Red Duck are well prepared for summer’s final hot stretch in Victoria with the Ballarat brewery bringing two sours into the world. Walking On Sunshine is as bright and cheery as an 80s pop ballad and feels like an antidote to too much time in the sun. There’s a pretty intense wave of passionfruit nectar and ripe mango flavours, while the tart finish cuts through those tropical fruits, and lasts long after both tune and beer are finished.
Miss Scarlet, meanwhile, is a richer affair – something to which even the deep purple colour alludes. Sure, the raspberry contributes plenty of fresh fruit flavours and bright tartness but the plum is more akin to a dark fruit liquor thanks to its layered complexity. It makes this summer sour feel almost like a knock-off cocktail – or at least a base upon which you could build one.
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