Melbourn Brothers Strawberry

Brewed by Melbourn Brothers (Samuel Smith)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Stamford, England

Strawberry pop with a bit of alcohol, I could feed this to a Mormon all night and they would never know until they got up and the world began to spin. I give this beer a high score because it isn’t supposed to taste like beer and it doesn’t, it tastes like a soft drink.

Pours an appealing cherry-amber body with decent head. Delicious strawberry aroma and easy, sweet strawberry flavor that is mildly tart on the finish. Quite a nice fruit beer, wheat provides good balance. A treat of moderate complexity.

Bottle courtesy of my uncle Pete. I literally did a double take when I saw him drinking this at my cousins party. A British lambic, I thought, I’ve got to try this! On his next journey he kindly picked me up a couple, so cheers Pete. Orangey red with a small pink head. Nose of sweet sugary strawberry and a slight tinge of hay. Tastes of strawberry soda with a bit of yeast thrown in. Kinda reminded me of rosé wine in a way, hints of grenadine and rhubarb and custard sweets also. Maybe not so beer like but damn refreshing no less...

A Mes rate: Bottle thanks to Reakt.
Don’t care what anyone says about these, I love them all. Fruit juice they may be but served freezing cold on a hot summers day these have got to be a good idea. To me the idea of spontaneously fermented fruit juice (made with good quality juice I might add) is an absolute winner. As a beer, in all honesty, its probably not that great. As a morning drink... every bit of my childlike sugar feindage is satisfied along with a nice little twist of lambic character. Love it. Like a big girl. I do I dooo!

pretty much like its counterpart (peach) I can drink this one. A little tart on the end

Different, and interesting. A British answer to Lambic? Very sweet, but with some nice sharp bitterness of hops. Heavy carbonation as well.

Bottle. Aroma of strawberries with a hint of sour. Reddish tinged amber color with a pink tinged white head that is respectable. Tiny bubbles. Thin to medium bodied with slightly sharp carbonation. The flavor is sweetish with strawberry and a very faint sour note. Pleasant, but that’s pretty much it. The finish is a bit tart, like strawberry skin or a not quite ripe berry. Worth consuming every so often.

Bottle. Small fluffy pink lasting head. Clar dark brown body. Nice and pleasant round smooth and sweet strawberry aroma. Very sweet and sugary flavor with a good deal of carbonation and a long sweet aftertaste. Is this a beer ?