Wednesday, April 22, 2020

QUICK BITE: Fermented Ale Tasting: Panil Divina

The first in my series of tasting several large format bottles of sour and farmhouse style ales.  These are all beers that have some level of fermentation.   First up is Panil Divina which is a lambic style of beer.  Lambics are fermented using wild yeast - and based on the bottle it is yeast from under a full moon. 

It is very frothy on the pour, accounting for all the yeast.  It is a bit cloudy for the same reason.  You have to be careful pouring since you don't want that yeast in your glass.  Yeast is great in bread dough but not the best tasting experience on its own. 
The taste is dry, almost like a dry Sauvignon Blanc with some notes of stone fruit, especially peach.  Different tastes immerge as the ale warms up. I am detecting blackberries and strawberries.  

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