3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pouring at the Saturday sessions of EBF. Pours a clear ruby orange with a thin white head. Rose, hibiscus, sweet and floral, with a touch of cherry. Nice cherry and spicy notes, lots of acid and vinegar, long acid. Awesome stuff.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample at EBF pour has a red amber color. Aroma has tart cherry, big acidity, hefty raspberry, and some funk. Mouth feel is medium with a hefty coating. Flavor brings on big fruit, raspberry, cherry, plenty of acidity, and gets a bit dry. There is a big fruited sweetness countered by an equally big acidity.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
In short: Not funky or wild, this is a big and over-the-top extremely sour and slightly tart cherry/raspberry fruit beer. I loved it.
How: Tap at Extreme Beer Fest 2011
The look: Partly cloudy purple body topped by a beige ring of foam
In long: Aroma and taste is all about extremely sour cherries and tart raspberries. Sour cherries clearly dominate and the beer is absurdly sour. Supposed to be some kind of hommage to fruit lambics but I didn’t find anything funky, wild or farmhouse about it. This is intense cherry sourness and mild raspberry tartness. Big fat body that totally hides the alcohol. The beer is probably sweet but you don’t feel it with the extreme sourness covering everything. A sipper that is not for everyone. To me this was fantastic. The type of exclusive beer that makes me go to beer festivals. Before I discovered ratebeer I didn’t think that going to beer festivals and commenting on beers could be considered a respectable hobby. I still don’t.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at EBF. Pours a hazy amber blush body with an off white head. Tart and funky raspberries, light cranberries, and cherry pit like funk. Mild wood with a nutty finish and an almost melon like sweetness. Modest acidity, acetic and some lacto for good measure. Nice offering.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Loaded to the brim with sour raspberries, a lot like Framboise de Amorosa with less carbonation. A bit on the acetic side, and too sour to be really drinkable, but a bold and flavorful beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample at EBF 2011.
Appearance : clear amber no head.
Aroma : Intense sourness, very fruity.
Taste : Same intense sourness with awesome fruits. Finish is very sour and quite fruity.
Overall : Pretty straightforward but well made. Way too sour for me unfortunately. Nice fruits and nice sourness. Just too intense for me taste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled from the tap at EBF. Poured a hazy amber with a slight purple hue with a gray head that started and remained at the edges. Aroma was full of a really nice tart raspberry note that grew in tartness throughout. Flavor was full of raspberries as well that grew in sourness and not much else. A bit one note but solid.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours deep rose-tinged brown into a tulip. No head or lace. Sour cherry, raspberry and cranberry aromas. Sharp, with sour summer fruits formt front to back with a lasting sour finish. Nice.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy dark red with a small pink head. Straight up raspberry and cherries, mixed with sulphorish to wooden notes. Dense fruity raspberry and cherry flavours. Rather citric and yet crisp refreshing fruity. Light sulphorish and wooden note again. Citric, tart and lovely fruity finish. Stunning.
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