Rock Bottom Yorktown Barry White

Brewed by Rock Bottom Yorktown
Style: Fruit Beer
Lombard, Illinois USA

On tap at the brewpub: This pours a clody dark pink body with a frothy head with a light pink tint. It had a yeasty nose along with some berry (couldn’t tell it was blueberry, Praise Eris), and some light citrus notes. The flavor was much the same, perhaps more fruity with some quiet spices coming through. Not bad.

Rationed at this point so a shaker was used instead of a club mug. No matter, better aroma read. The color was a cloudy, orangy red with a foamy pink, head and thick, foamy, web-like lacing. The nose was yeast, tartness, with fruit, some citrus notes, and a hint of banana. These carried over to the flavor accompanied by a touch of earthiness, lemongrass, and some light malt that tempered a strong fruit juice tartness only a little. A decent dryness finished it off. A refreshing brew but the intensity of the tartness was a little over the top for me considering the style from whence it came to what it is now. Maybe a little maturity and settling might help but I doubt that it will be around long enough to get another try. Still rationed but got another try and found that it mellowed out nicely. That’s why I like unfiltered brews. +.1

Taster at RBY. This is the name the server said brewmaster Tim gave it just this morning. It’s likely this will change once it actually gets posted to the menu. But here’s one of their special pours for American Craft Beer Week. Cloudy pinkish color with a thin lacy head. Smell is still a nice, yeasty wit, with fruit to the background. Taste is the same thing, too. No overwhelming fruit syrup in this one. The Belgian wit character is up front, with blueberry in the rear. It does a bit of a dry note toward the finish.