Mikkeller - Flemish Primitive Ale with Riesling

One from the Limbo series, this beer incorporates Riesling wine grape juice from Mikkeller's very own vineyards. It is very pale yellow from the bottle and creates a nice white head that soon subsides. The aroma is decidedly white wine-ish: fruity and sharp. The tastes are similarly fruity - lemon, lime, apple and pear in the main. The body is moderately firm and the carbonation level just about right. A sharp finish from a highly acidic tasting drink leaves me in the same quandary as the other Limbo series I've tried - is it a beer? If I was given this to drink without any cues I'd think it was a mixture of white wine and lemonade. A refreshing drink all the same, but I'm scoring it as a beer.

2/5

Mikkeller - Flemish Primitive Ale with Yuzu

This is one from the Mikkeller brewery Limbo Series and it contains yuzu fruit juice, together with the expected barley malt, hops and Mikkeller's own strain of yeast. So I was quietly confident here because although I find Mikkeller's beers to be rather hit and miss, one of my favourite beers contains yuzu fruit. The can releases a cloudy yellow beer with a modest head that soon flattens to virtually nothing. The aroma is decidedly grapefruity. When you sip it there is a strong mix of yuzu, grapefruit, lemon and orange). The mouthfeel is way too fizzy for my liking and it has a thin body. The sharpness persists to the aftertaste, it's almost acidic. Now call me an unreconstructed reactionary, but if I was given this to drink in ignorance, I would describe it as a citrus fruit spritzer. 

2/5