Livery Cask Aged Belgian Cherry Wheat

Formerly brewed at The Livery
Style: Sour Ale
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

Michigan Brewers Festival 2006. Hazy red amber body with a small off white head. Lightly woody aroma over mild cherries. Flavour of mildly sour cherries with a backdrop of wood from the barrel. Average palate. I’m not big on cherry flavours so I am slightly biased against it to start with. Needs a bit more body and flavour oomph to complement the barrel influence. This shows much more balanced wood than does their scotch ale sampled previously. Not bad – add a few points if you like cherry.

Tap: 4-28-06. Transparent orangish-mahogany, with no head whatsoever. Nice sweet and sour aroma, not quite mouth puckering, faint woodiness in the background. Flavor has a nice sour cherry kick to it, with tons of woody tannin like flavors. Very sneaky smooth on the palate. Highly sessionable.

On tap at the Livery on 4/28/04: Pours a slightly hazy copper mahogany with a thin, wispy off-white head. Sweet cherry candy aroma has a touch of oaky tartness. Body starts with a sweet maraschino cherry flavor nicely balanced with some earthy malts and fruity tartness. The cask gives a pleasant complexity throughout, a nice Flemish sour.

Draft @ The Livery: Clear red amber color with a thin off-white head. Big tart cherry aroma. Notes of woody tannins and sugary candy. The aroma was sweet and thick. the flavor was very nice. Good balance with the cherry fruit, tartness and wood (on the finish). I can drink a lot of this.

Tasted at Dark Lord Day from a growler

Thanks whomever brought this (BBB63?). There was a nice sized head with some reasonably clean lacing over the deep maple brown body. I picked up hints of cherries, wheats, malt and oak chips; overall it was slightly sour. When I sipped my sample there was a combination of creamy vanilla, wheat, sour cherries, oak barrels and caramel. The finish was sweet, smooth but a little syruppy. Excellent and enjoyable overall. I’ll have to try the regular Belgian Cherry Wheat to see what the cask aging did for it.

Pour w nice well laced head Smells lightly of wheat nice tart cherries hints of lactose Pal is average Flavor is wheaty light belgian yeast butter tofffee & hints of cherry & bourbon. A decent brew but just felt like it was missing some things.

Thanks Mike for bringing a growler of this! The beer pours a nice mahogany body with an off-white head. The aroma is sour cherries, nice caramel malt with interesting specialty malts. The flavor is sour cherries, sweet caramelly malts, not overly sour. Cherry pie... The palate is medium-bodied, lightly tart, smooth.

Sampled at Dark Lord Day 06, provided by BBB63. Straight forward aroma, oak, tart cherry, vanilla, wood. Nicely blended, yet easily distinguished. No head. Quite hazy. Oranges, reds, and PURPLES! Sweet upfront. Cherry tart across the tongue, with a long oaky tanic burn. A touch on the thin side. Well balanced, and a real treat. Thanks for sharing, Mike.