As a valuable public service, we taste the latest in Lower Mainland beers and then give you a highly opinionated, pocket-sized review.

On tap: Main Street Brewing Fruit Bomb Kettle Sour.

Their Words: “Brewed using the hopbursting technique, this kettle sour is exploding with tropical hop flavours of grapefruit, lime, lemon, mango and peach—guaranteed to ignite your tastebuds. Kettle soured to give a blast of tartness. It’s the bomb!”

Taste test: Take the name “Fruit Bomb”, and then add in the promise of a vitamin-C bounty, and you’ve got what sounds like a carbonated collusion between Jolly Rancher and Starburst. The brilliance—and, no, brilliance as a descriptor is by no means overselling things—of Fruit Bomb Kettle Sour is the way that, while grapefruit, lime, lemon, mango, and peach might very well all be attending the party, none of them are holding court. And what a party it is, with exotically blended citrus counterbalanced by a tart, tangy, bright-eyed, and very forward kiss.

Deep thoughts: The great thing about Main Street Brewing’s Fruit Bomb Kettle Sour is that it punches in at a lightweight 4 percent ABV, which means that you can almost drink from dawn to dusk without your face going numb. As an added bonus, you presumably get your recommended six daily servings of fruit in each can.