Paw Paw Barrel Preserve
Ferndale Project
- From:
- Ferndale Project
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 02, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2022
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Called the "Michigan banana," paw paw fruit is native to the Mitten. A complex and short harvest season makes this mango-like fruit a luxury in Paw Paw Barrel Preserve. Tropical notes of bright banana and hints of freshly picked orchard apples touch every sip of this sour ale. Fermented in oak barrels, Paw Paw is a new kind of Pure Michigan.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by 2beerdogs from California
4.2/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to strohme2 for this most unique sour experience!
Golden, pulpy pour. Fluffy off-white head tapered off lazily. Good retention, slight lacing.
The nose pumps a mild sour note at first. But then the fruitiness sashays forward. Now I was not familiar with the flavor profile of paw paw. I knew about it being indigenous to areas east of me, but was otherwise quite ignorant to this fruit. Suffice it to say, I think I like paw paw. The nose carried wisps of mango, floral lemon, apricot, and a most understated guava note.
The flavor followed suit with mango, orange, guava, and hints of apricot, peach, and banana. (I think I was led to the banana note after having read the flavor profile of paw paw). The heft of this beer is rather significant for the style, but I feel this really affects the fruit medley in a positive way. Finish gives a mildly acidic "click" in the back of my throat. Quite yummy.
Overall, a very unique, tasty, and splendid experience.
Jan 02, 2022Golden, pulpy pour. Fluffy off-white head tapered off lazily. Good retention, slight lacing.
The nose pumps a mild sour note at first. But then the fruitiness sashays forward. Now I was not familiar with the flavor profile of paw paw. I knew about it being indigenous to areas east of me, but was otherwise quite ignorant to this fruit. Suffice it to say, I think I like paw paw. The nose carried wisps of mango, floral lemon, apricot, and a most understated guava note.
The flavor followed suit with mango, orange, guava, and hints of apricot, peach, and banana. (I think I was led to the banana note after having read the flavor profile of paw paw). The heft of this beer is rather significant for the style, but I feel this really affects the fruit medley in a positive way. Finish gives a mildly acidic "click" in the back of my throat. Quite yummy.
Overall, a very unique, tasty, and splendid experience.
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