New Terrain Brewing Passionfruit Pineapple Papaya Fruited Sour Ale Beer, Colorado

Juicy pineapple, ripe papaya, and vivid passionfruit open with bright tropical intensity and refreshing tartness. New Terrain Brewing's 'Tropical Sour' Fruited Sour Beer builds on the brewery’s lush house sour base with a trio of island-inspired fruits, layering pineapple’s brightness with the softer richness of papaya and the aromatic tang of passionfruit. The release captures New Terrain’s exploratory brewing philosophy through a vibrant summer sour designed around fruit, acidity, and a smooth underlying texture.

Product Details:

• Owners: Josh Robbins and Kaylee Robbins
• Brewmaster: Josh Robbins
• Head Brewer: Dave Johnson
• ABV: 5.4%
• Fruit: Passionfruit, pineapple, and papaya
• Production: Built on New Terrain’s house sour ale base with added tropical fruit
• Seasonality: Summer

Sensory Description:

Pineapple leads with juicy, bright fruit before ripe papaya adds a rounder tropical character and passionfruit brings fragrant intensity and tang. The sour base provides clean, refreshing acidity that keeps the fruit vivid and energetic, while its velvety texture gives the palate enough weight to balance the tartness. Tropical fruit remains at the center from start to finish, with passionfruit and pineapple providing lift as softer papaya notes settle into a juicy, refreshing finish.

Brewer's Background:

Josh and Kaylee Robbins founded New Terrain Brewing Co. in Golden, Colorado, after careers grounded in science and engineering and earlier professional experience in the brewing industry. Josh serves as President and Brewmaster, with Dave Johnson as Head Brewer, and the brewery approaches its small-batch program with a deliberate emphasis on curiosity and experimentation. New Terrain produces both traditionally inspired beers and releases that reconsider familiar styles through unusual ingredients, fruit, barrel aging, and other exploratory techniques. Tropical Sour reflects that approach through the brewery’s established house sour base, using passionfruit, pineapple, and papaya to create a distinctly warm-weather expression.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve chilled at 6 to 8°C in a stemmed tulip or sour beer glass to emphasize its passionfruit and pineapple aromatics while preserving its refreshing acidity. Pair with fish tacos, grilled shrimp, ceviche, spicy Thai dishes, jerk chicken, fresh fruit, or soft and creamy cheeses. Its combination of tropical fruit and tartness also makes it an appealing aperitif for warm-weather drinking.