Defiant Flemish Sour Cherry

Bottle, picked up at Defiant. Pours a clear, reddish amber with no head. There’s cherry, funk/brett, flowers and wood. Notes of tart sour cherry, a little salt, citric acidity, a touch of vinegar and some brett/horse sweat character. Light bodied with soft carbonation. It’s cool to see American brewers attempt these styles.

Sample provided by jasonp. Hazy amber body with a small beige head. The nose is sweet with cherries, light horseblanket, toffee and berries. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly tart with cherry, cotton candy and caramel. Medium body is soft with light carbonation. Solid effort.

Ruddy orange-gold color. Nice lacing. Gently tart, grapefruit aroma. Smooth, light cherry in the taste. Authentic and nice, and subtle, but very unexciting. While this beer has no noticeable flaws, it really doesn’t have that much interest, either. Nothing grabs at you and makes you want to take another sip. Still, it’s always good to see more brewers doing things like this.

Cask and Spuyten Duyvil - a rather subdued and one-dimensional flemish red - not particularly sour, just a bit of tart cherry skins and pits - light grain flavor, and some earthy notes - not a whole lot going on, but light and refreshing - probably good "gateway" flemish red.

Color is a lightly murky amber. Low carbonation, from corked bottle. Has a really wonderful nose of rich, perfumy, potpourri cherries. Palate is prickly, with some light sour apple notes, tasting of brown sugar and black cherry skins, with a light acidity that barely bites the tongue. Overall I get a big creamed cherry perfume taste. Quite good.