Water Elm: Berry
The Drowned Lands

This one pours a very clean golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells slightly toasty, a crisp floral hop notes, and a vague hint of berry.

This has an extremely subtle infusion of berry, it adds a light pleasant refreshing sweetness, almost like a fruity mineral character. There’s toasty rice, crackery malt, and a nice floral spicy hop character.

This is light bodied, clean, crisp, and super drinkable.

I didn’t mind the extremely subtle fruit notes here – this was really delicious.

Pours a reddish tinged pale amber, slightly hazy. My first thought on seeing the odd color, and then reading the label, was "oh no, not flavored Rice Lagers!" But it's actually quite drinkable. But I like the flavor of a good Japanese rice lager better. Why not just drink a fruit seltzer instead?

The aroma is a very nice fruity berry. Mouthfeel is fizzy and light with a nice fine texture. Taste is sharp with a distinct fruit flavor. Not sweet. From the 16 oz can, not dated, that somehow made it to the West Coast.