 Delbomber (387), Philadelphia, USA
May 4, 2002
My first experience with Bell’s (I can’t wait to tour the brewery on my ballpark tour in June). Dominated by bittersweet dark chocolate and cherry lambic qualities, this beer’s strengths are it weaknesses. The combination of chocolate with sour cherry is original and unique, but the biting acidity makes it difficult to enjoy the bottle to its entirety. Raspberry and coffee flavors support the dominant characteristics which fade into a tart, puckery gren apple and cherries finish. The malt profile helps curb the sournessthat would otherwise be a total detriment to this beers overall enjoyable existence. Has an appearance similar to 10w-30 when being poured.
verymerrymonk (212), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Pours a deep black body with a thin brown head. Sour with cherry up front leading into roasted coffee and chocolate, then a sweet cherry finish. Very nice.
Rastacouere (5410), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 8, 2008 On draught @ the Eccentric Café. Pretty much pitch black, 1cm tan head. More stout-like than fruit beer dominant, this is a beer that I hoped to enjoy a bit more. You get the acidity, especially towards the end, but not so much juiciness. Otherwise, the base stout is from Bells, so solid, medium-bodied and with an agreeable texture and luscious chocolatey roastiness. More carbonation than most in this one, but it remains smooth and not clashing.
kegbear (105), Orange, California, USA
Oct 8, 2008 Bottle. I thought this was very good actually. Reminded me of a mix of Kalamazoo and NG Belgian Red. Light on the maltyness, but the tart cherry definately comes through.
BeerBaron617 (154), Novi, Michigan, USA
Oct 6, 2008 I’m sorry to say that this is the first beer from Bells that I am very dissapointed with. To be frank, It tastes like an amazing stout, with very tart cherry juice mixed in. I was really expecting an amazing stout, with a nice cherry afterthought. It pours a very dark brown. and has quite a misleading aroma, without any hint of cherry. It really does go downhill with the flavor.
CapnJazz (20), Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 6, 2008 12 oz bottle. Was a little disappointed with this one. Was not particularly malty, as I expected, nor was the cherry presence strong enough to warrant this being anything special. Underwhelming in just about every sense, yet not so drinkable to be a session beer or anything like that. Some coffee, a good bit of bitterness, and a slight lingering cherry impression. Would like to see this amped up quite a bit.
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