Double Acai & Passionfruit

When we dropped our Acai & Passionfruit Sour back in 2019, we had no idea its bigger sibling would later trump it at the polls. Turns out, double the fruit in a half litre tin goes twice the distance... 

This dauntless doppelganger features proudly in PL’s annual b'day line-up. When we see it on the brew schedule, we smile. Cheekily and for a while. Some crew say it’s our best sour of all time. Your votes suggest the same.   

Its distinctive tartness comes from lactobacillus - a glucose chomping non-spore forming bacteria that’s also (in no way related to beer) good for the gut. 

A quarter tonne of passionfruit pulp elevates the lactic tang, while açai berry gifts a dazzling ruby hue. Both are added post ferment to the tank as temperatures cool. 

Light captures the pint, sending fuchsia beams about the bar. It’s a beautiful froth with plumes of cloudy foam. Expect tart passionfruit and lemon drops on the tongue, with a gift of raspberry late. 

Podium finish? Bloody oath.