Porch Punch
Dust Bowl Brewing Company - Brewery Taproom

 

Pours an almost clear golden yellow with a finger of foamy head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with little lacing. In your face tropical fruit punch aroma. Taste follows nose. Hides the abv well.

Can poured into a Dust Bowl Brewing Co pint glass

A: Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.

S: They nailed the fruit punch target. Big cherry, plus citrus, tropical, and stone fruit really bring that vibe, plus a touch of pine, slightly bready biscuity malt, and plenty of caramel sweetness.

T: Super fruity, cherry leads the way, with pineapple and lime close behind, followed by grape candy, guava, peach, apricot, mango, papaya, passion fruit, lemon, and tangerine, a little pine, biscuity slightly bready malt, and plenty of caramel sweetness.

M: On the fuller end of medium body, moderate carbonation, % is remarkably well hidden.

O: I'm torn on how to score this. For 10.4% it is surprisingly drinkable with virtually all the alcohol hidden away, and they nailed their target of a fruit punch. That said, it can be quite sweet (as fruit punch tends to be) and the fruit additions can overwhelm the base beer a bit. I'd love to see a 2.0 version that dials back the fruit just a bit and utilizes El Dorado and Motueka hops to bring those flavors.