6.2 % ABV. Wild Mind Artisan Ales, brewed and canned in Minneapolis, MN.
Look at this one. It's all purple, with a pink head on it. Clouded. Cute.
In the nose: Fruity for sure. Not too sweet, too. Not too anything. Not sure so far.
In the mouth: Fresh and fruity. A smack of bitterness, turning dry in the end. Not a trace of sweet, nor sour. Berries are all about, but, again, it's never too much. Interesting. Berries? I'm not sure what the fruit is, actually. (blackcurrants, it turns out.) Is it more fruit than IPA? So far, it is. In fact, it's not really that much of an IPA. Again, ...sigh...call it something else.
Maybe it's just enough of an IPA, maybe...maybe not.
I do enjoy this, though, quite a bit.
Fruited IPA with black currant, hopped with Mosaic and Amarillo.
Wait, there's more! A fruited IPA, Punk Tacos was brewed with herbal and floral Mosaic and Pacifica hops, which we complemented with 336 pounds of equally herbal and cordial-esque blackcurrant puree. The resulting beer has a light acidity from the fruit that brightens the hops' characteristics. With 4.4 pounds of hops per barrel, Punk Tacos has a bit of hop bitterness and a dry, tannic finish. Lactose was not added to this beer because we want a more pure expression between the fruit and hops that were used.
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