 DocLock (4085), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 10, 2005
Big thanks to TChrome for this. I didn’t know this was retired. Pours turbid ruby/amber with medium off-white head. Aroma of big sour cherries, figs, oak, malt. Tastes krieky, with some figs, oak, and malty sweetness at the finish. It is sour, don’t misunderstand, but it is balanced by a malty sweetness. Wonderfully balanced, with a solid complexity. Many lambics taste like melted Jolly Rancher candy to me. This one is the real deal....complex, balanced, and ass-kicking. In my opinion, this one is up there with the New Glarus Red and Tart. A wonderful beer. Why did they retire this bad boy?
badgerben (3070), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Sweet merciful crap, thank you BDR! Dark, murky copper color with no head. Light aroma of cherries, lots of raisin and brown sugar. Thick and chewy molasses. A little bit of sour cherry. Finishes a bit leafy, like the leaves were left on the cherries. Only a very little bit of oak is there. Slick malt and mouthfeel.
tertons (100), East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Aug 25, 2008 A sweet, almost artifical-like, Flemish Red. Cherry skin filled with a subtle sour twist. A little too sweet and reminds me more of a fruit beer. Ageing, my guess, has done this well with the oak and further bottle settling. At the same time many of the cellar elements are starting to appear on this.
imadeadguy (151), Westampton, New Jersey, USA
Aug 23, 2008 25cl bottle. Pour is deep ruby with no head at all. Aromas of cherries, sugars, and some sour. The flavor was very different than anything i’ve ever had. The beer was very smooth and was almost like a juice. Very mellowed out and just outstanding.
jarspag (503), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 7, 2008 Bottle shared with J on the 7/18 tasting in OC. This stuff was just flat out good. Aroma was a sensual oak covered sour cherry...wrapping into a pefect mix of sour/sweet, cherries/berries. learning on the sweet side than what I was expecting. The smoothest, mellowest, softest palate I may have ever encountered in a brew. Just divine all around. The oakiness is shown in all flavor transitions...I absolutely loved it. A nice change of pace from all the big beers.
hapjydeuce (558), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Bottle generously shared by jarspag for the 7/18 Death Metal Tasting at his place in Orange County. We finally got around to opening this masterpiece of a beer! The beer pours a hazy burgundy color with some lacy beige swirls that float on the surface. Some yeast sediment settles to the bottom. It looks quite mellowed and still; expected with 10+ years of age since Palm stopped brewing this. The aroma is loaded with oak wood and tart, acidic cherry. Notes of potpourri, cinnamon bread, sherry wine, banana rum and lightly bittered toffee follow. The flavor is really something to appreciate here. Ultra-subtle transitions give way to sweet berry and dark grapes with cherry jam and old musty oak wood. The flavor’s finish is very earthy with lingering yeast and raisin bread character. Tart and acetic, but not puckering or weak. Palate is what truly blew me away here, I wish I could have scored it higher than a 5. The body is velvet on the tongue. The aged personality of this beer amazing. Superb drinkability. Wow, I’m awestruck.
|
