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Sorbetto Strawberry Cherry & Lime
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Sorbetto Strawberry Cherry & Lime

A 0.5% fruited sour from Pastore, brewed in collaboration with Mash Gang, built around strawberry, cherry and lime with a clean lactic tang.

About This Drink

Pastore are a Cambridgeshire brewery with a focus on mixed fermentation sours, and Sorbetto is their take on a low-alcohol fruited sour made alongside alcohol-free specialists Mash Gang. The base is fermented with Pastore's own house sour culture before being conditioned on strawberries, cherries and lime — the result is a beer that tastes genuinely fruit-forward rather than flavoured. In the glass it pours a hazy blush-pink with decent carbonation. The flavour follows the aroma closely: strawberry leads, soft and ripe, with cherry adding a bit more depth and lime providing a sharp citrus snap that stops it becoming cloying. The lactic sourness is present throughout but sits neatly in the background — this is not an aggressively sour beer, more a lively, tart one. At 0.5%, the low alcohol level is effectively imperceptible. At around £3.50-3.95 for a 440ml can, Sorbetto sits at the accessible end of the craft AF market. It's widely stocked by independent UK craft beer retailers, though availability can be patchy depending on the season.

Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%

Tasting Notes

Taste

JUICY STRAWBERRY SWEETNESS UPFRONT WITH A DEEPER CHERRY NOTE AND A SHARP LIME TARTNESS THAT KEEPS THINGS LIVELY. THE LACTIC ACIDITY FROM THE SOUR CULTURE SITS UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING CLEAN AND DRY RATHER THAN AGGRESSIVE.

Aroma

FRESH STRAWBERRY AND RIPE CHERRY WITH A PRONOUNCED CITRUS LIFT FROM LIME ZEST. A FAINT LACTIC NOTE IN THE BACKGROUND TYPICAL OF A WELL-MADE MIXED FERMENTATION SOUR.

Character

Appearance
HAZY PALE PINK TO ROSY RED.
Mouthfeel
LIGHT TO MEDIUM BODY WITH GENTLE CARBONATION. FEELS BRIGHT AND QUENCHING RATHER THAN HEAVY.
Finish
CRISP AND DRY WITH A LINGERING CITRUS-SOUR BITE. CLEAN NOT STICKY.

Production

Low-alcohol (0.5% ABV) fruited sour brewed in collaboration with Mash Gang. Fermented with Pastore's house mixed sour culture to build a lactic acid base, then conditioned on strawberries, cherries and lime.

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%

Tasting Notes

Taste

JUICY STRAWBERRY SWEETNESS UPFRONT WITH A DEEPER CHERRY NOTE AND A SHARP LIME TARTNESS THAT KEEPS THINGS LIVELY. THE LACTIC ACIDITY FROM THE SOUR CULTURE SITS UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING CLEAN AND DRY RATHER THAN AGGRESSIVE.

Aroma

FRESH STRAWBERRY AND RIPE CHERRY WITH A PRONOUNCED CITRUS LIFT FROM LIME ZEST. A FAINT LACTIC NOTE IN THE BACKGROUND TYPICAL OF A WELL-MADE MIXED FERMENTATION SOUR.

Character

Appearance
HAZY PALE PINK TO ROSY RED.
Mouthfeel
LIGHT TO MEDIUM BODY WITH GENTLE CARBONATION. FEELS BRIGHT AND QUENCHING RATHER THAN HEAVY.
Finish
CRISP AND DRY WITH A LINGERING CITRUS-SOUR BITE. CLEAN NOT STICKY.

Production

Low-alcohol (0.5% ABV) fruited sour brewed in collaboration with Mash Gang. Fermented with Pastore's house mixed sour culture to build a lactic acid base, then conditioned on strawberries, cherries and lime.