TreborWhip (68), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2009 750ml bottle poured into a trappist glass. Almost identical in color, taste, and aroma to the Abbey Ale from Ommegang, however, it seemed a little "fizzy", more like a champagne than a beer.
Paulp (20), New Jersey, USA
Sep 22, 2009 Poured a dark brown with a ruby red tint with a tiny white head, aroma of cherries with some other fruits lingering and a sweet taste maybe caramel? and pretty malty with some alcohol in the finish, pretty well hidden, excellent beer.
 caresville (106), Vernon, New Jersey, USA
Sep 22, 2009 deep amber with a thick head. smells of nice malts and of course cherries. taste is very malty with overpowering cherries and tart finish. the cherry taste is not distracting from the the other flavors such as caramel, oats and barley with a sweet twist. an excellent example of how beer should taste when having one single fruit dominating the palate. one of my all time favorites.
Jethro6191 (18), USA
Sep 20, 2009 Tasted the 2008 batch. Pours dark brown with an amber lacey head and a strong cherry aroma. Alcohol taste dominates with a hint of cherry. The cherry aftertaste lingers.
patrickfannon (274), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 19, 2009 Bottle. Pours a deep, cloudy amber, with a foamy, pale amber head. Aroma of cherries, vanilla, roasted malt, and very slight hint of clove. Full, crisp body with a sweet, tangy finish. The taste of the cherries and malts hide the alcohol nicely. Excellent quadrepel from Ommegang. This will be my 100th beer ratings, so I raise my glass to all the other craft beer lovers and look fondly towards the future and my next 100 brews.
Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
Sep 17, 2009 Alcohol. Cherries. Alcoholic cherries? Like Robitussin, but actually kind of good.
whaleale (5), Athens, Tennessee, USA
does not count  Sep 16, 2009 Great color and aroma from 22 oz bottle. Pours nice foam and good veil. Flavoring is OK but alcohol taste is overpowering with faint charcoal, coffee and caramel undertones. Would like to try it from the tap
next. Prefer Abbey Ale to this.
phaleslu (427), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Sep 13, 2009 I’m happy to have this one as my 200th rating since it’s one of the beers that opened my eyes to great beer. 2008 vintage. 22 oz. bottle from Keller’s IGA, shared. Pours a cloudy dark brown with a fairly small off-white head that didn’t leave much behind or last long. Aroma is alcohol, cherry, caramel, roast malt, and dried fruit. Alcohol leads the flavor, also cherry, roast malt, dried fruit, caramel sweetness. Complex and really satisfying and fun to drink. Could use a little more balance since the alcohol sticks out a lot, and I might take the advice of MmmcKay and let it age a little longer to make it two full years next time. Excellent overall.
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