Raccoon River 10th Street Cherry Wheat

Brewed by Raccoon River Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Des Moines, Iowa USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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On tap @ Raccoon River. Ruby orange appearance with orangish white head. Slightly sour, red fruity, light wheat nose. Fairly sour red fruity weird flavor. Sloppy strange but not horrible beer.

on draft at Parkville beerfest. Not a good sign when you sip a beer and wonder if you grabbed a bottle of cough syrup by mistake. Weird pinkish amber color, thin palate, and a cough syrup taste.

Tap @ brewpub. Had to have this on Valentine’s Day. Its a reddish, orange, copper color. I can smell the sweet overpowering syrup and it actually comes off more as strawberry than cherry. It would be right on target if there was a category for syrup beer.

Draft at the brew pub. Served with a marachino cherry at the bottom. This didn’t create the best first impression. The beer was a clear orange color with a pinkish tint. Head was fizzy, white, and disappeared quickly. Aroma was of plum, cooked carrot, and oh yeah, some cherry. Not entirely pleasing to the nose, but not exactly offensive either. Tasted predominantly of cherry juice with a dash of cream. Slightly sweet up front, but not cloyingly so. This gradually gave way to a touch of acidity at the end. There was a pleasant fresh cereal grain aftertaste that lingered briefly. So so.

On tap at the brewpub during the 2006 Crescent Moon Beer Bus Trip. Pours a cloudy dark gold with a white head. Has a subtle cherry aroma. The amazing thing about this beer is that the flavor is of pie cherries, not marachino candy cherries. Full tart cherry flavor, but not a sour beer. Finish is extremely quick and leaves you with the idea that that tasted like a baked cherry pie.

Definite peach tinge to the hue of this brew, with its thin veil. No aroma whatsoever. And the taste is resoundingly like a cherry Jolly Rancer ... that fake candy cherry crap.