 IlanMan (573), Winona, Minnesota, USA
May 3, 2008
Pour was dark brown yet very clear. Aroma of light cherries, malt, and alcohol. Taste was very mellow and well blended. Cherry flavor was natural, malt was balanced well and not over-powering, and the alcohol was well hidden. Good brew. Would buy again.
ucusty (1213), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Rating 1100! Thanks to Inkubus27 for the bottle. Dark pour with a thin khaki head and drippy lace. Roasted malts, oak, and bourbon on the nose. Chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, and roast upfront. Lingering cherry finish
GAManiac (341), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 13, 2008 Pours black with ruby hints and a thin dense head that shows very good retention and lacing. The first aroma is definitely the cherries, both sweet and sour with malt in the background along with hints of coffee and chocolate. Taste is fairly tart cherries with a faint sweet chocolate malt backbone with other fruits in there as well, mainly raisins. The bourbon also shows up in the taste and it’s an interesting combo with the heavy cherry tartness. The mouthfeel is very creamy and smooth. This is an interesting beer and has big tart cherry and bourbon flavors overpowering the underlying stout. For me, there’s a little too many things vying for attention in this one, but I really enjoyed trying it.
Miver (435), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 12, 2008 12 oz bottle thanks to Axilla for sharing. Careful when opening, this one gushed and it seems to be a common problem. Poured black in color with a small beige head. Aroma of tons of bourbon, vanilla, cherries and roasted malts. Tastes of very sweet cherries, light roasted chocolate malts, bourbon, vanilla, and some oak. Mouth feel is a little cloying sweet but quite thin.
Theis (2212), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Sep 9, 2008 Bottle at Sune’s (Thanks). Clear red/black - offwhite head. Cherry, caramel, dumle, sweetness, bourbon, coffee, wood. Light thin body and finish.
mreusch (460), Olathe, Kansas, USA
Sep 6, 2008 12oz. bottle, with thanks to both bmartin08 and nflmvp for each including one of these as a great bonus in our trades - appreciate it guys! A bit of a gusher, but pours a dark brown with a lively tan head that dissipates to a thin covering, spotty lacing. Aroma is oak, cherry, dark chocolate and only the slightest of bourbon peeking through occasionally. Flavor is more cherry forward, with some background bourbon and oak. The sweetness from the cherry actually becomes a bit distracting and doesn’t seem to gel well with the other components. Not bad, but a bit disjointed and didn’t really work for me. Thanks again for the chance to try to both Steve and Brian!
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