OFallon Cherry Chocolate

Brewed by OFallon Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
OFallon, Missouri USA

Noticed that this stuff seems to make a good first impression on many people but the second and following bottles don't impress. Maybe it's just a novelty. Would like to see O'Fallon work on this. Good concept.

Really enjoyed this stuff. Had some at the Peoria Festival and bought a case. Pours a deep reddish brown with a beige head. The aroma is definitely chocolate covered cherries. The body wasn't as full and thick and creamy as it should have been but it was good. The flavor carried the chocolate covered cherries sensation but in a subtle, not cloying, way. Great drink.

Great breakfast beer if there is such a thing. You could also drink it as a dessert. This is a very delicious beer, unlike anything I’ve had before. I really recommed it although I can’t drink more than about 3 in one sitting. It seems very filling.

12oz bottle. Murky brown-red color, lighter than I would’ve expected. Pleasant choco-cherry aroma. Rather interesting twist, not going the stout route on this one. Medium bodied, with a crisp, thick, chocolate-cherry taste dominating. Rather interesting fruity, tangy finish, as opposed to the roasty flavors that normally accompany such a beer. Not world class stuff, but a cool beer nonetheless.

In the bottle purchased in Moline, IL. I’ve heard that men do not like cherry flavor. Men like pumpkin and apple. Keep that in mind if you want a scented candle. Maybe the reason that the ratebeerians dismiss this ale is because it is so sweet and had a striking lack of hop flavor. It pours a murky brown (due to the generous amount of yeast in the bottle. I shall capture this and streak it on an agar plate so as to culture my own clone. The head is nice and hangs in there. The aroma smells like a Hershey bar, so maybe the chocholate elitists prefer semi-sweet. The cherry flavor is huge, so the combination is not unlike drinking a chocholate covered cherry squashed into your ale. definitely the most oil I’ve ever had in a beer and that would be the cocoa oil. really different, lighter than chocolate-cherry kijafa. Becomes much more aromatic (if you can believe it) upon warming. This is a must-smell ale for those who have a beer nose.

Scent is what it advertises, pleasant cherry and chocolate, and as DocLock states, red licorice. Brown color with a q;uickly diminishing head. Immediate change of cherry which finishes with a strong scent of chocolate. Very unique for an ale. A bit to thin but good nonetheless.

Hazy red/brown color with a small beige head. Aroma is similar to a tootsie pop, but its a lot sweeter and has a notes of alcohol and vanilla. Flavors of chocolate, cherry and vanilla. I liked it.

Date: 06/18/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark ruby red, thin beige head, rich chocolate cover cherry aroma like the candy, rich chocolate flavor with a great candy cherry character, matches the aroma and the candy very well, just enough beer character to keep it in the beer family, the best you could hope from a cherry chocolate beer,
-------- /> Date: 04/21/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

still the perfect chocolate covered cherry in a bottle,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

As other raters have commented, the heavy chocolate and cherry flavors seem a bit artificial. Nice chocolatey color and aroma. A bit of a sour finish. Overall, this is a pretty good beer, and worth trying. Especially if you can find it on sale for $2.99 a 6-pack like I did.