Endless Depths
Abomination Brewing Company

 

 

 

16oz can. Stamped on can bottom is '11/29/22'.
Apricot peach colored body. Two fingers of white, tinted with peach frothy head, which disappears within a couple of minutes. Remaining is an island and a ring. No lacing, but some fruit puree residue is left on the glass.
Aroma is big with tangerine and blackberry, with a presence of peach.
Taste is fruity, with a balance of sweet and tart. Flavors of tangerine and blackberry. The star fruit probably adds to the sweet and tart balance. A discernible sense of the salt ingredient is present when a concentration is brought to bear. All fade into the aftertaste.
Medium, pulpy mouth feel. Drying because of the tartness. Supportive carbonation.
Refreshing, and the fruit flavors are natural. No alcohol is noticeable.

it seems that the availability of smoothie sour ale is endless; the depths of which seems limitless. With the fruits of starfruit, tangerine and blackberry, this take on the style tries to stand out in some meaningful way.

Abomination's Endless Depths pours with a dense lavender mauve appearance, slightly rusty in its fog and with the consistency of milkshake. With a fruit filled perfume of tropical, berry and citrus, the scent seems to cover its bases. Creamy sweet in its first sip, notions of taffy, popsicle, vanilla cream and cereal all come to mind.

As the sweetness settles a bit, the tartness of the underlying ale hits a high mark the character of lime, lemon, gooseberry and passsionfruit; all with those additions of tropical star fruit, citrusy tangerine and black berry for a deep fruit flavor that heavily favors the dark berries. Heavy cream, cereal and vanilla covers up the acidity as the session comes to a close.

Full bodied for sour ale, the beer is very much an alcoholic smoothie with hints of sourdough and tartness that have little to do with beer and more to do with flat fruit. Finishing on the side of density, a medium-long fruit finish keeps the radiancy going.