Shotgun Sour - Black Currant, Apricot And Peach
Abomination Brewing Company
- From:
- Abomination Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 8.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 28, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Lactose Sour brewed with a massive amount Peach juice and than fermented on top of 600+lbs of black currant, apricot and peach puree. Refreshingly tart and juicy!
14 IBU
14 IBU
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Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa
3.86/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is sweet berries and slightly musty. The flavor is berries/fruit rind/almost bubblegum, malts, apricots and a slightly tangy/sweet/tart finish.
Aug 22, 2019
Reviewed by robotnewyork from Michigan
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Had again at World of Beers in Canton for World of Sour Event 7/31/19. Lactosy with only a bit of tartness/sourness. Taste is dark forest berries like blackberries and currants.
Aug 02, 2019
Reviewed by TheBrewsky from California
3.23/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Canned 3/28/19.
L: light ruby red in appearance with unfiltered complexion. About 2 fingers formed the pour with moderate lacing.
S: smells tart with hints of black currant and wheat. Hard to really put a nose to it.
T: fruit flavor, with black currant bearing tart and dominant, with very minimal peach and apricot, although most noticeable on the finish.
F: light, thin and watery with moderate carbonation.
O: purchased for the sake of the awesome label art, and I am still pleased with it, though I don’t feel the need to revisit. I am glad to try. Cheers!
Jul 25, 2019L: light ruby red in appearance with unfiltered complexion. About 2 fingers formed the pour with moderate lacing.
S: smells tart with hints of black currant and wheat. Hard to really put a nose to it.
T: fruit flavor, with black currant bearing tart and dominant, with very minimal peach and apricot, although most noticeable on the finish.
F: light, thin and watery with moderate carbonation.
O: purchased for the sake of the awesome label art, and I am still pleased with it, though I don’t feel the need to revisit. I am glad to try. Cheers!
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.83/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 16oz can into a tulip.
Appearance: dark salmon-pink hue with lots of haze and a thin finger of frothy ivory-pink foam. I'm guessing there's fruit in here!
Smell: earthy and sweet with lots of berry-like fruitiness; the blackcurrant really comes through, although it seems to overpower other elements of the beer.
Taste: rather malty with an earthy blackcurrant flavor. The subtler peach and apricot may be complementary, but they don't really shine in their own right. There's a little bit of sourness going on, but it's nothing dramatic. Interesting, and tasty enough, but lacking a little bit for a fruit sour.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and a nice creaminess.
Overall: this is a nicely drinkable beer. It's growing on me, and while I don't think the flavors here are anything groundbreaking, I feel like I could quaff a fair bit of this.
Jun 14, 2019Appearance: dark salmon-pink hue with lots of haze and a thin finger of frothy ivory-pink foam. I'm guessing there's fruit in here!
Smell: earthy and sweet with lots of berry-like fruitiness; the blackcurrant really comes through, although it seems to overpower other elements of the beer.
Taste: rather malty with an earthy blackcurrant flavor. The subtler peach and apricot may be complementary, but they don't really shine in their own right. There's a little bit of sourness going on, but it's nothing dramatic. Interesting, and tasty enough, but lacking a little bit for a fruit sour.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and a nice creaminess.
Overall: this is a nicely drinkable beer. It's growing on me, and while I don't think the flavors here are anything groundbreaking, I feel like I could quaff a fair bit of this.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
4.28/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.28/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/29/2019. Pours moderately hazy deep ruby red/orange, light pink/purple color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light pink head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy black currant, apricot, peach, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of currant, peach, apricot, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy black currant, apricot, peach, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy black currant, apricot, peach, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of currant, peach, apricot, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering tartness and tangy fruit. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.1%. Overall this is an incredible milkshake sour. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of currant, peach, apricot, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Fantastic soft feel, and not overly lactic. Amazing balance between juicy/jammy fruit, and Lacto complexity; with a great lactose, and pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. Light residual sweetness with lingering acidic/tangy dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazingly spot on style example.
May 18, 2019
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
4.03/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.03/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: The beer is slightly hazy dark reddish purple in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high pink head that left a layer of bubbles covering the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of peaches are present in the nose.
T: Compared to the smell, the taste is much more complex, having flavors of black currants with notes of apricots and hints of peaches. It is quite sour.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and rather tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I really liked the taste of this beer because it was sour and because you could taste each of the three fruits.
Serving type: can
Dec 16, 2018S: Light aromas of peaches are present in the nose.
T: Compared to the smell, the taste is much more complex, having flavors of black currants with notes of apricots and hints of peaches. It is quite sour.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and rather tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I really liked the taste of this beer because it was sour and because you could taste each of the three fruits.
Serving type: can
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