Raccoon River 10th Street Cherry Wheat

Draft at the brew pub. Served with a marachino cherry at the bottom. This didn’t create the best first impression. The beer was a clear orange color with a pinkish tint. Head was fizzy, white, and disappeared quickly. Aroma was of plum, cooked carrot, and oh yeah, some cherry. Not entirely pleasing to the nose, but not exactly offensive either. Tasted predominantly of cherry juice with a dash of cream. Slightly sweet up front, but not cloyingly so. This gradually gave way to a touch of acidity at the end. There was a pleasant fresh cereal grain aftertaste that lingered briefly. So so.

On tap at the brewpub during the 2006 Crescent Moon Beer Bus Trip. Pours a cloudy dark gold with a white head. Has a subtle cherry aroma. The amazing thing about this beer is that the flavor is of pie cherries, not marachino candy cherries. Full tart cherry flavor, but not a sour beer. Finish is extremely quick and leaves you with the idea that that tasted like a baked cherry pie.

Definite peach tinge to the hue of this brew, with its thin veil. No aroma whatsoever. And the taste is resoundingly like a cherry Jolly Rancer ... that fake candy cherry crap.