 Ernest (4186), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Mar 30, 2008
Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, light pink, fully diminishing. Body is medium reddish amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain, caramel), with light notes of cherry and alcohol. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium to full body, syrupy texture, lively/fizzy carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Really depressing.
scraff (1615), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
May 11, 2008 750mL bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Dark orange, fizzy white head. Nose held notes of artificial cherry and toasted caramel. Alcohol and sugary fake cherry flavor beat you to oblivion. Medium bodied, fizzy carbonation, harsh fruity finish. Ain’t nothing smoove about it….
DYCSoccer17 (1996), Davis, California, USA
May 8, 2008 750mL bottle purchased at BevMo in Natomas, CA. Has a large, bubbly head that almost escapes the bottle shortly after opening. Initially, there is a lot of cherry fruitiness in the aroma. This aroma fades and lends way to some more apple cider-like qualities. Later, some caramel malty aromas seem to make an appearance. A little honey sweetness and a touch of band aid are also present. Mildly transparent orange body with a bubbly off-white/pink head that has lots of small bubbles and is quickly dissipating. Horrifically carbonated to start. Becomes extremely bitter. Salty, harsh medicinal, aspirin-like fuesal bitterness. This is not bitterness caused by hops. Very acidic and very carbonated. This hurts my mouth when I drink it. This is hardly smooth or smoove or any other bastardization of the word. Not drinkable.
argo0 (6019), Washington DC, USA
May 3, 2008 (750ml bottle, thanks acrdz) Hazy amber body topped by medium off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, cherry, some caramel. Taste is sweet, cherry, alcohol. Medium-full body, some effervescence.
kmweaver (1813), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
May 2, 2008 750mL bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a hazy, ruby-orange color; off-white head with decent retention and lacing. Cherry juice, toasted grains and alcohol in the aroma. Loads of sticky sweetness: red fruit juice (cherries, mostly), fruit leather, sticky candy sugar, and plenty of alcohol showing through; a bit rough at the edges; boozy red fruits throughout. Lengthy finish: fruit juice, sugar and alcoholic warmth; rough.
acrdz (4148), Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2008 Pours a lightly hazy red/orange with a short-lived white head. Fruity artificial cherry flavoring and harsh, boozy grain alcohol in the nose. Boozy, sweet, alcoholic mess of a flavor: twangy, syrupy, fuesal, on top of some stale cherry flavoring, ugh… just not that good at all.
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