2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Thanks to IBrew2or3 for the share. Pours translucent pink with a fizzy white head that recedes. Nose is cherry, sweetness, cherry pits, wood, and a hint of funk, like a George Clinton CD playing in an elevator. Flavor is similar- like the peaches treatment, this one has elements of sour, but the sweet qualities are what really comes through. Interesting take on this one, I usually like better the use of cherries, but this one is very sweet for a sour.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Rating #3900
Solid pink coloured body with a very bright ruby tint and a super fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of alcohol, wine, must, basement, yeast, raspberries and cherries for sure. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a lot of alcohol flavours at first, pungent wine tastes, oak, bourbon, hay, grass and a belgian-yeast strain. Aftertaste is strong with alcohol coming through the most, some cherry and fruit notes and a bit of earth on the finish - relatively complex. Overall, a strong and pungent beer, but it doesn’t quite work too well. I was expecting an aged sour beer, but this one turned out to be a high-alcohol and gravity fruit beer. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 09-October-2011 for US$10.99 sampled at home in Washington after aging for ~1.5 years on 09-April-2013.
Release #4; 10.3% Alc/Vol
1.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
In short: A sweet lifeless red beer that tastes like a ‘fake’ flavored drink.
How: Bottle 22oz, batch 1, some age on it. An atrocity left at my house by douglass88, I hate you Doug.
The look: A bit of a gusher. Pale red body topped by a big fizzy pink head that dissipates quickly with a “pshhh” sound.
In long: The discreet nose is sweet cherry pastry, light sweaty/cheesy notes and most of all a fake Cool-Aid sensation. Taste is super-sweet, fake sweet cherry juice, cinnamon, coriander. Extremely astringent finish that feels very awkward. I didn’t taste any white wine barrels although there was something woody about the astringent finish. Lifeless body. Tastes like a spicy under-carbonated cherry flavored soda-pop. Pretty gross, couldn’t drink more than half a glass then drained-poured the rest of the bomber. Pretty excited I’ve made it through so far in my life without ever drinking Epic Brainless on Cherries twice.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle shared by Darrell. Thanks man.
The beer is a light ruby color, appearing mildly hazy. Small off white head that rapidly fades to a wispy layer of sparse bubbles. The aroma is surprisingly weak, lacking any recognizable cherry presence. Odd flavor, with tart cherries and an odd, artificial sweetness. Not a fan of this one. Prickly carbonation and unpleasant lingering aftertaste. Not a repeat for me.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-17-2011
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a hazy pale reddish color with a small off-whit ehead. Has a fruity weak sour woody cherry aroma. Fruity malty woody winy cherry flavor. Has a fruity slightly sour tart woody cherry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - thanks. Clear reddish - white head. Sparkling feeling, light body, cherry, light wooden, tartness, strawberrie/raspberrie notes, pleasant, nice wooden dryness.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Hazy orange-red coloured with a small white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, cherries, dried fruits and white wine.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and cherries with notes of dried fruits and white wine.
Sweet and fruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
at papsoe.
cloudy red, small bubbly white head.
fruity aroma, slightly bretty, flavor is wild yeasts, sweet and bitter fruity and fruit peely notes, lots of wood, white wine bitterness, quite nice, but also quite alc. powerfull.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Orange/amber coloured. Unclear. Small off white head. Aroma: Sweetness, cherries, grape, tart, yeast. Flavour: Cherries, grape, light sweetness, yeast, spice. Medium to full bodied. Ends sweet and full of berries and grape. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Slightly unclear orange-reddish with almost no head. Nose of marzipan, cherries and wood. Taste is sweet and tart fruity with almondy accents. Woody notes. Quite vineous. Lovely and lively carbonation, full body and a long, lingering fruity, slightly boozy finish. Lovely.
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