Atlanta "Baked Goods" Wild Ale

I had to look this beer up just to find out what kind of a beer it was. I didn't do that until after I took this picture, so I was just guessing on the glass. I'm not sure I picked the right glass for a wild ale, but I'm not sure what the correct glass for a wild ale is. I think this is my wheat beer glass, and it's going to have to do. Sometimes breweries come up with names that are too long (like this one's actual name: Georgia's Original Atlanta Brewing Company Since 93 Baked Goods Blueberry Lemon Cobbler - Limited Release) and I give them a hard time about it. But I should be able to expect the style of beer on the label. I don't think that's too much to ask.

The beer produces almost no head, and what there is dwindles down to a very small, thin, and incomplete lily pad in the middle of the beer with a very simple and small ring around the sides. The beer itself looked almost rose-colored as I poured it, but now that it's in the glass, it looks a lot more amber. The aroma is strong, and it reminds me of some kind of fruit flavored liquor. Even though this is only 5% ABV, the nose seems to think that it's a lot stronger.

Berries and cherry juice bring a sweetness to the mouth before the malt asserts itself as vaguely baked crust. It's not particularly bad, and there are a certain amount of spices in there to make things a little different. This doesn't hit as hard as the nose implied that it would, and it doesn't taste as frenetic as wild ales I've had in the past. Instead, this has a lot of flavors, but they seem to be working fairly well in unison. The cherries are a little sour for my taste, but this isn't a sour beer.

Tip-in is tart (leaning into sour) cherries and lemons. The berries fold themselves into the baked, crusty malt, and the center gets very smooth for something with so much going on. The finish crashes hard with dryness and sour that echoes with blueberries for the trail off.

Bottom Line: Not in everyday beer, and not for everyday drinking.

2.0/5