 TheBeerLover (1011), DC Metro Area, USA
Dec 12, 2006 Enjoyed a half liter of this one on draught at the brewery in Farmingdale, NY. This beer has to be one on the most interesting and flavorful beers I have tried in quite some time. The brewing of a rauchbier/dunkelweizen with the addition of 120 lbs of cherry puree, might sound strange to some, but the combination really is magical. This beer pours to a murky, ruby red to burgundy color, with a rocky, white head, that fades, and a good carbonation. The nose on this beer is very interesting, with salty/sooty aroma of smoke, paired with estery fruity aromas of banana and pear, along with distinct, sweet/sour cherry aroma. The palate offers much of the same. Lots of salty/smoke flavor, caramel, and chocolate malt, with a wonderful sweet/sour cherry tartness, that gives this beer a very refreshing edge. This beer finishes with more flavors of smoke, estery pear/banana, chocolate and caramel malt up front, then ends with a refreshing sour cherry flavor that lingers. Really intersting, delicious beer, that is quite different than anything I have ever had before. The combination of wheat malts and cherry make this beer tart, thirst quenching and refreshing. The smoke works very well with the cherry and dark malts as well, giving this beer lots of complex aromas and flavors. Very unique, and well worth trying at the Brew Haus in Farmingdale. Enjoyed a growler of this one to take home as well.
Dickinsonbeer (2513), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Dec 10, 2006 Cool. Thanks to Eugene (beastiefan) for sharing a growler of this at the Captain Lawrence RB gathering on Saturday. This was a very unique beer. Pours a dark brown, moslty cloudy with a thin white head. Aroma of nice smoked malts, meats, woody, with lots of traditional wheat character- banana and clove with hints of caramel and chocolate. Flavor was a bit lighter as was the mouthfeel- light chocolate, some fruits, cherry banana and apple- light smokeyniess, some campfire and smoked meats- highly carbonated and a light spritzy body. Pretty good overall.
hophead75 (1648), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Dec 10, 2006 thanks to Eugene for sharing this at the Captain Lawrence RB gathering. Dark hazy brown. Aroma is lightly smoky, with fruit esters(banana) as well as cherries and chocolate. Taste is smoky chocolate, cherries, lightly tart throughout the taste. very interesting beer!
apoptosis (1316), Long Island, New York, USA
Dec 8, 2006 A very decent wheat beer...dark body with a thin head around the sides of the glass. The aroma is heavy with wheat and malts - not too much smokiness. Somewhat tart, but a nice pleasant essence of cherries compliments the wheatiness. Very easy to drink. It does kind of have a "holiday" feel in its character, but I can’t really place what it is.
notalush (2009), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
Dec 8, 2006 Tap at the brewpub, and now from a growler - cloudy burgundy color, with small tan head - moderate smokiness in the aroma, coupled well with a woody character, creating a nice warm sensation, with touches of chocolate and cherries - no wheat character that I can detect - the flavor is initially tart, borderlining on sour, with the cherry flavor quite present - the cherries never really leave, but the tartness subsides, and a light, sweet chocolate flavor combines with the fruit and a light smokiness to create a kind of "cozy christmas night by the fire" kind of sensation - the beer thins out a bit in the finish, and the tartness comes back a tiny bit - quite an interesting brew.
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