3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Pitch black pour with a decent amount of head that was quickly gone. Nose was roasted malt, cherry juice and a little metallic. Taste followed the nose and had some tartness to it. Not so much into sour in my stouts but this was at least palatable.
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3.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black with a thin light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, molasses, coffee, and malt - you really have to inhale because the aroma is faint. Taste is tart cherry, malts, and chocolate. I dig the taste. Sour cherry up front and an easy rich bitterness in the finish. Cool beer.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Jake’s Pub, Chicago bottle ($6): Pours a black color with a small head that disappears quickly and just leaves a viscous blackness. Aroma is quite literally a combination of chocolate and cherries... like a fancy dessert, yeah. Taste is somewhat sweet, but thankfully not too much. Smooth and mellow chocolate combine with a powerful, but again not overpowering, flavor of cherries. These kinds of beers seem to me to be the most difficult to balance, but I believe they did an admirable job here.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and licorice with a hint of cherries and hops. Roasted malt and chocolate flavor with light cherry and licorice notes.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Weird cherry taste assaults the palate. Not very pleasant. This is something I would never buy.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks to OmegaX for sharing. The scent of this brew was phenomenal, sweet and thick with hints of chocolate. Tasted great - lots of bitter cherries with a subtle but lingering roasted aftertaste. Fairly drinkable for such a complex beer, and I must seek out the barrel aged version now.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted like cherry vanilla soda. It was a little too much like artificial fruit flavoring for me. Much lighter bodied than I expected.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark unclear black in color with a small dark tan head. The aroma is a blend of sweet cherries and roasted malts, almost notes of peanut butter. Tartness starts right away and drops, then the flavor slowly bring on the tart cherries which become potent and lightly tart, then settle with a decent sweetness. These flavors are the basis on top of roasted nutty malt flavors on a medium body.
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