Funky Fresh Kiwi Lime Sour

Funky Fresh Kiwi Lime Sour comes from Foresters Falls, Ontario and the Whitewater Brewing Co. The beer contains a crushable 4.6% and just 2 IBUs. Sold in 473mL cans, Funky Fresh is brewed with wheat, oats, lime purée, and kiwi purée. It’s a lightly hazy gold ale under a thin white head.

This li’l guy was a potent sweet and tart candy aroma, with (surprise, surprise) notes of kiwi and lime. For a low-alcohol brew, the flavour is massive. It weaves lime tartness and candied kiwi.

The only thing timid about this beer is the percentage, with jumbo tartness and punchy sweetness. The beer is certainly not subtle, and I found it to be a bit much, but it does deliver an intriguing flavour combo. And for a sour, it isn’t alienatingly tangy. Will I buy it again? Probably. Should you? I guess, I’m not your manager.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.

Havana Affair

 Havana Affair (great name!) is a 5% rum punch sour from the folks at Rainhard Brewing in Toronto. The 355mL can lists a veritable fruit salad: cherry, lime, mango, pineapple, and tangerine. The beer itself is bronze-orange, with a fluffy off-white head that dissipated quickly.

HA has a tangy, fruit zip right off the nose, with lime and cherry leading the way. The flavour is a medley of fruit elements with a zing of quite respectable sourness. No bitterness here, just sweet and sour.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10.