 BlueDevil0206 (122), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 12, 2005
Bottled. Thanks to pailhead. Pours a very cloudy reddish amber. Aroma is of caramel and malt with some fruitiness....but, surprisingly, not really of cherry. Hops barely present in the aroma. Flavor is sweet and fruity and yeasty, but again, the cherry is not really the dominant fruit flavor. More of a apple, orange, pineapple type fruit profile with cherry in the background. Decent amount of hop bitterness and a slight sour and dry finish. Body was fairly full and it went down easily with moderate carbonation. Not the best fruit beer out there.
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 23, 2008 Updated: Sep 28, 2008Misty thick red pour. Old cherry aroma, with honey, raspberries, and citrus. Calcium. Quite bright.
Juicy and almost spicy cherry flavor. Mineral and pit-heavy in bitterness, while its sweetness tends toward syrupy sugars and reduced juices. Calcium and general hard-water metallic characters dry out the mid palate, briefly, but the finishing touch is warm and fleshy fruit; almost jammy.
Sometimes the tartness blends with the mineral qualities to create an intriguing shade of Sauvignon Blanc that passes for something interesting. Palate is mild and medium textured, softly carbonated, and juicy. Age hasn’t done it too well at this very old point, but it seems to improved it in some vague respects as well. Thanks Ken!
kmweaver (2125), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Sep 22, 2008 12oz bottle, purchased at Embassy in Warren, MI. Pours a dark, pulpy red raspberry color; thin-pinkish head that quickly fades. Slight metallic note over a muddled, pulpy cherry character in the aroma; pureed bing cherries with average acidity. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy, pitty cherries and strawberries upfront; some fruity tannins; very light citric tartness and solid levels of acidity; decent presence in the mouth, if a touch undercarbonated at this point; solid, genuine cherry notes with some breadiness at the core; tastes better than it smells. Medium finish: red fruits (cherries, especially), light toasty and bready malts, and a touch of citrus.
TheShat (123), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
May 24, 2008 I am not much of a fruit beer fan. This one is certainly not bad. THe cherry tartness is there in the flavor. The color was a beautiful amber red. Sour alcohol finish.
nolankowal (827), Dublin, Ohio, USA
Mar 24, 2008 On tap @ Bells tasting Orange-red pour with an off white head. Aroma of fresh cherry and dry toasted malt. Flavors of tart cherry, toasted malt, a bit of yeast as well. Light body, tart/malty with a tart/earthy finish. Pretty good really.
Dickinsonbeer (2550), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Mar 23, 2008 Shared by Goldtwins. Pours a very murky disgusting brownish red with a fizzy head that dies in a couple seconds. Aroma at first is so muddled and murky it is hard to even detect much cherry- just dirt, earth, sweet caramel and light chocolate matls- as it warms the cherry juice comes out ok. Flavor is also messy, with some chocolate malts, toasty nutty malts, and caramel sweetness, with some cherry juice to screw things up. Mouthfeel is a bit thick and messy- just a wierd turbid mess of a beer.
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