Auko

Auko comes from Burdock, out of Toronto. It’s a busy little brew—a sour dark ale aged with raspberries, sour cherries and cab franc skins for a year in cab franc barrels. It clocks in at a boisterous 9.1% alcohol and comes in 375mL bottles with simple and elegant labels.

The beer is a dark number with faint ruby highlights and almost no head. It has a very tart scent that is both fruity and funky, with a punchy cherry blast. It has a disappointingly thin and flat, but the flavour is quite lovely, with sharp winey notes and lots of tart fruit.

True, Auko was in my fridge for a few weeks before I uncapped it, but it really was thinner than it ought to have been in spite of that. Still, great flavour and potency made for a fairly enjoyable beer.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.