Texian Brewing Co. (Richmond, TX) debuted its Charlie Foxtrot imperial Berliner Weisse at Big Texas Beer Fest in April of this year, and it topped the list of my five favorite beers. There aren’t a lot of sours coming out of Texas breweries, if you exclude Jester King, and now we have another in bottles.
A Berliner Weisse is traditionally a sessionable beer, but this one is 7.5% alcohol-by-volume, so watch out. It drinks much lighter, and you’ll get great peach and sour notes. It’s not a mouth-puckering sour, so if you’re trying to introduce people to the style, this is a good brew to start with.
Bottles were released at the end of September, and they’re very well priced for bomber beers in general, especially a specialty brew like this (I’ve seen $6-$7 per bottle).
Get you some!
Mae Rock is a craft beer enthusiast, and local brewery groupie.