nickd717 (1389), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 8, 2009 Bottle from City Beer in SF. Very dark reddish-brown color with a tan head. Barrel aroma with roasted malt and tart cherries. Flavor is funky and sour with lots of cherries and wood. Medium bodied with fairly heavy carbonation. bb (2930), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Mar 7, 2009 Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a small dark tan head. Musty, tart aroma with malt and light cherries. Cherry and wood flavor with light acetic tones, tartness, and dark malt. Medium bodied. Cherries linger with mustiness, tartness, and light malt. First half of the bottle is better than the second. jkwalking05 (1485), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Mar 7, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Dark ruby brown n color with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is od malt, cherry, caramel, wood, a little funk, and some tartness. Taste is heavy in wood, a little pepper and dark cherries. BMan1113VR (2940), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Mar 7, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a light brown head over a dark, amber brown body. Aroma is muted with oak, alcohol, dark cherry, pilsner malt and leather. Taste is slightly sour, a bit metallic, cherry juice, wood, ice tea, and a bit of soggy malts (kind of wet dog). Lively bubbles, watery mouthfeel and some alcohol on the palate. BeerBunker (616), Burbank, Illinois, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Mar 7, 2009 Pours dark amber with a white head. Aroma is of cherries, wood, malt, oak, and assorted fruit. Taste is of very tart cherries, oak, malt, and spice. Has a very wooden underlying taste underneath all the tartness. The taste is weak, and the beer is too light. Pretty damn dull. mar (1940), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 6, 2009 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. deep amber pour with a nice cream head. nose of slight sourness and cherries. nice cherry flavor with a slight wood finish. hopdog (5612), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Mar 6, 2009 22oz bottle. Poured a medium reddish/brownish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of woodiness, some funk, cherries, and some berries. Tastes of cherries (semi-sweet start with a nice lighter tart), woodiness, citrus, and the same lighter funkiness. Alcohol content well hidden. Not that bad of a Fruit Beer. Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 6, 2009 Bottle. Body-dark iced tea with a few loose bubbles around the rim. Nose-some sour, light plastic, some macro, peach. Taste-medium acid, dirty, no funk, stinging CO2, slight pool water, light tannins on the back end. Not a lot of cherry. It’s tasty. I would call this a “Kriek Light”.
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