3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the downtown brewpub.
Pours an opaque dark reddish brown with 1finger worth of pinkish-tan tightly-packed head. Aroma is of dry grains and dried tart cherries with a slight metallic tinge. Flavor is a tightly integrated combination of dry, lightly toasted grain, tart and slightly sweet cherries and light grassy hops. Cherry flavor is very natural rather than candy-like as in some other cherry beers. Medium body and palate; goes down smooth and works well as a summer refresher. Kudos to the Dane for resisting the urge to overdo the cherry aspect, thus preventing this from becoming a Bells-Cherry-Ale-like disaster.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber red with an off white head. Cherry aroma. Flavor is cherry wood and marachino(?). It is lightly bitter, creamy, and smooth. Well balanced.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber pour with a very small white head . Sour cherry and caramel aroma. Cherry and caramel flavor, some nail polish. Finishes thin, light acidity.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Poured a nice ruby red, but had little head, and no retention. Smell was of cherries, but it was light and reminded me of a cherry pop. Taste was pretty watery, but did have some cherry presence, just wasn’t my taste. Mouthfeel was incredibly light, high carbonation. Not so good for drinkability. I think this is one of the few misses coming from this brewpub, they’ve got excellant service, great food and grog to boot, but this one misses the mark.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Looks nice an cherry-ish in the glass. Ruby colored with a thin fizz. No fruit in the nose. Really not much in the glass either. Thin with only a hint of fruit. Tastes like the light with some cherry. Would’ve like to seen this beer built around a more substantial base - like the Helles or Peck’s Belgian Red this ain’t!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap downtown. Clear, deep mahogany pour with just a ring of white head. Nose was like a cherry pie... without being too sweet or too tart... very good stuff. Flavor was also full of fresh cherries.. with a bready pale malt base. There was a mild cherry/wheaty tartness around the tongue. Smooth and creamy on the palate and lighter-bodied. Tasty and very well done!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at downtown location. The beer pours to a chestnut brown body with a creamy and thin white head. The flavor is a deep fresh bing cherry. Crisp and fruity. Very much like eating bing cherries. The aroma is sweet bing cherries and light pale malt. The palate had a certain tartness to it. Nice mouthfeel. Creamy and delicious.
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