 Beerlando (1352), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jun 9, 2008
Pours a very lightly hazy, overly filtered rose color. A swirly, off-white film is all the head that this brew can muster. Wet, soapy lacing mostly rejoins the body. The nose disappoints right off the bat, showing primarily sweet cherry soda notes where one would hope for a true, sour Kriek aroma. Vanilla, oak, and a touch of lactose completes the nose. Flavors, too, are a letdown, with overly sweet, very lightly tart cherries dominating. Vanilla laden oak serves as a saving grace, imparting a smoothness that, combined with the lactic creaminess, makes the beer drinkable. The body is soda like, with clumsy, obtuse carbonation and a semi-sticky finish. This is drinkable, but it is essentially nothing like the masterful Belgian examples that it was based upon, and at $28/750ml is an outright travesty.
Odeed (1491), Bakersfield, California, USA
Oct 8, 2008 dusty rose in color with no head.aroma is slightly funky with some cherries,oak,and orange.flavor is the same with a slightly medicinal aftertaste that i did not care for.
darkguardian (193), Florida, USA
Oct 7, 2008 22oz bottle from Cheeseman at one our tastings (working through a backlog here). Pours a clodu pink with a funky puffy pink head. Tons of cherry taste with a slight sourness and nice notes of funk. A lot of oaky vanilla notes in this. I liked this more than most but its nowhere near as complex as some other sour ales from the west coast.
IrishBoy (2161), Bakersfield, California, USA
Oct 6, 2008 750ml bottle shared by Odeed; Nose is lightly funky with tart cherries, and oaky woodiness; Clear dark pink with a small pink-tinged head; Flavor was cherries, light tartness balanced by light sweetness; not very tart, would be better tarter!
Rciesla (871), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
Sep 27, 2008 Bottle in a trade. Pours a red amber body with almost no head. Cherry woodiness and a nice sour acid aroma. Flavor is tart sour cherry Wood maybe some brett and finishes very dry. Awesome beer.
ajm (369), California, USA
Sep 24, 2008 Bottle from Joey @ SouthBay. Sampled this summer. Time has softened my initial experience which was not that pleasurable. I have warmed to sours, though, and would almost try this again. Full aroma of cherry and funk with flavor to match - lemon and yeast as well. The funk takes over the tartness and rather subdues the fruit; for me, the barrel is overtaken as well and this hurt my enjoyment.
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