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Implosion Pink Sour
Beerfruit ale

Implosion Pink Sour

A 0.5% kettle sour from To Øl, flavoured with lychee and hibiscus and coloured naturally with purple carrot.

About This Drink

To Øl kettle-sour the base beer before fermentation, then add lychee and hibiscus alongside Loral and Ekuanot hops. The purple carrot gives it the rose-pink colour. It's a fairly deliberate set of choices, and they mostly work together: the hibiscus is floral and faintly jammy, the lychee brings a delicate tropical sweetness, and the lactic tartness ties it all together without going sharp. The body is light and the carbonation gentle. It sits closer to a lightly soured fruit beer than anything in the Berliner or Gose tradition. The finish is dry and floral, with lingering hibiscus. Works well cold as an aperitif, or anywhere you'd reach for a light, sour fruit drink.

Ingredients

Water, barley malt, hops (Loral, Ekuanot), lychee, hibiscus, purple carrot, yeast (kettle sour culture)

Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%

Tasting Notes

Taste

LYCHEE HIBISCUS LACTIC TARTNESS TROPICAL FRUIT SWEETNESS DRY FLORAL FINISH

Aroma

HIBISCUS FLORAL AND JAMMY LYCHEE CLEAN LACTIC SHARPNESS

Character

Appearance
ROSE-PINK WITH GENTLE CARBONATION
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED WITH GENTLE CARBONATION
Finish
DRY AND FLORAL WITH LINGERING HIBISCUS TARTNESS

Production

Kettle soured before fermentation; flavoured with lychee and hibiscus; coloured with purple carrot

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%

Tasting Notes

Taste

LYCHEE HIBISCUS LACTIC TARTNESS TROPICAL FRUIT SWEETNESS DRY FLORAL FINISH

Aroma

HIBISCUS FLORAL AND JAMMY LYCHEE CLEAN LACTIC SHARPNESS

Character

Appearance
ROSE-PINK WITH GENTLE CARBONATION
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED WITH GENTLE CARBONATION
Finish
DRY AND FLORAL WITH LINGERING HIBISCUS TARTNESS

Production

Kettle soured before fermentation; flavoured with lychee and hibiscus; coloured with purple carrot