3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Near black with a light tan head. Dark cherry and roasted malts in the aroma. A touch of acidity noted. Flavors of mocha, bitter dark chocolate and cherries. Perhaps a bit like a lactic stout with some cough medicine. A one and done type brew.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Served as "Cherry Cream Stout". Sweet creamy cherry nose with milk chocolate underneath. Pretty similar flavor - big sweet cherry on top of sweet chocolate. A simplistic but very tasty sweet stout. Coffee in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at brewery...Was not called "Cherry Isthmus" but I’ll put it here. An attractive garnet hue in an almost black beer. Not a great head, that detracts. Cherry essence in the nose, with some sweet malt. Cherries are evident and the taste was just a bit on the artificial side, with a bit of an aftertase. I would have preferred a stronger stout character, but it works pretty well for a Holiday brew.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cherry colored dust head. Deep ruby hues around the edges of an otherwise black brew. Smells like a chocolate covered cherry. Unfortunately the stuot part doesn"t hold up its end of the bargain the way it aught to. Thin and watery. Needs more body and a better malt presence.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
The clever name is the only thing worth remembering about this godawful abomination of a stout. Absolutely no cherry aroma or flavor that I could detect, soapy flavor, very weak and watery. I asked the waitress if it could be off, and she said it was her favorite with a look as if to imply that I was crazy. As the other beers were fine and I was in a hurry, I didn’t press her, and so this drain pour. Couldn’t finish my 4 oz sample, first time I’ve ever done that.
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