About four and a half years ago I was lucky enough to attend the Second Annual Ocean State Beer Festival that was held at Foolproof Brewery in Pawtucket. I consider this one of the best beer events I have ever been too and the day that I truly fell in love with Rhode Island Craft Beer. While I had been drinking craft beer for many years prior and had tried many Rhode Island Breweries it was this event where I truly realized just how big the beer scene was in the smallest state. This is when I first tried “The Chosen One” from Tilted Barn and experienced one of the best sour lines in the state, Alpaca Magi from Proclamation Ale Company.
Those who know me, know that while sours are one of my favorite
styles I didn’t really start to love them until around this time. When I walked
up to the Proclamation table, I tried their fantastic Pale Ale ‘Derivative’ and
while I am not sure which one I had, as it was a very fun festival, I remember
loving it (still do) and being asked if I liked sours. Answering in the
affirmative I was told to come back in a few minutes as they were going to open
their award-winning sour, ‘The Unyielding wrath of the Alpaca Magi.’ Now, I LOVE A GOOD BEER NAME, and was curious to try it and it was everything I love
about sours. A Light mouthfeel with a lingering and palate coating sourness. I
was then told that this was a series and that there were others in this line.
Thusly, I made it my mission to try as many as I could. The last release, ‘The Tropical
Excursion of the Alpaca Magi’ was released around the fall of 2018 so it had been
awhile since their last new release… until last night. I was scrolling through Instagram
when I saw it and it was glorious. Proclamation announced ‘The Mythical
Resurrection of the Alpaca Magi’ and about five minutes later I had placed my
order.
“Mystical Resurrection” pours into the glass a rich but cloudy purple with an off-white head that disappears just seconds after the pour. The notes show off the beers funk as the barrels round out the raspberries, blackberries, and merlot grapes. The taste is fantastic. With an impossibly light mouthfeel you get an initial tartness from the raspberries and merlot grapes in the front of your mouth that then builds to a slight sweetness. The sweetness does not last long though as you get a rich and complex sour that coats the entire palate from the back of your tongue to the front of your mouth. The Woodford Reserve barrel acts as a kind of amplifier for the foeder which adds to a slight oak finish and lingering sour that builds ever-so-slightly with each sip. Coming in at a dangerous 8% ABV there is no warning halfway through the bottle when it hits. “Mystical Resurrection” is just another in the Alpaca Magi family that delivers every, single, time!
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