Now this will be very interesting.. I got 2 cans of this about 8 or 9 months ago and had one pretty soon thereafter.. can a pale ale brewed with passion fruit and cherries stand the test of time? Let's just hop on that wave and see, man.
Maui Brewing Company - Sobrehumano Palena'Ole Pale Ale
a 6.0% ABV and 24 IBU Pale brewed with fruit. The cool part is, it's a collab with Jolly Pumpkin with passion fruit from the Hawaiian Islands and Michigan cherries used in each. Maui will brew theirs traditionally while Jolly Pumpkin will take the base beer and barrel age it for a sour release. From what I hear, the JP release was incredible and from experience, the first can I tried was faintly tart, a nice blend of the two fruits.. probably a solid 6 Hops rating as the fruit was the only high point. After many months...
It's a chunky pour with a large brown hued head.. muddy copper water. There's a little funk in the nose with old fruit and faint cherry sweetness with some stale bread. Not too enticing. The taste and body.. well it's light, but feels chewy and a bit chunky. There's some tart, but it seems to be akin to a bottle of juice that has been open too long. It's an infected-type sour.. or badly aged. The cherries are still present, but almost none of the passion fruit. There's a mild sweetness in the finish, but more of that weird funk. This may have been a bad can.. or else age is worse to this brew than Macauley Culkin.
Previous.. 6-7 Hops
This time around..
- - 4 Hops!
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