3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour is hazy reddish amber with a thin tan head and it was quite tight bubbled...smell is sour cherry, funk, yeast...taste is sour, cherry and oaky...finish is a little chemical seeming, but delicious...I’m glad I have one more...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Delicious! I thought this was a barrel aged brown ale, but now that I know it has the cherries in it, I know why I liked it so much. Very hazy, light chestnut color. Bold, sour aroma, with notes of milk, cheese in the flavor. Sour but not unsmooth, and it leaves an interesting finish. Very drinkable.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Nose-butter, bretty, sweet cream ice cream. Like Cuvee de Tomme but a little thinner. Some slight sour chocolate covered cherry notes. Slightly tannic with a well placed sour edge. Light sour thinness that lingers.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Courtesy of Eyedrinkale via trade. Lots of bubblegum in the aroma with some tart cherries as well and a hint of woodiness. Pours a cloudy orangish-brown with a small off-white head. Like the aroma, I’m getting bubble gum in the flavor. There’s a mild tart cherry character with lots of woodiness in the finish. Nice, but I like more agressive sournness/tartness in a Flemish Sour.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a purple brown light tan head that quickly turns into a film. Aromas are Bubble gum oak and ripe cherries Flavor is bittter to a dry finish with notes of plum, michigan cherries in july and red grapes.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy, red-mahogany body with low carbonation. Aroma of overripe cherries, bretty leather and sweat, light acetic acid, and dry oak. Flavor of subtle, medium tart cherries, leather, and abundant dry wood. Very drying actually, like licking on a fresh board. Begs to be a little more sour and the body seems a bit dried out. Overall, this is a good, mostly clean and adventurous American wild beer.
1.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Thanks to hopdog for this sample. Pours reddish brown with no head and no carbonation. Smells of cherries and some of the nice qualities expected in a sour, but that’s where it ends. Tastes nutty like a standard brown ale with some minor cherry notes. Very watery and very flat. None of the nice sour notes to be expected from this type of beer. Disappointing brew.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark amber colour. Very hazy. Slight oaky, cherryish, rodenbachy aroma. Very light body and restrained flavour. Hints of cherry. Not much backing the oak and cherry up (malt and mouthfeel I’m looking for) and even the most up-front flavours lack conviction. Oh well, you don’t always succeed every time you experiment.
3.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: APR 5, 2006 Bottled. Hazy reddish brown. Wonderful lactic acidity in the nose with vague notes of sour cherries. Light, rounded malt profile. There’s perfumy notes as well as rosehip. Unfortunately the promising aroma doesn’t really carry over into the flavour and it all fizzes out a bit quick. But what an aroma...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 3, 2007 Medium sized light brown head of fine bubbles. Good carbonation. Tart sour (bret) aroma with cherries, grapes and a hint of licorice. Color is a Dark reddish brown. Nice color. Sour, very dry, tart palate. Lots of grapes and cherries. Almost wine like. Definite oak presence but the sourness is amazingly short lived. Disappears after he swallow. Bit chalky with more fruit and a decent amout of malty to offset the tartness. Finish is pretty clean and dry. Slight puckering. Not really my style but pretty decent.
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