with a hint of breadiness before being balanced out by a mild lavender with that sweet maple

Wow, quite the zippy carbonation on here but not overpowering. This is medium bodied but drinks super easy with the mild tartness and a smooth, sticky finish

Perplexing beer for sure, and I really don't know how the smell is SO bad compared to the rest, but here we are. Not bad, but I wouldn't get it again

 

 

 

Thanks to JLindros for hooking me up with a can. Canned on 6/11/19

A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a nice crystal clear pale straw hue with a thin fizzy head that fades rather quickly to leave a thin halo and light wisps.

S - Aromas of super super faint lavender potpourri notes, nice bright lemon acidity and just a little bit of doughy notes.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with it dialed up more. Tons of bright lemon acidity with big doughy creamy wheat. Almost white wine like vinous. The lavender is a bit more potent and flashes at the front, which is nice, but this certainly isn't a lavender bomb. Quite balanced but leaves me wanting more.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, decent body and acidity. Quite crisp and clean.

O - Overall this was a solid beer but could be a bit more doughy and cloudy for a Berliner. Also would like to have more lavender in this especially on the nose. A solid beer but leaves me wanting more.

Serving Type: Can