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#52BottlesOfBeer: 01- Sons of Vancouver #82 Amaretto Wild Sour Ale

Mike S here with The Basement's latest brainchild: #52BottlesOfBeer !  The premise is simple- 52 weeks in the year, 52 reviews of craft beers. Every Friday! Surprise mother fuckers! We're starting this series off with the #82 Amaretto Wild Sour Ale by Sons of Vancouver. Let's start with the label.  It's a nice, elegant, old school style of label.  When combined with the long neck of the bottle, it brings to mind a nice bottle of wine.  I love the font used, and the colour palette.  It brings to mind the old black and white silent films, and classic saloons.  Just a nice stylish label. Next up is colour.  It's got a nice straw to golden colour to it- though you might get a bit of haze to it.  Fairly standard for most ales, though.  Still pleasant to look at. And finally, the really important thing: the taste.  The first sip made me go, "Huh."  Those that know me will attest that I love sour stuff (I ALWAYS eat...