Brugge Brasserie Pooka

Brewed by Brugge Brasserie
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours grapefruit juice colored with a thin white head. Nose is hearty bready yeast, fresh flowers, some citrus including orange and grapefruit. Taste is puckering tart, lightly sweet. Palate is light and a cleansing tang. Too tart for me on its own, but paired with some of the cheeses they have, it works really nicely. Refreshing. Could replace your morning juice with breakfast :)

Draft to snifter. Looks good; opaque with ample coronation and nice lacing. Smells good too; tart and boysenberryish. Tastes nice; good balance and friendly on the palate. Nice!

Lots of berries in the aroma. Pours a cloudy light reddish color. Taste is well balanced between sweet and tart. Sour is not overwhelming. Finishes a little sweet. Solid tartness throughout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

I’ve been waiting a full year for Brugge to brew this again. Thank god they were able to manage enough boysenberries. This beer poured a medium to light bodied creamy and cloudy raspberry red in color with a soapy one finger, off white head. The nose is comprised of tart berry, Belgian yeast character, some lacto, and a subtle berry sweetness. There is a light spice on the finish as well. The flavors are full of fresh, tart berry with a mild sweetness. It is off dry yet still has a nice creaminess in the flavor. It finishes with a moderate amount of Belgian yeast. It’s delicious. It drinks between light and medium in body and leaves a nice jammy tartness behind in the aftertaste. This is very drinkable and a beer you’ve got to try. It’s a tough choice between this and Harvey, but I love Harvey. This is a little fuller in body.

On tap the brewpub poured into a tulip...The beer looks like liquid grapefruit, I think its pretty ugly. A light pink head with great lacing...The aroma is light sweet fruit, I can’t really place it. I’m told its boysenberry so I guess I need to eat some of those. A little tartness, but less than what I’m looking for...The taste is ok, a weird fruity sweetness, lightly tart, some oak comes through. Like a juice mixed with sparkling water. Its not bad, just not blowing my socks off. For Indy, I’m impressed, especially from what looks like a first wild attempt. An average wild worth giving a shot, at the very least its sweet and highly drinkable.

Sample from some generous folks at Jackie O’s on 2/5/11. Pours a clear light red with no head. Funky and a bit pukey nose with some fruit. Sour cherry and apple on the tongue with a funky and tart finish.

Sample at the Jackie O’s Bottle Sale/ Stout and Big Beer Fest on 02/05/2011, ans again more recently on draught at the brewpub. The beer is a hazy rhubarb-amber color with a minimal off-white head that disappears quickly. Spotty lacing. Aroma of sour fruit and grainy malt. Medium body with a tart fruity character and notes of berries, malt and yeast. The finish is oaky and fruity with a tart aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

GABF 2010, Pretty easy drinking sour. Light berry, loganberry, boysenbeery, somewhat acidic. tart but not overbearing, good sour

(Draught) Pours a cloudy amber body with moderate off-white head. Aroma of earth, boysenberry, vinegar, yogurt, and horseblanket. Flavor of boysenberry, lacto, vinegar, strawberry, and citrus.

Great mild smell of sour cherries. Flavors are so perfectly balanced. Cherries, floral, hibiscus, great funk. This is a sour beer for people that don’t like sour beers. I could drink this for the rest of my life.