Enchanted Island V1
Humble Forager Brewery

Humble Forager Enchanted Island V1 Tiki Sour, 9% ABV. Pours opaque bright orange with a one-finger white head that left no lacing. Nose is pineapple, orange, coconut, and nutmeg. Taste follows, quite sweet, slightly tart, and slightly bitter, with nutmeg on the close. Decent mouthfeel, overall outstanding. They had me at painkiller.

Guava juice pale.

All the notes it promises: pineapple, coconut, nutmeg. Incredible balance. Real smooth too

This is a real journey. Delicious beverage. Navy grog vibe.

 

 

 

Enchanted Island V1 pours a bright, cloudy orange color with no head. The aroma is filled with orange juice and pineapple. The flavor is bold, with lots of sweet, fresh orange juice notes, fresh pineapples, and hints of creamy coconut. The feel is creamy, smootie-like, and flat. Overall, a very fun, flavorful, tiki-like beer.

Very smooth sour with a great aroma. However, the aftertaste is very strong and leaves a strong taste in your mouth. Good sample beer, wouldn’t recommend in a pint.

 

 

 

A: Pours a very hazy glowing golden overripe pineapple yellow in color with light to moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising slowly along the edges of the glass and moderate pale orange + bright yellow + lemon yellow + peach + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a half finger tall fizzy off-white head that quickly reduces to a very small patch of very thin film and a very thin ring at the edges of the glass. Minimal amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of pineapple juice along with moderate aromas of orange juice + coconut and just a hint of nutmeg. Light aromas of slightly sour wheat malts with a light amount of lacto lemon citrus tartness and a light amount of lactose sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light flavors of slightly sour wheat malts with a light amount of lacto lemon citrus tartness and a light amount of lactose sweetness. That is followed by a hint of nutmeg and a light to moderate flavor of coconut. Finally there are strong flavors of pineapple juice along with moderate flavors of orange juice. No perceptible hop presence and no discernible bitterness. Light to moderate lingering tropical flavors with a very light amount of tartness.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with light to moderate amount of carbonation. Feels more like a cocktail than a beer.

O: Drinks fairly easily with well hidden alcohol but feels more like a cocktail than a beer - not like some of the other smoothie/slushy fruited sour beers. Really excellent tiki-inspired tropical + citrus flavors and aromas - blurs the line between cocktails and fruited beers. Could easily have this one on just about any hot summer evening or at the beach - though I’m thinking it would be quite dangerous packing the 9% ABV.

Enchanted Island is a Tiki party in a can. It has all the fresh tropical juice flavor mixed in with a dash of nutmeg for that authentic cocktail feel. It also isn't a heavy smoothie-type which makes it more refreshing.

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Tasted in a Rastal Teku glass from a one pint can on March 22, 2021.

 

Almost no head, even from a turbulent pour. Body is murky and dark yellow. It doesn't particularly look like a beer.

Massive amount of pineapple on the nose, along with coconut and orange.

Taste follows, and is as advertised: it tastes like pineapple juice, blended with other fruit and a boozy finish. Fruit juice? Beer? Cocktail? This definitely blurs the lines, but it's without question delicious.

 

Pours a hazy lemon yellow bird mai tai color. Smell has pineapple oranges and spice . Taste is as advertised fresh pineapple,coconut with the nutmeg showing yup in finish. A sweet fresh fruit mouth feel with ABV well hidden loved the nutmeg and slight tartness in finish.