Prominent blood orange adjunct brings distinct tartness to sour tripel variant. Its peppery lemon juicing, bruised banana scurry, pink grapefruit sweetness, orange rot spot and tangy pomelo whim recall rum sour cocktail.
On tap at Ambulance, sour tripel collaboration (fusing Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja Amber Ale to Bastone’s Nectar Des Deux Tripel) utilizes banana-clove-sweetened tripel yeast to contrast dry oak barrel-aged lactic acidity. Sour lemon rot, oaken cherry tartness and green grape esters hover above musty earthen grains as well.
“Tastefully tart twist” on brewers’ Golden Monkey tripel retains ‘sweet fruity essence.’ Light brettanomyces souring gently affects up-front lemon bruise pucker, vinous green grape esters, dry green apple tartness, oaken cherry musk and raspberry respite over musty barnyard funk.
