The SeaQuench Ale session sour pours cloudy straw yellow with thin bubbles that cling to the side of the glass. Crisp bright bubbles form a very thin head which dissipates quickly.
I’m getting a kind of candied lime aroma – bright and summery but also sweet. This sour ale is clean bodied with a fresh mouthfeel yet only a hint of carbonation. It’s sweet and tart but with the slightest touch of saltiness and little bit of a yeasty twang.
For reasons outlined below we’re tasting using a tulip, again with a stange, and then again with a chalice.
The tulip glass brings out the beer’s sweetness a bit while the stange brings out more of the tangy sourness. The head remains slightly longer in the stange but still ends falling to just a rim of medium sized bubbles.
In the chalice… wow… the sea salt is much more prevalent. I didn’t really taste it in the other glasses but here its a much bigger part of the flavor profile. A little crisp, very refreshing. This would definitely be a great beer at a backyard fish fry or clam bake.
Dogfish Head bills this as a “session sour” I can definitely see this being the case if you’re out on the beach. Sitting inside on a warm spring day one or two of these is likely my limit.
Other Specs:
- ABV: 4%
- IBUs: 10
- Release: April – December
- A “Born on Date” is located in the bottom corner of the label.
Why That Glass?
In their promo for this beer (below) Dogfish head calls this a hybrid beer consisting of three styles brewed in sequence: kolsch, gose, and berlinerweisse. In recognition of their creativity we’re tasting from three glasses. A tulip glass (common for a sour), a stange (common for a kolsch & gose) and a chalice (common for a berliner weisse.)
On the beer’s spec-site they mention a pint glass but in all honesty I think a chalice is the way to go, especially if you have one that features any kind of etching for nucleation.
More About the SeaQuench Ale Session Sour
SeaQuench Ale Session Sour is brewed by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery LLC. While the beer is listed as a Session Sour Dogfish Head refers to it as being a hybrid beer. You can see their “Quick Sip Clip” below.
