BMan1113VR (2820), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Oct 11, 2008 2008 bottle thanks to zathrus13, shared with m4rest88. Pours with a small, light brown, foamy head, with a hazy deep brown body with reddish highlights. Aroma of burboun, vanilla, cherries, chocolate, raisins, slight sour tannins, very complex. Taste is sour, but finishes with brown sugar, molasses, raisins, and bourbon/vanilla. Tart cherries make an appearance upfront. Light, playfull carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. Mr. Tomme Aurthur does it again! m4rest88 (216), Beverly Hills, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 19/20 | Oct 11, 2008 Aroma is of dark fruits, cherries, grapes, yeast, bourbon, vanilla, caramel.
Tastes just the same as the aroma. - cherries, citrus, bourbon. Beer tastes sour throughout with a yeasty ending.
Pours a dark brown, with redish highlites - there is almost no head on this beer.
Body is medium with light carbonation.
A great beer! Special thanks to bman1113vr! Gez (44), Ringgold, Georgia, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Oct 9, 2008 HUGE thanks to Mitch (beerguy101) for this. Poured a dark mahogany/ cherry with no head. The aroma was cherry and vinegar. Flavors are cherry, raisins, and oak. Sour and very smooth. Goes down easy. Great beer! waolsen (1222), Littleton, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Oct 9, 2008 bottle. thank glkaiser. brown pour slightly hazy. cherries and oak aroma. tart cherries, oak and yeast, a little harsh. still very nice. michael-pollack (2665), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Oct 9, 2008 Bottle from 2008: Sour aroma. Smells of tart cherries, oak, and Brett. Poured brown/raspberry in color with a tiny off-white head. Hazy. Flavor is highly sour. Tastes of sour mix, tart fruits, oak, cherries, and alcohol. Light to medium body. Soft texture. Soft to average carbonation. Tart fruit finish. ATLBeerDog (280), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 | Oct 2, 2008 Pours a dark brownish/raspberry color with no head whatsoever. Beautiful smells of tarty, sour fruits with pears, cherries, and raisins. First taste is sweet, tarty and sour with cherries, raisins, green apples, and grapes all meshing into wonderful full sensory experience. Damn this is good. A tad more carbonation, please? - Complex yet mellow. Loud but quiet. TheEpeeist (1448), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 | Oct 1, 2008 12.7 oz bottle, 2008. Deep, barely clear, magenta with a thin beige ring. Nose is cherry preserves and light funk with hints of raspberry, maple and vanilla. Juicy and mouthwatering with a mild tingle. Taste is sour cherry then red wine; beaujolais? Dry woody finish. Lip smacking good but doesn’t blow me away. fredandboboflo (1404), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Sep 28, 2008 Bottle from 08 Night of the Funk. Aroma of very mellow, smooth liquor with lots of malt. In the flavor an earthy tartness kicks in. Crazy, tasty, crazily tasty.
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