Once upon a time there was an impressionable young brewer from Edmonton named Sea Change. One day while watching a beautiful rainbow form over the prairie skies he met Fruit Loop * and it was then and there that they decided to get together and brew Prairie Fairy. Because you see, Sea Change could not only see change but embrace it as well.
And now COMDB will do a taste test to find out whether this fairy tale has a happy ending.
At COMDB we strive to be politically correct. If you read between the lines what that statement means is at times we may not be, but it’s the effort that counts. Isn’t it? ** So, when I saw this Sea Change beer Prairie Fairy, with artwork that left no doubt as to what the name implied, I was at first hesitant to sample it. Could it be my concern over offending someone? Or the fine line we tread in social media when we comment, even innocently, on some controversial topic? My sensitive nature and empathy flaring up? None of the above. My main concern is it’s a blackberry wheat beer.
I try to sample wheat beers less than once in a blue moon. When it comes to fruit, I love me a peach, and a cherry pie is to live for. But as far as blackberries go, they aren’t high on my go to fruit list, maybe a couple of notches above that dreaded orange orb of mush called a pumpkin. But if we learned nothing *** from the COMDB Marriage Survival Guide we learned to lower our expectations, and for this beer that I did. And I was very pleasantly surprised.
A hazy golden muted brown pour that upon closer inspection is a hazy golden muted brown pour. A fresh aroma with an ever so slight hint of berry fruit. First taste is tangy and very berry, hard to taste any wheat with this fruit forward Prairie Fairy. And not just any berry, definitely blackberry, and with each swig it seems to get a little berrier! And tasty. Not balanced, fruit forward with some tang on the backend. It actually lends itself to big swigs. No real wheat attributes, just fruits. It is exactly what it says it is, and what I liked was no irritating wheat features that sometimes show up.
To quote an authority on the subject “the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice”. **** This fairy tale fruity wheat from the prairies did have a happy ending after all.*****
*Editor’s Comment: The Fruit Loop Society of Alberta is based in Edmonton and is a not-for-profit organization that provides support and special initiatives for Alberta’s LGBTQ2S+ community.
**Editor’s Comment: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
***Editor’s Comment: The only thing we learned from the COMDB Marriage Survival guide is to never take relationship advice from a beer review website.
****Editor’s Comment: From the song “Run and Tell That” by Elijah Kelley, from the score for the play and the movie “Hairspray”.
*****Editor’s Comment: “After all” is where we would normally expect the ending to be.
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