 Ernest (4178), Boulder, Colorado, USA
May 8, 2008
Bottle (Feb 07 bottling).
Head is initially small, fizzy, pink, fully diminishing.
Body is hazy medium reddish-purple, bottle conditioned.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately yeasty (horseblanket, barnyard, cobwebs), with notes of raspberry and cherry, light notes of band-aid, sour apple, and wood.
Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately to heavily acidic.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately to heavily acidic, lightly bitter.
Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively/soft carbonation.
I rarely say this, but that’s because I rarely believe it’s true: this will probably benefit greatly from another couple of years in the bottle. Although the aroma is very enticing and vibrant, it’s pretty fruit-forward right now, as with young wine (and priced like the latter as well, at least in the States...$35 a bottle here in Colorado). I would also ideally want a smidge less sweetness and a smidge more tartness. These are nits...it’s great stuff as-is to be sure. And given a few years for the fruits to fade a bit and some aged characters to take their place, I have little doubt that it will gain more depth and breadth.
heemer77 (3609), North Liberty, Iowa, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Beautiful dark red body with a light pink head. The aroma is massive raspberries with some hay. There are also some leathery notes. The taste is very tart with some light raspberries behind it. There is also some leathery goodness behind that. A light clean body, this is not as overwhelming as I would have expected. Very nicely made with a dry finish.
undsioux7 (458), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
Jul 11, 2008 Pours ruby red with an light red head bubbly head that dissapates quickly. Aroma of barnyard, wood, cherries, and raspberries. Taste is wood to start with the cherry and raspberry showing up in the middle with a nice tart ending. What a great balanced mix of flavors without anything overpowering the other. Thanks Grim!!!
IrishBoy (2043), Bakersfield, California, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Bottle shared by my son Enniskillen from Bottleworks; Nose is horseblanket and sour cherries cloudy raspberry colored with a nice pink head; flavor is very tart with nice cherries; nicely funky without completely overshadowing the cherries; excellently balanced!
Enniskillen (1525), Port Angeles, Washington, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Red with a thin white head. Aroma is sour, vinegar, raspberries, cherries. Taste is a light red wine vinegar like character, raspberries, and cherries show with light funkiness, lightly acidic. Real nice stuff.
fordest (1655), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
Jun 28, 2008 750 ml bottle. Lots of sour funk in this beer. Flavors and aromas of cherry. Very tasty. Acidic in the finish with more sour and tartness to tickle the palate. Good Stuff
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