3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
The ’08 at Puckerfest. The cherry flavour is deep, juicy and very rich. This a very smooth beer, from its claret looks to it’s mouthwatering tingles of sharp fruit, syrupy juice and savoury wooded notes. I only got a smidgeon toward the end of the barrel and if there is any more out there, find it.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Yum, I am really appreciating Sour beers. This is a great sour, that has a sweetish body, and a final cheery finish, amazing and good. And its a beautiful ruby color
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Handbottle courtesy of my boys inflatablehair and Buckeyeboy - Thanks guys!! Pours a deep ruby red with a small pink head...aroma is massively fruity, nicely tart pie cherries, some medicinal footy funk, lactic wood...flavour is similar, tart and woody, tons of fruit, too easy to drink and abv is invisible...tasty!!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nose of bing cherries, light barrel wood, belgian sugars maybe, a hint tart and funky. Reddish pour. No head. Cherry up front, sweet, a little funky then wood on the back end. A little dry, a little cherry, and a little funk in the finish. Vibrant carbonation, lighter bodied. No hint of 9 percent, cherry flavor is a little medicinal to me.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at Naked City. Pours a clear watered down looking cherry koolaid with a thin pinkish white head. Up front, it is a wet blanket, slightly tart pie cherry going on with some medicinal wet corkiness. Really, a pretty enjoyable an inviting nose. The palate though falls a little short of the nose. Thin, not very much cherry or tartness and I think the pilsner malt is really what is not working for me. It just adds a grainy wheatiness that seems to work against the cherries.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Name: Devil’s Kriek
Date: September 24, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark red, wispy head
Aroma: sweet cherry aroma, hint of musty character
Flavor: flavor starts off with sweet cherry and the the musty bret kicks in to balance it out, light bitterness, nice woody character, the bret wins out in the end to deliver a dry and musty cherry kriek
Overall: best beer in hood river
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tulip at the brewpub. Poured a very light red, nearly pink with a thin white head. Aroma was much sweeter than I anticipated, nice cherry smell, mild bit of sourness. Flavor was also pretty sweet, nice juicy cherry with a mild sour finish. Pretty tasty beer.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tulip at Dbl Mtn - Aroma is loaded with sweet cherries and malt. Flavor is malty sweet cherry with a sour finish. Palate is smooth and tart. Dangerously hides the 9%. An easy drinking sour.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ Belmont Station... Poured red with a white head. Spiced, tart and sour aroma, the usual from the sour. Great palate, a little less dry than expected. Mild cherry notes, fresh and earth. Candy sugars like jolly ranchers. Finished sweet and sour.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Belmont Station Puckerfest. Pours red, hazy, with a soft pink head. Tart cherry nose, fresh and juicy. Flavor us really top notch, delicious blend of tart fruits, yeast esters, with a sour and lightly funky finish. You can taste that the beer is strong, but doesn’t show any booziness. I hope there are a few more kegs of this stashed, I would love to try this again in another year.
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