Fizz Shop - Mango Lime
Yazoo Brewing Company

As an offshoot of their Embrace the Funk series, Yazoo Brewing takes their sour and experimental flavor to the soda fountain. Loosely modeled after soda mixers, this Fizz Shop variety showcases both mango and lime in a sour, funky, spritzy and playful manner.

Pale yellow and nearly clear, Fizz Shop - Mango Lime pours loose, lofty and with a bubbly attitude. As the rife and radiant scent of fresh fruit peels, citrus, tropical and cider rolls off the nose, so does a briny musk of the sea and a bold hit of skunk and weed. Light on sweetness, the sour ale is light with wafer, nectar and sourdough.

As the bubbles wash away and short lived grain influence the fruits of mango and lime start to tease with the bright acidity and their unique citrus and tropical flavors. As hints of grapefruit, white grape, green apple and lemon add to the beer's natural acidity, the beer trends sour on the middle palate with more earthen nuances of dry oak, moss and a general gamey vegetal brine. A light bitterness follows in a late impression of citrus peels, hay and hemp.

Thinking of it a "lambic-lite", the sour ale lives up to the Embrace the Funk series with an old school sour ale display but with the simplicity of kettle soured ale. Finishing dry, crisp and refreshing, its off clean character carries a sense of rusticity and charm into a brief and musty aftertaste.