Epic Brainless on Cherries (Batch 1 - 4, White Wine Barrel)

Formerly brewed at Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled. A hazy dark red beer with black sediment floating around under a tan head. The aroma has notes of cherries, cinnamon, wine, and wood. The flavor is sweet with notes of cinnamon, cloves, wine, wood, and cherries, leading to a dry and slightly tart finish.

(22oz bottle) Pours a murky reddish brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of cherries, Belgian yeast, vanilla, white grapes, and oak. Flavor of oak, coconut, yeast, Chardonnay, earth, herbs, and cherries.

Bottle shared by argo0. Pours hazy ruby/garnet with a small, fizzy off-white head, short retention with no lacing. Aroma is fragrant cherry nose, light malt, Belgian yeast, vinous, fruity esters, and oak. Flavor is chardonnay, cherry, light malt, Belgian yeast, fruity esters, oak, and a dry finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.

Found this at Paul’s Grocery in McCall ID. it poured blood red color with a big pink tinged creamy white head which faded away totally in just a few seconds. The nose is tart cherry, with a blast of floral hop aromas. Medium body and lively dry mouthfeel. The flavor brings out the oak barrels, caramel malts, cherry, and lots of alcohol. Dry finish with the cherry and oak hanging on the tongue. An unusual beer and while refreshing in some respects a little odd in others. Not quite up to the standards of a real cherry flavored belgian ale, but a reasonable facsimile

Pours a dark golden ruby color with cherry/blood red edges and a half finger fizzy pink head that quickly fades into lasting ring. Not much lacing. Sweet fruit aroma with earhty oak and vanilla. Lots of sweet cherry which is kind of artificial/syrupy smelling. Some boozy alcohol sweetness but the cherries overpower the nose. Medium bodied with tight carbonation, earthy oak and vanilla with dark fruits underneath that blend well with the sweet cherry flavor. Slight maracino cherry juice flavor with a boozy punch. Not as sweet or syrupy as the aroma suggests. Pretty well balanced actually and the ABV is nicely masked.

Fizzy white head that diminished into a thin ivory ring. Vibrant dark crimson/tangerine colored body. Truly the same shade as the meat of a plum...take a bite and peer inside. Nose of cherry skin, yeast, wood, and vanilla. Flavor is tart cherry, barrel, and a bit too much alcohol. Fairly hot and a bit distracting. Medium mouthfeel with the sour sticking to the palate long after the sip.

Bottle. Hazy pinkish red color, massive fluffy light pink head that settles quickly. Aroma of grapes, citrus. Taste is sour apple skins and cherries, bitter lemon finish. Decent.

Bottle thanks to Douglas. Pours a clear pinkish red with a white head that had a pink hue and dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of cherries with a slight note of earthy of grains and a bit of oak as well. Flavor has much more earthy notes with grain and bread backed by a light cherry note and a good amount of oak. Solid.

On tap at church key, this beer was a little of for me at first but really grew on me as the night went on. Big thick sweet malty beer and cherry flavors dominate with little else. Nice!

Aroma: lots of cherries, also some pear and other fruity esters, fair dose of alcohol. Pours a slightly hazy red, very fizzy pink head dissipates instantly and leaves little lacing. Flavor: strong cherries, fruity in general with similar flavors as in the aroma, alcohol is fairly noticeable, low bitterness. Fizzy, effervescent body, high carbonation and medium body.