New Belgium Old Cherry

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

"Brewed with the juice of real cherries." Pours a maroon-amber with light-medium frothy head. Minimal bouquet, maybe slightly malty. Doesn’t taste like much of anything. It took 3 gulps till I could taste the hint of cherries. I prefer stronger beers than this.

Dark amber beer..with reddish tints, tiny off white head..dissapears fast,leaving goodish lace. Very malty aromas,..some doughy funkiness wafts up now and again Malty taste ..semi-sweet followed by sweet ( not very tart) cherry...then a taste of cherry pip in the after taste. The palate is Ok..gets a bit sticky after a while though. A strangebeer..i suppose i kinda liked it..but its not great.

Bottle. Pours clear, sparkling ruby with an average, frothy, off-white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, cereal), light hops (grass), average yeast (sweat) with notes of cherry, butter, and paper. Light bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

12 oz bottle-pours a thin rich off white head and copper color. Aroma is initially dirty barnyard/cat. Then alternates with medium malt-caramel, medium fruit. Taste is cherry, some tart/sweet, medium malt, some herbal. Thanks to jwc215 for sharing.

Bottle from the mixed 12-pack. Deep amber color and creamy head (just like Fat Tire). Malty aroma (just like Fat Tire). Light-to-medium body. Underlying malty flavor dominated by even dry/sweet cherry flavor. Thin mouthfeel. Not offensive but a bit one dimensional.

12oz bottle shared at Houston BA Tasting. This poured a clear, orangish-red with an off-white head. Nose was cherryish, but smelled artificial. Taste was malt with a cherry flavoring. Mouthfeel was medium-to-thin with some carbonation. Almost like a cherry soda. Not horrible, but not a good beer.

Bottle out of Folly Pack (they know how to lure me in, bastards): Pours a ruby amber color with a decent head. The nose is lightly fruity with a solid caramel malt base. The flavor isn’t tart nor sweet nor fruity. A delicately hopped, balanced amber ale with a shy malt base and a light cherry essence which wafts over everything like it doesn’t want anything to do with the party. I’m seeing a lot of references to Fat Tire+cherry and I’ll have to say I agree, although there IS a significantly more malty base.

Pours gold into the glass gold with a pink tinge. Aroma is slightly malty with a hint of cherry. Flavor is sweet with cherry. Not bad but not incredible