 Glouglouburp (1943), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 14, 2008 In short: A nice sharp cherry beer. Very refreshing and highly drinkable.
How: Tap at brewpub (summer 2008 batch)
The look: Clear light-red body topped by a short-lived pink head
In long: Nose is cherries (duh!) . This one has a pure natural freshly picked cherries aroma, not maraschino cherries. Taste is sharp, surprisingly very little cherry sourness, slightly acidic, dry, a little lemony, nice astringency. Very refreshing beer. As far as cherry beers go this one is probably the exact opposite of the New Glarus Belgian Red (the most well-known example of the style). On one end you have the Belgian Red from New Glarus Wisconsin with its filling and sweet maraschino cherries character and on the other end you’ve got the Solstice d’ Été aux Cerises from Montreal with its sharp refreshing astringency fresh cherry flavour. And in between the two you’ve got… well… Detroit.
dmac (848), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Oct 1, 2007 On draft at the brewpub. Poured a rose red with a small pink head. Big aroma of wild cherries, grass and a nice splash of slight sour funkiness. Flavor on this medium bodied beauty is tart cherries with a slight bitter aftertaste. Very good indeed.
EtownEraser (63), New Jersey, USA
Aug 28, 2007 While I was drinking my first pint, I saw this beauty walk by several times. She was intriguingly attractive in the light which came through the windows. A wonderful stawberry body an attractive off-white to cherry head. The aroma is sweet and tart with cherries. Very tart on the tounge. I should have had this one last! Big blod flavors, strong lemon presence. Bitterness is there, but well balanced.
DougShoemaker (2560), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 26, 2006 Aroma is a good hit of cherry, clear pomegranite, tiny off-white head. Light flavour of cherry, some malt as well. Light bodied, sweet, refreshing. Pretty good. Perhaps the year of aging didn’t do any favours to this one.
muzzlehatch (4425), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Sep 20, 2006 Sampled draught at DDC on August 26 in the company of tiggmtl, ClarkVV and Olivier_MTL; served in a tall weizen glass. Looks awful purty sitting in the elegant glass, hazy deep pink-red with just a smidgeon of creamy lasting foam....really intense aroma, both sweet and tart cherries and more biscuity malt than I recall in other examples of the style.....on the tongue, tart throughout but never really sour, quite restrained actually which I’d guess would bum some fans of the style out but makes it very quaffable indeed; very juicy with lots of real fresh-cherry character....smooth and easy drinking but not ultra complex; heavier on the malt in the body as well as the aromatics, this is a delight but have no idea if it’s really "true" to style, seems a bit heavy. Still, another winner from DDC no question.
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