 dalepryor (148), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Jun 13, 2008
poured a dark red, with purplish pink head. Smells very strong of cherries, the bottle i had was called kasteel rouge and i thought it tasted pretty similar to a lambic but not as sour. Overall very appetizing.
Tripplebrew (285), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Oct 4, 2008 Pours a cherry/pinot noir red with close to no head. Looks like watery cough syrup. Aroma is syrupy fruit. Flavor is sweet cherry, much like cherry pie. Body is medium with little carbonation. Really good fruit beer but so sweet it is hard to drink.
WisconsinBeer (343), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Oct 4, 2008 On tap, Muddy Pig. Pours a deep ruby red color with minimal head. Flavor is initially dry and tart, a bit fizzy, but rolls into a mellow lingering cherry sweetness. Flavors of oak, vanilla, and port wine also present. Medium bodied, somewhat syrupy. Well done for a fruit beer.
Illini08 (519), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Oct 4, 2008 Sampled at the Sep. Carolina Crew gathering. Light red or mahogany color. Cough syrup aroma. Very sweet cherry flavor with more cough syrup in there. Not bad, but not my thing either.
allfreej (295), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Bottled (750 ml) as Kasteel Rouge, cork marked 01/2007. Fizzy, pink head that faded quickly. Very red, clear pour. The nose was overwhlemingly cherry, much like cherry Kool-Aid. Flavor was cherry--too much cherry and not enough beer. poor balance. I am a fan of lambics with cherries added to them, but this beer lacked the wonderful lambix sourness to balance the cherry flavor and, as a result, fell short.
DrDavid (333), Johnson, Vermont, USA
Sep 26, 2008 (Bottle). Rather disgusting cherry cough drop aroma. Color is deep red with small fizzy head. Flavor not quite as bad as the aroma. Sweet and sour cherries. I suppose one could enjoy this as a dessert beverage, but really, I have to strain to fit it within my definition of a "beer".
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