Shibumi
Freethought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orangey pink body with the slightest of pearl bubble rings. Chamomile, some hop dankness, sweet cherry and musky flowers on the nose. Taste is very odd, almost like a mixed drink from college: shows the booze, sickly sweet cherry, and grenadine, but then the chamomile, hops, and flowers refresh it into civility. Don't want a whole pint, but fascinating and creative! Feel is floral, botanical in generally actually, sneaky tart, with good hops to cut the syrupiness.

Honestly, I had no clue what style this was supposed to be but given the ABV, I opted for an English pint glass.
The appearance was a pure thick red cherry flesh color topped by a quickly dissipating cap of bubbly to slightly foamy head. It didn't leave any lace.
The aroma stuck to the red cherry fleshy sweetness in the beginning then brought in a sly touch of chamomile floral sweetness.
The flavor copied the aroma mostly in a sweet manner allowing a light aftertaste of red cherry flesh.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Good carbonation. Nice enough smoothness. Finish provided some red cherry fleshy sweetness and chamomile.
Overall, I read this is supposed to be a cuvee of an American IPA and a golden sour base as the brewery claims but I believe most IPA qualities are lost. But me, I did really like this beer for how it came across to me.

 

A: The beer is quite hazy and very dark rosé in color. It poured with just a short white head that left lots of specks of white bubbles on the surface and a minuscule collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of sour cherries and chamomile are present in the nose.
T: The taste is a little sour and has flavors of chamomile along with hints of cherries.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This is an interesting beer that combines delicate flavors of sourness, cherries, and chamomile tea.

Serving type: can

a bizarre concoction. looks like a soup broth. chamomile in the nose. miso in the body- feels like a sweet soup broth- not salty, but hoppy bitterness is present. not much tart, sourness to speak of. if you never told me what was in it, i don't know what i would've tasted, but im left thinking this is a surprisingly drinkable beer soup.