3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at the WC location. Pours a clear coppery gold with a medium sized white head. Aroma of faint cherry puree and wheat. Taste is much the same as the aroma.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught. Hazy orange with a sudsy white medium-sized head and wholesome lacing. Cookiesh aroma, triple-esque with cereal grains, sweet pear, and caramel. Tastes more artificial than the aroma suggests, apples, and cherry sweetness up front and finishes quite dry and metallic.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft, @ BCTC 2007. Poured a hazy, light pink-amber color, with a thick frothy off-white head. Nice sour cherry aroma. Flavor was best described as "cherry pie filling" (I’m stealing this description from my girlfriend, but it’s dead-on). Nice, long lasting tart cherry finish. I enjoyed this, but it paled in comparison to some of the other treats that Iron hill brought to BCTC.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft, BCTC 2007. Pours a hazy, medium watermelon color; huge, fluffy off-white head with awesome retention and lacing that coats the glass. Watermelon and slightly tart cherries in the aroma; light and refreshing. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: tasty, mouthwatering cherry character (really does taste reminiscent of a cherry pastry); light doughy and chewy red fruits at mid-palate; round, excellent fruit character, and intensely drinkable. Medium, dry doughy and light watermelon finish. While some folks I spoke to didn’t care for this one, I got a tart watermelon note that really pulled this together for me; after the Drie Font 1998 Anniversary ran out, I drank five samples of this, just to make sure I wasn’t nuts. One man’s squash is another man’s watermelon.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at BCTC 2007. Nose has some strange medicinal and vegetal notes surrounding the cherries, and from talking to folks at the fest this seemed like a real love it or hate it beer. Some really liked the aroma, I found some problems with is, specifically the squash (moderate) and acetone (faint) notes, but the acetone/nail polish note in sour ale isn’t so bad, it’s sometimes complimentary. The nose, however, is a bit overwhelmed by the squash-cherry notes, and flavorwise the sweetness is too high, candied sweet cherries with that ever-present squash popping back up. Finish is cleaner, moderately slick on the tongue, not drying or sour, but up front is where this beer is weird, with a grassy, squash flavored sourness on the front of the tongue that’s unique but doesn’t exactly work for me. One man’s watermelon is another man’s squash. :)
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