3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
What’s not to like about this? It gets better as it warms and reveals more, especially of the cranberry flavor. A mild sourness, a light cherry color, and a roundness complexity from beginning to end. (on tap at brewpub)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[On-tap at Fitgers] Pours hazy reddish-orange with a small, off-white head. Aroma is kind of dusty, with a lot of malt, solid cranberry, light cantaloupe, green grape, and marshmallow notes. A little too malt-driven, and not crazy about its character either. However, the cranberry is integrated well, provides nice tartness, and really saves the beer. Alcohol is very well hidden. Mouthfeel is a little thin, good, lingering finish, though. Overall, I’d love to see this with the cranberry amped up to New Glarus Belgian Red/Raspberry Tart levels, and some brett added to it.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler. Pour was deep red and golden with an aroma of sweet cranberries and lightly toasted malt. Flavor was again dominated by the fresh cranberries that had a nice and crisp tartness in the finish. This was a real easy brew to drink, and an enjoyable one.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a golden pink here with light white head. Aroma is very mild, only tart notes I can’t describe. Flavor is mild tartness with notes of coriander. Very subtle flavor overall. Body is light with fair carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draught during Winterfest 2009 in St Paul, MN. Pours a hazy reddish caramel colored brew with a thin off-white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, light cranberries, some candi sugar, a hint of banana and some cotton candy. Taste is medium bodied, some caramel with banana esters, light cranberries, candi sugar and a light herbal spice. Finish is semi-sweet at first and then a dry berry aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My second beer of the night at Winterfest 2009. This was a bit underwhelming, following the Framboise, but I liked it anyway. Light red color. Aroma has a little yeast and candi sugar. Flavor is just a little sweet, cranberry essence, but not a ton of cranberry flavor. Very low carbonation.
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