 theisti (953), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Apr 25, 2008
12 oz. bottle very generously given to me by tjthresh. Pour is a slightly hazed golden orange, bronze with not much tan head to speak of and visible tiny carbonation bubbles. Initial aroma is vanilla, oak and sour. Very much a cherry sour. Beneath the vanilla, oak and cherry is some interesting spiciness. Very complex and engaging nose. Taste is sour cherries, vanilla oak woodiness, a hint of lemons and the spices from the nose. The finish is fairly drawn out, and is quite earthy - like fallen leaves. There is also a Black Cherry soda taste to the finish. As this warms, the complexity really comes out, as does the oakiness. The sourness is fairly subdued after the initial sip. Big palate, very mouth coating. On other sours this would have been annoying, but with this one it was nice. This one was a real treat, thank you for giving me this bottle, so many months ago, Tom.
beerbill (1149), Laurel, New York, USA
Jul 8, 2008 12 oz. bottle with a special thank you to Secret Santa (Christmas) for sending me this one. Pours a cloudy dark amber with a very thin off-white head that completely disappeared after the first sip. Very pleasant aroma of sour cherries, grapes, and apples. The flavor is equally enjoyable with both sweet and sour cherries in good proportion, grapes, and apples. Some oak in the flavor as well. Very mild bitterness at the finish. While I would not call myself a sourhead, I certainly enjoyed this beer.
badbeer (390), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Unplugged Enigma, released October 2, 2006. Not from the unmarked previous batches.
Poured a murky reddish brown color, with a good off white colored head with surprisingly, good retention. Smell is of oak, vanilla, subdued cherries, sour apples, and a hint of bourbon. Taste starts off sour, but slowly and seamlessly transfers into an oaky, vanilla, boubon finish. There is tartness throughout the taste, but everything is blended together so nicely that there didn’t seem to be an overpowering flavor, all parts were seemingly equal. Medium bodied, lower carbonation, little bit of a dry oaky finish. Drinkability is good in the sense that it’s a pleasure to drink, but I felt this one is a sipper. Try it before it runs out again.
lb4lb (1233), Austin, Texas, USA
Jun 11, 2008 Bottle in trade from IowaHerkeye. Thanks dude!
Pours amber with a light beige head. Smell is sweet, cinnamony, and some cherry sourness. Taste is mildly tart, lightly sweet and bubbly with a nice lightly funky, rich brown ale maltiness underneath. Malty, lightly tart and enjoyable. Medium to thin bodied.
pint_size (910), Austin, Texas, USA
Jun 6, 2008 6-6-08 bottle
Cloudy amber brown with a thin ivory head. Smell is cinnamon apple strudel. Flavor is fruity yet vanilla big and apple like. Not very "sour" per say - but it works very well. Palate is a hint on the weird off side for me.
TheElder (49), DeSoto, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 1, 2008 Pours like apple cider, thick and absolutely no head. The smell is comparable to sweet and sour pork. Tough to describe. Upon tasting it grabs you and you wonder if you’ll regret trying it but then it all smooths out, with the late burn of alcohol. Enigmatic!
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