PEACH UBER ~ NICKEL BROOK

Peach Über is a release from the 2016 Lab Series, from Nickel Brook. It is Nickel Brook’s Berliner Weisse (soured with lactobacillus during the sour mash process) with the addition of peaches. Sampled on draught the beer poured an opaque yellow body with the slightest hint of peach colour, with a generous foamy white head, which disappeared quickly. The aroma contained fresh peach and sour Berliner weisse traits, lemon and some subtle grains. My first sip was very peachy – not artificial peach, but a juicy peach picked right from the tree. After the first sip I found the peach to sit more in the background, as moderate sourness and citrus did it’s refreshing magic. There is a very subtle graininess and floral notes hat compliments the sour. The carbonation was lively, the mouthfeel was medium and the finish was tart, lightly drying and thirst quenching on an unseasonably hot day. A nice summer sour bomb!

4% from Burlington, Ontario