Saturday Scotch Ale: 5.0 – Kind of unremarkable, very mellow which is bad because you want more of that taste.
Price Average: $18
Website: https://hoppyboston.com/
Tag: Ale
Boulevard/Pretty Things “Stingo” English Style Ale
“Stingo” English Style Ale: 7.0 – It’s a nice english style ale with that lower carbonation, and a small amount of tart with a lot of malt. Certainly one of the better beers we’ve had with pretty things, but it’s between being something you’d want often, and something special, sort of failing at being both things, or the middle ground.
Price Average: $10
Website: https://www.boulevard.com/beer/our-beers/ & http://www.prettythingsbeertoday.com/
Petrus Aged Red Ale
Petrus Aged Red Ale: 7.0 – There’s a special place in our hearts for things that are exactly what they say on the tin. Here we get something called an aged red, has cherries, and rates a ⅖ on the sour scale. Damn it to hell, but that’s exactly what you get, it does taste like a more mellowed red ale with cherry, and it’s a good combo of being sour without overpowering. It does suffer a bit by being akin to some old-timey medicine, but overall is quite tasty.
Price Average: $11
Website: http://petrussourbeer.com/en
Cisco Brewers The Woods ‘Lady of the Woods’ Ale
Lady of the Woods: 8.0 – This says oak barrel aged, but this is not a regular oak. It’s a delicious sour/wild ale that isn’t sharp at all, and is both mellow, tropical, and tart in the right ways. Been a while since something truly stood out here, but this is it.
Price Average: $17
Website: https://ciscobrewers.com/
Night Shift Harborside Gose Style Ale
Harborside: 5.0 – It’s weird, like you get the spice and overall still beer taste. There is not a lot of tart and the oyster really only comes as aftertaste, which actually makes the beer feel less sour, and more beer like. Overall it’s a mixed bag and seems to have no idea what it’s trying to be.
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.nightshiftbrewing.com/
Stillwater Artisanal Gose Gone Wild Sour Wheat Ale
Gose Gone Wild: 7.0 – It has a nice sour taste, and the aftertaste is really good leaving a nice mix of tart, sweet, and wheat. An overall very successful sour wheat ale.
Price Average: $10
Website: http://www.stillwater-artisanal.com/ (epilipsy warning)
Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog (Julio’s Whiskey Barrel Aged)
Smutty Julio’s: 4.5 – A little over a month ago we had a slightly different version of this, with the addition of being Bourbon Barrel Aged and Vanilla & Cinnamon. While that was sadly lacklustre it was thankfully not overly sweet. A feat that is sort of accomplished here. Listen, this is not a syrup sugar bomb, but despite the layers of complexity this has it’s just too much, for not enough enjoyment. Yes it has depth, but those BBA characteristics almost get in the way of that somehow, and overall you get a beer that is at times too sweet, and other times a bit harsh. We know that a BBA can be done, and done well, but this isn’t it.
Price Average: $?? – possibly not available
Website: https://juliosliquors.com/online/
Gregarious Scotch Ale
Gregarious Scotch Ale: 6.5 – It’s rich, it’s not sweet or off-putting it is a very solid, very good scotch ale.
Price Average: $8
Website: https://www.queencitybrewery.net/
Yards Brewing Company Brawler Pugilist Style Ale
Brawler Pugilist Style Ale: 4.0 – This is meant to be sort of an American version of an ESB, but it falls flat in accomplishing that. For something with a bare-knuckle brawl on the front you’d expect the bitter to be ‘there’, but it’s not.
Price Average: $15
Website: https://yardsbrewing.com/
Weyerbacher Sexy Motherpucker Sour Ale
Sexy Motherpucker Sour Ale: 5.5 – You certainly get that tartness and fruit from the citrus and grapefruit, and that alone makes it an enjoyable beer. If you are looking for a true ‘sour’ though you want something very unique above all – more than just a mash of tart fruit.
Price Average: $11 for half-bottle
Website: http://www.weyerbacher.com/