NO. 14 THE SOUR ~ DUGGAN’S BREWERY

Sampled from a tin. The beer poured a cloudy golden amber with a think white head. The head stuck around before leaving a cap and some beautiful lacing. The nose contained lots of grains with a lactic tartness and some subtle citrus fruit. This is less sour than some other Berliner Weisse I have had. The soft sourness makes it quite refreshing without being lip puckering. A straightforward sour ale. 

5.4% from Toronto, Ontario

MIKE DUGGAN’S NO. 18 ~ DUGGAN’S

NO. 18 is a Raspberry Berliner Weisse. Sampled on draught, it poured a cloudy light apricot with a decent off white head, which left some spotty lacing. The nose contained lots of lactic sourness and subtle raspberry and cereal graininess. The sourness did not translate into the taste as much as I would have expected. I personally like my Berliners to be a little sourer, than this one. The beer starts with a mild sour sharpness, the berries (organic raspberry puree was used) are very understated, but do lend a gentle flavour. There is lots of graininess and malts mid sip. I found cereal - graininess to be too sweet at times. The beer ends with a malts and hints or raspberry again. The beer was medium bodied, with moderate carbonation. 5.4% from Toronto, Ontario 24 IBU