It seems like a ginormous amount if time ago since I last posted in this community… It’s been a while since I had a craft beer also, but it is finally time!
Since my wife got injured in a car crash, I wasn’t in mood for anything. Almost 3 months in the hospital and now already a month at home I finally felt ready to enjoy something dofferent than the traditional commercial lagers.
It’s not that I didn’t have craft beers, in the refrigerator there were about 5 of them… It’s only because I didn’t have the mood to open one.
This SOURBIT was brought by my wife when she once went on a short trip to the capital and now that we are already reunited again, I feel that is a good moment to open it. I have to mention that my wife is still far away from recovering, she will need at least a year more of a leg surgeries and treatment to see it in a good shape, but for now she is relatively healthy and in a good mood.
The sourbit is a lacto fermented sour with added apricots and vanilla. I like the bright colors of the can and the overall label style, although I find it difficult to read some of the texts. Maybe the designers missed something here…
Time to open it!
The color is amberish, maybe due to the added fruit puree. A bit hazy, with some good carbonation. The head is big, but disappears quite fast… this is to be expected with sour beers, so not a big deal!
The aroma is quite sour with a hint of vanilla, I needed a little but mote fruit maybe, but I really don’t know the amount of apricots used for brewing this.
Taste wise, it replicates the aroma. There is a lot of sourness, which I really appreciate, but the lack of this desired fruitiness is frustrating me a bit. Maybe because I search for a taste bomb like in the IPAs, maybe the flaw is somewhere else. I cannot decide, but thinking over it again, I think that this lactic fermentation eats most of the sugars, and the strong taste as well. If there isn’t some artificial flavoring, then we cannot expect for a solid taste bomb.
Overall, I think this was a good beer, but it really lacked some character. I like sours a lot, but this wasnt one that makes me think “Wow, that’s awesome!”. Its just a good, ordinary sour.
I home that in the following weeks I will have the opportunity and mood to have other craft beers too. I really miss writing here and hope to fix that too.
See you soon and wish you a happy new week!
Cheers and bye!