Until we started ordering beer from Maltgarden at the start of 2021 I had no idea what a ‘Fruited Pudding Sour’ was, but I ordered some thinking what’s the worst that can happen? Turns out they are a brilliantly different style of sour!
Keen Maltgarden fans may recognise a similarity in the naming of this beer to one we’ve had in the past. Pool Party Fantasy was a fruited smoothie sour with white guava, passionfruit, lime and coconut. Basically a beer version of a Pina Colada.
For this beer those same ingredients have been given the ‘super smoothie’ treatment. This beer is thick, our enjoyment has gone from fantasy to ecstasy! It pours like mango nectar, and you’ll probably notice some separation of the beer as it comes out of the can. A wafting aroma of tropical fruits – passionfruit, guava, peach – along with a citrus note and some coconut.
As expected this follows through in the flavour. Lots of fruit sweetness, sticky and full like nectar, soft and creamy from the lactose with more of a tartness than true sourness. It really is an interesting style, I’m not sure I’d want to of these back to back, but a beer that is very clever and most enjoyable.
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