 sayravai (3720), Helsinki, Finland
Jun 30, 2007 (Bottled, 0.75l) Muddy reddish amber with hardly any head. Surprisingly mild aroma with cherries, strawberry and wheat. A delicious, pretty sweet, but quite natural flavor with very little tartness, but quite high acidity in the finish. Medium-bodied, sticky palate with low, smooth carbonation. A nice and quite balanced, but pretty sticky-sweet brew.
JAF737300 (791), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jun 29, 2007 This beer pours brownish red and offers nice deep notes of cherry. The taste of cherry is deep and give an almost pie flavor as the yeast rides perfectly with the cherry flavor. WOW!
jarlbartar (88), Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 29, 2007 A great presentation right out of the gates with a wax coating the bottle cap. Very dark red appearance with a lot of sediment which poured a light lacy head of foam. Strong aroma of cherries and other fermented goodies. Initial taste of tart cherries, maybe even a slight rhubarb tinge, with a very pleasant and sweet aftertaste. I love this stuff!
islay (470), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jun 26, 2007 Updated: Jun 27, 2007Approximately 1.5 oz. sample at the Grand Tasting of the RateBeer Summer Gathering 2007 in the Twin Cities, MN on July 23, 2007. This was the tenth of 26 beers that I sampled and rated during the tasting. I finally got a chance to taste this legend of a beer, and it did not fail to live up to the hype. Extremely tart and extremely strong cherry and cherry pie aroma. Pours a reddish light brown that is mostly clear but ends up rather opaque. Unique, strongly tart, and sour cherry flavor. Tastes like I am drinking cherry pie. Long, fruit-sour aftertaste. Medium body. Smooth, slick, and very lively in the palate. I generally wouldn’t drink this if I were in the mood for a beer. That said, I think I’m going to be in the mood for a New Glarus Belgian Red frequently as long as I can remember how delicious it is.
ಠַಠ (1375), San Francisco, California, USA
Jun 13, 2007 Bottle, and I’m digging the melted wax around the neck. Red color, pink head that quickly dissipates. As others have pointed out, it has a cherry pie taste, even including crust. This was noticed by some in the group that I had sample it, and one guy even compared it to the flavor of those things that you can buy at convenience stores that are like a hot pocket shape except with fruit jelly on the inside, and probably are 50% high fructose corn syrup. I would never eat one of those today...yet this was a great beer even though I could taste this same thing. Anyway, it was very popular in the mixed Japanese/American party that I brought this to (as was Brooklyn Chocolate Stout); we were rationing it carefully and poured every last drop because everyone liked it so much. Thanks Probiere!!
johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
Jun 12, 2007 Pours a dark red with little white head that leaves quickly. Aroma of cherries and cherries. Cherry flavor throughout. Loads of cherries. Very sweet and refreshing.
gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
Jun 3, 2007 Bottle. (THX to Papsoe9 Red colour with a pink head. Aroma is almond, cherry. Flavour is sweet, almond, yeast, cherry. Very nice beer.
jarspag (593), Los Angeles, California, USA
Jun 1, 2007 750 ml via ughsmash - thanks!!! Poured a nice dark ruby red with an intriguing nose of mostly cherries. Well carbonated and fairly thin mouth feel, although it is nice. Flavor is mostly cherries - with a subtle sour/tangy bite on the finish. Reminds me too much of a sweet cherry soda pop - not bad, but nothing amazing. The recipe makes this an interesting beer in its own right. And granted, I don’t have the biggest sweet tooth, but seriously - how is this in the top 50???
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