At first, it sounds improbable. Impossible.

Gummy bears? In beer?

But that’s exactly what’s on tap currently at Double Bluff Brewing Company in Langley – a Berliner Weisse with a subtly sweet kick to it called Rainbow Sour.

“We were really honestly looking for a way to honor Pride Month,” said Marissa Thomis, who co-owns the brewery with her husband, Daniel. “We thought, what a fun way to put the rainbow into the beer.”

Approximately ten pounds of gummy bears – in all colors of the rainbow, of course – were added to the 50-gallon batch of beer during the brewing process. The beer is a kettle sour, meaning it took a two-day process to achieve tartness.

The result is Rainbow Sour, a wheat beer that still manages to taste like something akin to a cider.

Thomis said the beer has been well-received.

“It’s strange but it works,” Beertender Kacey Crawford said. “It’s a good beer for non-beer drinkers.”

“It’s distinct and it’s a summer refresher. It’s soda pop for adults,” customer CJ White said.

This is not Double Bluff Brewing Company’s first time experimenting with gummy bears in beer. A few years ago, a beer made with grape-flavored gummy bears called “Purple Grain” made its debut at Strange Brewfest in Port Townsend.

It is, however, the couple’s first time brewing a specialty beer for Pride Month.

“It’s special just for June, or until we run out of it,” Thomis said, adding that the brewery does not bottle or can.

So, go get a pint while you still can.

Marissa Thomas pours a pint of Rainbow Sour, which is Double Bluff Brewing Company’s beer celebrating Pride Month. (Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record)