New Belgium Old Cherry

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Sampled on 10/4/2008. This fruit beer pours a medium amber color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head, with decent retention and good lacing. The aroma is cherry and caramel malts. A medium bodied fruit beer. The malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. The semi-sweet cheery flavors are kind of subdued, and they mix very well with the malts. The cheery flavor sort of rises up every once in a while to let you know its there and then goes and hides once again. I kind of like it, but its kind of subtle. Good carbonation. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

courtesy of russpowell. Pours light brown, white head. Aroma was fairly weak. The overall cherry was faint and malty. Taste, had a champagne - cherry like mouthfeel. A very nicely done beer, the use of cherries remains on the weak side. Malty finish.

Pours sparkling clear and orangey-amber-colored with an eggshell-colored, average, creamy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves minimal lace. Nose is dominated by the red cherries; other notes of cake, vanilla, and sweet breads (a bit like a cherry pastry). Flavor is very cake-like, cinnamon notes, vanilla, light nutmeg, cherry filling, brown and white sugar, and some doughy sweet bread. Palate is moderately light, lively, and a bit thin. Finishes mostly sweet with some cinnamon and vanilla but lightly tart with cherries. Similar to frambozen with a fruity cake-like beer. I thought the cherries were a great complement to the cake flavors fo the base beer. Not something I would want all the time but great for a lighter desert beer.

Pours a red/amber with a soft off-white head. Kinda stinky nose of macro brew with soft cherry note. I can’t say I’m a big fan of the base beer. The cherry adds a nice character, solid tartness gives this beer a bit of depth with just a touch of a sour finish.

On tap @ Falling Rock poured a clear reddish copper with a lingering creamy off white head. Aromas of bread dough, light cherry and yeast. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of light cherry, bread, wood and light straw with a smooth dry fruity finish.

Reddish orange color with small off white head. Moderate lacing. Aroma of cherries surprisingly enough with some malty caramel. Some cherry wheats that I’ve sampled seem to have an artificial cherry flavor but this seems more authentic. In it’s favor it’s not overly sweet or sour. Not bad-just not exceptional. I bet girls will really dig this beer though. A chick beer.

12oz bottle bought in Bellingham, WA. Pours a cloudy brownish-red color, minimal head. The sweetness of the cherries is evident from the first sip, but I was a little disappointed with the lack of sourness. Smooth malty taste with barely any hop character. Mellow and sessionable, but not what I had hoped for.

Clean reddish/orange color. Fast fading head. Smells of cherry and weak malt. This is malty with some cherry thrown in. Not overdone, but a little sour. Fast fading slight hop aftertaste. I could be worse but I think it’s done pretty well.