Atwater Cherry Stout

Brewed by Atwater Block Brewery
Style: Stout
Detroit, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint

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12oz bottle from BOTW. Pours a very dark red - almost black, with a thin head of white webs. Aroma is odd - I don’t really smell cherries, but I smell some sweetness and some chocolate. Maybe like a cherry-chocolate candy. The flavor of cherries is present, but very subdued. If I had not seen the label, I would think it was a stout with something weird going on. I’m not sure I would be able to identify it. The cherry manifest itself as something just a touch candy-ish and something a touch sour. In makes for an interesting beer.

Smells mildly like a dark beer, roasty and a tad sweet. There is also a slight soap perfume in there too. Initial impression is that it hides its alky content well for 6.5%. No head on the pour, it looks flat even tho it does have some hints of creamy carbonation on the tongue. Has gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Each slug is followed by a delayed cherry background reaction, it remains hidden until the finish takes place. Hide and seek cherry. Woody leather in there too. I liked this experience, normally I don’t care for these kinds of beers but I found this quite enjoyable. Finish is quite nice, no hints of alky is easily detected.

out of the bottle it pours a deep brownish/red with a thin beigeish flesh-colored head. it’s probably unfair to compare this to bell’s cherry stout, since atwater is a brewer that generally focuses on lagers, and the addition of cherry extract rather than real fruit is made freely available on the label. that said, there is a definite cherry presence, partly tart and partly astringent. little stout character; some roasted barley is apparent but it’s predominantly cherry and sweet malt. medium-bodied and a medium finish, and overall a decent beer but it falls short of the expectations brought on by other cherry stouts.

On tap at brewpub...Dark brown/red color with a pinkish colored head. Aroma is of sweet cherries and roast malt. Flavor is lightly roasted, with the cherries not nearly as tart and delicious as you find in the Bell’s Cherry Stout, which I was comparing this to. Palate is moderately creamy. Aftertaste is of cherry medicine. Not very complex for a stout, and not particularly tasty either.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark red-brown color with a very large dark brown head. The aroma was sweet malts with tart cherry, apple and pineapple. The flavor was tart, bitter, sour, malty and had a light cherry and toasty presence. The finish was malty sour cherry and lingered for a long time. The body was rather thin. Interesting.

Had this new offering on tap at the brewery. Pours a nice dark brown with a reddish hugh. Foam was thick, tan and left nice lacing. The body of the beer was a little lean, but had nice notes of coffee married with the hint of tart cherries. I found this to be a very pleasant and drinable stout.

On tap at Barley’s and Hop’s for 2 year anniversary. A so so stout. Pour was nice. A deep dark brown with a tan head with hints of pink. Aroma was decent. Roasted malt and cough syrup in both the nose and aftertaste. Very one dimensional and boring. Decent carbonation and hides any alcohol wonderfully.