Sour Pipe Project - Coconut Pineapple Dream
Vitamin Sea Brewing

Coconut definitely comes through. Had a little difficulty identifying other notes, though some pineapple on the finish. Not all that sour, drinkable, a touch too sweet and too much coconut for my tastes.

 

This one gushed upon opening - at least what the can version of gushing is. ... Huge foamy head initially forms on the beer - at least four fingers as I get most of it in the glass. Otherwise its pouring a dark brownish tinged orange color. Completely opaque and juice like in appearance. No head is retained on the beer, but it looks like soda in that you can see bubbles coursing upwards and then popping on the surface of the beer. This continues to happen so long as there is beer left in the glass. Aroma smells like pineapple juice - just straight up Jumex pineapple nectar. Notes of coconut, vanilla, and some sugary sweetness come through underneath that juiciness.

Taste follows with about what you'd expect - notes of fresh pineapple, pineapple juice, vanilla, a hint of cinnamon, and a creamy sweetness. Its lightly tart, but really, only lightly so. Sour? Yea, sorta, but with the main emphasis being on drinkability rather than the sour. This is sweet - but not overly so. Feel is light to medium body, lightly tart, and quite drinkable. The carbonation on this is quite soda like - spritzy and lively.

Overall this is really interesting - I can see the appeal of a beer like this. Its not something I personally would drink more than one of, but for what it is, its well done.

Good head production, but it's a bit of a gusher (from a can), quite fizzy and quickly fading. Body is hazy and translucent, and a relatively murky orange color.

Quite a bit of coconut and pineapple on the nose, organic and natural smelling, sweet but not syrupy. Hints of marshmallow tag along, along with a bit of citrus juice. It smells like something really specific, but which I can't quite put my finger on. Absolutely delicious aroma.

Despite the aroma, it's not quite as sweet on the palate - and it's still very much a beer, and befitting a high ABV Berliner Weisse. It's moderately sweet, to be sure, but it's not over the top. Pineapple and coconut take it to a flavor profile, but not quite as sweet, as a tropical mixed drink. Very lightly sour. A bit thick for the ABV; you'd expect this beer to be a bit more crushable.

 

“Vacation in a can”

Canned 8.20,opened 8.21

Fresher than a freshman at his first college mixer

16 oz can poured into a chalice

One finger white foam cap quickly recedes to a ring over a deep amber turbid deep amber liquid

Very fragrant , like a pina colada , coconut , pineapple

Tastes is coconut sweet , pineapple

More sweet, than tart , low sudsing, fizzy , pineapple coconut taste lingers

Good beer, definitely not a traditional Berliner weisse , more like a dessert pina colada tart beer