Mango Passionfruit Hi-Fi
Sons of Kent Brewing Company
- From:
- Sons of Kent Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2022
- Wants:
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- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Tallboy from the LCBO; dated Jan 31 2022 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a hazy apricot yellow, producing one finger of smooth, foamy white head that settles off within sixty seconds or so. The surface is barren afterwards - no cap or collar, not even a speck of lace. There's some lacto sour armpit funk on the nose, as well as notes of mango, peach concentrate, passion fruit and cantaloupe.
It's a palatable fruit beer, though the whole 'sour' angle is underutilized IMO. A little bit of lactic acidity at the forefront, with mango quickly taking over; hints of stone fruit and citrus are mixed in as well, with passion fruit flavours gaining momentum towards the finish; more mango/passion fruit juicy-sweetness into the aftertaste, which is weakly tart. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation that gently tickles the tongue; feels juicy and a little fluffy in the mouth, with good drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.56, a B grade. Mango Passionfruit Hi-Fi goes all in on the fruit flavours, which is not necessarily a bad way to go about a fruited sour. My issues with this one concern the lack of sourness and the lack of beer-y flavours in general - it's not that this beer is unappealing, it's just not really what I'm looking for in a fruity sour, as it drinks more like a plain ol' fruit beer if you ask me. If you enjoy those cartons of tropical fruit juice/nectar from Del Monte, Tropicana, etc. then this Sons of Kent sour might be the beer for you. I'd drink this again, but I'd have to really be craving mango.
Jun 10, 2022Pours a hazy apricot yellow, producing one finger of smooth, foamy white head that settles off within sixty seconds or so. The surface is barren afterwards - no cap or collar, not even a speck of lace. There's some lacto sour armpit funk on the nose, as well as notes of mango, peach concentrate, passion fruit and cantaloupe.
It's a palatable fruit beer, though the whole 'sour' angle is underutilized IMO. A little bit of lactic acidity at the forefront, with mango quickly taking over; hints of stone fruit and citrus are mixed in as well, with passion fruit flavours gaining momentum towards the finish; more mango/passion fruit juicy-sweetness into the aftertaste, which is weakly tart. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation that gently tickles the tongue; feels juicy and a little fluffy in the mouth, with good drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.56, a B grade. Mango Passionfruit Hi-Fi goes all in on the fruit flavours, which is not necessarily a bad way to go about a fruited sour. My issues with this one concern the lack of sourness and the lack of beer-y flavours in general - it's not that this beer is unappealing, it's just not really what I'm looking for in a fruity sour, as it drinks more like a plain ol' fruit beer if you ask me. If you enjoy those cartons of tropical fruit juice/nectar from Del Monte, Tropicana, etc. then this Sons of Kent sour might be the beer for you. I'd drink this again, but I'd have to really be craving mango.
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