Sparkale
21st Amendment Brewery

Amber color with pink hue . Thin, white head. The aroma of fruits and berries mostly with light malty notes. Light tartness in fruity, wine-like taste. Interesting, summer beer.

 

refreshing sparkling ale great summer beer

 

 

12oz can into a pint glass. Daye on bottle of can reads Sept 1st 2027. Good for cellaring I guess.....

Pours an amber orange body with lively carbonation. Head fizzles out quickly leaving just a ring. No lacing.

Tart aroma of apple and some other fruits. Fruity cider. Quite a pleasant smell.

Apple mostly, with cranberry and cherry notes. Not getting the peach, but perhaps it's a balancing flavor, as overall the drink is quite sweet

Mouth a solid medium, finish a sweet tart wash.

Overall, a pleasant surprise, wasn't expecting a lot from this, but a nice drink on a slightly muggy evening.

 

Taster at Portland on Tap

Pinkish copper color, clear, with a head that fizzes away instantly like soda.

Smells like rotten fruit and stinky cheese. Bad can?

Tastes a bit rotten. The tartness of the cranberry offers some refreshing relief. Apple and pear. Cracker malt. Champagne vibes. A touch of cinnamon. A bit of metallic weirdness.

Light feel but very fizzy.

Not a great beer. The taste is better than the smell, but it's not a pleasant beer. I'm not sure what went wrong here.

 

Poured from a 12 oz can into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Crystal clear golden pink pour. Thin fizzy white head... falls fast with trace lacing.

S: Fruit punch and wine cooler... fruity.

T.F: Sweet and fruity... cranberry, apple juice, and peach. A bit of cherry... basically everything it says on the can. Very light bodied... fizzy carbonation. More fruit at the finish.

O: Tastes more like a cider than a beer... fizzy and fruity. Not offensive... not really a beer. Would be good for a hot summer day/pool time.

 

12 oz can
Calusa snifter

Gold with a cherry tinge, 1/4 inch creamy head

Aroma is effervescent a la sparkling water with slight grain mustiness. Slight parchment paper.

Flavor starts with caramel sauce, followed by lime and cherry pixie stix, and slight peach pit.

Feel is effervescent, very carbonated, brut-ish, clings at the end.

Overall, an enjoyable sparkling ale, if a bit odd.

I really LOVE this!! It is light, a little tart, good fruit flavor as described, I can pick out the apple, cranberry and cherry. More like a cider, which I enjoy. So glad I decided to give it a try!! Will be getting this again and again..... Please keep making it!!

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a golden/orange color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of grapes, light cherries. Taste is of tart cherries, cranberry, dry at the finish. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a highly refreshing and enjoyable beer.

 

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 8/28/2019. Pours slightly hazy golden/orange/amber/light reddish color with a small foamy and fluffy off white head with poor retention, that reduces to a thin rig of lace that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy red/green apples, cranberry, cherry, peach, and fruit peel/skin/pits; with lighter notes of cracker, white bread, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit of A bit of weird chemically aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of apple, cranberry, peach, cherry and light-moderate pale malt/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy red/green apples, cranberry, cherry, peach, and fruit peel/skin/pits; with lighter notes of cracker, white bread, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate fruit tang/tartness; and herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy red/green apples, cranberry, cherry, peach, and fruit peel/skin/pits, cracker, white bread, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of apple, cranberry, peach, cherry and light-moderate pale malt/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/tart/tanginess and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, and moderately grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very nice fruit beer. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of apple, cranberry, peach, cherry and light-moderate pale malt/earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish. Great big juicy/vibrant fruits; with solid pale malt and earthy hop presence/balance. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp tart/tangy dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.

Pours almost clear with a pink hue and a minimal head that disappears quickly. Fruity aroma. T Tastes like it smells, more like a wine cooler than a beer. No hoppy bitterness. Very tart.

12 oz can shared with my wife. This reminds me so much of a wine spritzer, and also of cider, except it's beer which is what those other drinks want to be anyhow. Very fruity and refreshing with only a slight tartness. Somewhat on the sweet side. I'm not sure I'd want a full 12 oz of this so half a can was perfect.