Livery Verchuosity

750ml bottle with about 6-8 months of age on it. Pours a lightly hazy, dark crimson color with a small head of smooth, off-white foam. Jagged flares of lacing jut out from the surface, clinging hard to the glass alongside random spots. The aroma is sweeter than expected, based largely in caramel and sweet cherry, with hints of dry cocoa and a hefty dose of vinous oak. Though some brett is detectable, it’s presence is mild, laying low in the background while the sweet-tart cherries and dark fruits do their thing. Flavors continue the theme, caramel coated cherries and earthy wood showing most prominently. The wine barrel lends a bit of a warm, boozy character, and serves to bring out and enhance some of the tartness of the fruit. Still, while tasty and well crafted, it remains a little sweeter than I’d like. The palate is medium-full, balanced, and warm, drinking incredibly smoothly for such a monster of a brew. Good stuff.

Brown pour. Cherreis, wood, sweet sour aroma. Flavor is full of wood and cherry notes with some nice acidity. Good beer.

Bottle… October ‘09 O-Town Throwdown!... Murky, burnt caramel-colored ale with a small, off-white head that’s Zap!... gone in a flash. The nose is a blend of woody funk, cherry and vanilla. Full-bodied with tickling carbonation. The flavor is tart and fruity, but doesn’t even hint at the high ABV. The finish scorches my chest, but spares my tongue. Bottle courtesy of Beerlando

October ‘09 O-Town Throwdown, courtesy of beerlando. Pours dark brown, white head. Aroma and flavor, barrel, wood oak, light tart cherry finish with the wood being up front followed by cherries. Light tart and sour finish.

Pours a clear red with a diminishing head. Mellow sourness with a low sweetness. Aromas of cherries and vanilla. Also aromas of wood and vanilla. Some fruitiness and hints of glue. Tiny hints of band-aid and residual sugars. Medium to full bodied. Mellow carbonation. Berries in the finish.

750ml bottle, capped. Dark brown. Aroma of cherries, oak, some woodiness. Flavor has a tart cherry flavor. Very smooth, lots of fun to drink. Well balanced.

Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Cloudy red amber color. The aroma is mild, sour, fruity, cherry kernels. It has a mixed sour, fruity, astringent flavor, with light residual sweetness, cherry kernels. The final is more dry and astringent. Maybe a bit confused.

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #38. ]
Unclear dark red amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, vintage, berry, cherry - plum, wood, sour. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy acidic with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090612]