 Braudog (3461), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
May 4, 2008
Bottle, thanks to Brandon Orr. Orange-red with a thin but full head. Wow -- this exudes a full-on sweet cherry aroma. It drinks extremely sweet-tart, like cherry juice or cherry jelly. Ultimately I decide this is no kidding cherry pie in a glass. Like my wife’s Aunt Janet’s cherry pie. This would go great with a big gooey chocolate dessert. (#3446, 5/3/2008)
brewandbbq (201), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Vintage 1996
Pours mahogany with a deep ruby hue when held to the light. The head rises to an inch-plus, beige in color and dense as whipped egg whites.
Retention duration is several minutes before settling in the glass and leaving a few ripped sheets of lacework.
Aromatics are pungently filled with vineous cherries. A tart nod adds complexity and the beer is intensely inviting.
Beyond the cherries, there is a hint of caramel malt and cinnamon.
Creamy, lucious mouthfeel. The beer floats across the tongue.
A whallop of juicy cherries starts off the pallet, and tart vineousity follows. Becoming remarkably wine-like and a bit tannic.
Hints of balsamic vinegar, rhubarb, and red Zinfindel.
Some coarseness on the back of the throat lingers in the finish, along with unrelenting juicy cherries.
Twelve years on it’s side in a cool cellar has treated this beer right. It’s dried up a bit, and the tartness has stepped up to allow another dimension to shine through.
Shades of a Flanders red are apparent.
BDR (1850), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Jul 15, 2008 I’ve drunk so many of these bottles, it’s hard to believe I haven’t rated it before. In any event, my latest taster was at Joebrew’s grand opening tasting. This was a true gem as I’d rememberd but somehow this ears baches of new glarus fruit beers was BETTER than I remembered. An intense cherry aroma and flavor with a thick mouthfeel and mild tartness. True cherry flavor mind you, none of that cough syrup crap. Red color with faint head.
antzman (301), Clarksville, Indiana, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy red with a thin off white head. The aroma is all cherry, very intense. The flavor is excellent. Nice sourness with a ton of cherry flavor. The tartness makes this beer, almost a combination of a flemish sour and cherries. Tons of carbonation that do not settle down over the (short) life of the bottle.
bradyc (1), , Illinois, USA
does not count  Jul 14, 2008 This beer tastes like drinking a cherry pie... without all of the chunks. It does have quite a bite on your tongue during the aftertaste though.
If you have acid problems, I would definitely avoid having any near bedtime.
It’s a wonderful beer to give to others when giving a wine would be appropriate!
Baumgartner (32), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle poured to champagne flutes. Very heavy aroma of cherries just from popping crown cap. Light flower, perfume aroma also. Very small, creamy head with good lacing. The brew is murky red with a brown mixed in. Much darker than expected. Very sweet initial flavor a ever so slight hop bitter. Medium bodied with creamy, wet texture. Lively carbonation on the sides of the tounge. Very strong cherry finish. This brew just screams CHERRY the entire bottle through. Wonderful drink.
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