 kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 02/10/2007
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer
muddy brown, thin beige head, woody cherry aroma with a light tartness, wonder complex flavors of rich cherries, oak, and chocolate, cherry character is a nice blend of both the sweet and the sour,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***/4
Hopistotle420 (1175), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
May 24, 2004 Art of Beer Fest ’04: Cloudy dark ruby brown. Small pale tan head. Sweet, yeast, fruit, chocolate nose. Fairly thin body, subtle fruit in the background, dark cocoa, malty, wood, dark cherries, fig, candy sugar, fairly thin body, finishing faintly bitter, moderately acidic.
dirtymike (2019), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
May 17, 2004 Art of Beer fest ’04. Alizarian Crimson in color(thanks Artisan) with a small off-white head. Aroma of sour cherries,malt,oak. Flavor is malty,sour/sweet,cherries oak.
ClarkVV (3545), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
May 14, 2004 Updated: Sep 20, 2005AOBF 04. Hazy brownish-red, light magenta tinges and some darker browns. Small light tan/cream head. Aroma of soft, even chocolate malt, some fluffy yeast, hints of alcohol and a soft, sweet fruit smell (grapes, cherries, blueberries). Much less aggressive and astringent than the Bizzaro, but also, a bit more thin and less adventurous. Had a muted blueberry/grapes flavor that lingered on the background. Almost no carbonation, lightly alcoholic and sugary on the finish. I think it went too flat, but it had a pretty smooth flavor for a dark strong.
vw_steggie (684), Paxton, Massachusetts, USA
May 11, 2004 Art of Beer Festival 2004: Has a clouded dark amber/brown color with moderate head and smell is of yeast/alcohol. Taste is also of yeast/spice and finishes with a slight alcohol flavor. Overall this was pretty good, but it wasn’t the freshest. It had been sitting in a glass jar for 5 hours by the time I got to it.
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