3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(750ml bottle) Pours a deep ruby body with a moderate pinkish head. Aroma of cherry, wet wood, mustiness, and vinous. Flavor of cherries, Belgian yeast, and wood with a somewhat dry finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
RBWG@Ravenous-thanks to -750ml bottle-pours an off white ring for a head and red color. Aroma is vinuous, fruit-cherry, wood, some spice. Taste is vinuous, fruit-cherry, wood, some spice. Good carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to marcus for sharing 1 of 180 bottles. Pours a very dark cherry with a pinkish off-white head. Aromas of alcohol and darkish cherry. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is a little heat, a little darkish cherry. A bit muddled. Should have had it before the Lou Pepe Kriek (no comparison). It is mellow. A bit too much malt? And too much alcohol. But it is a worthy effort. In the future more sour and less alcohol. It does improve with time.
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle (dregs)… RBWG ‘10… Murky caramel-colored ale with a rose tint and a small, fizzy, white head. The bouquet is vinous, acidic, earthy and a touch medicinal. Medium bodied and watery with nearly-expired carbonation. The flavor is sweet, fruity, earthy, but then way too bitter. Odd; unpleasant. Leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that I wasn’t expecting from a lambic or fruit beer. Not sure what they were going for here. Bottle courtesy of jcwattsrugger!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Blue Palms (listed as Big Sky Cherry Golden 11%). Pours with a hazed golden body and a small white head. Aromas are sweet with honey, biscuit, pears and a musty/cobweb note. Flavors are big, sweet, and boozy, light cherry and some cinnamon. Estery with big notes of clove. A bit messy. Lively bubbles but a sticky body.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Reddish pour. Cherry aroma, some light graham cracker, caramel. Flavor is a watery, cherry mess. A big waste of money.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This fruit beer pours a medium reddish orange color from a 750ml bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity, sweet and cherry. A medium bodied fruit beer. The malts are fruity and sweet, cherry and ever so slightly tart. The hops are herbal and earthy. SMALL RANT. Brewers please do not call a cheery/cranberry/fruit beer a Kreik/Lambic when its NOT. Unless it a tart, funky beer please don’t call it a Kriek. I am taking point away from you for this please STOP. Back to the rating. OK its more a slightly tart fruit beer than a kriek, but its tarter and funkier than a fruit beer. Decent cheery flavors. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly tart.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
#3595/3600, 750, corked and baled. Pours a cloudy garnet with surging gigantic head that settles quickly away to nothing at all. Funky dry woody nose overpowers the tart cherry presence. The cherries are a little overly sugary, but that could be all the vanillins from the oak messing with their mojo. Creamy medium body with subdued carb. Tart cherries, vanilla, and wood on the mid palate. Acetic finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy brownish red with a fizzy head. Earthy alcoholic and cherry aroma and taste with a bit of acetone like notes and a harshness I didn’t care for. I was wanting something better from these guys.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Deep caramel, violet hued, thin spritzy off-white head, dies immediately, absolutely no lacing. This one seems deader than dead. Strong alcoholic cherry cough syrup like nose. Smells... well, not what I expected. Some woodiness is apparent. Tart, actually sour on the tongue. Make that very lactic and vinegary. Its like a cherry vinegar. Not your usualy Sour Ale that you want to sip after each taste. This one I am searching for something to take the flavor out of my mouth. Artificial at best. Matt, this is not like you... one of the harder Big Sky brews I have tried. Strong cherry like pinesol on the backside. This is not vibrant, fruity, or pleasing. Its a bit of a chore to get through this one. Most Big Sky brews are well done, but this one just seems well off from the norm. Not sweet, and not enjoyable in the the sour arena. Kriek = Cherries right?
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