Provisions Series: Tart Of Darkness
Trying to review this to style without slamming it. Mahogony pour with a short lived beige head into a tulip glass. Not at all black or thick looking. Aroma yields no stout characteristics, but plenty of woody sourness. Mouthfeel is quite thin. No roastiness, no coffee, chocolate, or any of the other flavors I associate with stouts. Much more in line with a sour Flanders, similar to a La Folie. All in all, this beer is quite like a Flanders brown or red ale. Comparing this to its closest counterpart, Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura, this falls short in that it has zero stout characters. All of that being said, it is a glorious light bodied sour, puckering and mouth drying, and quite delicious.