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.

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.

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.

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.

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.