Mackinaw Peaches!
Annex Ale Project

1L howler from Sherbrooke Liquor store - I guess Annex decided to produce it again this year.

This beer pours a murky, medium golden yellow colour, with three chubby fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy bone-white head, which leaves a bit of random splattered lace around the glass as it quickly evaporates.

It smells of pureed peaches and apricots, gritty and grainy cereal malt, some mildly sour yeastiness, plain Pez candies, and very, very subtle earthy, musty, and floral hop bitters. The taste is muddled stone fruit, grainy and crackery pale malt, gently tart lacto, sort of sugary lemon flesh, fading yeasty notes, and more well-understated leafy, musty, and dead floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is quite tame in its boredom-inducing frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and generally smooth, with the big dose of fruitiness going the long mile in helping out at this point in the game. It finishes off-dry, the frooty essences ruling the lingering roost.

Overall - yup, they sure brought the fruit with this offering, creating a robust brew that isn't simply a one-trick pony. Not too tart or sour, so that should help with the gateway/crossover crowds, yet still appeal to a guy who doesn't mind a fruit beer once in a while.