Smuttynose Hanami Ale

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Pours a clouded amber with a touch of ruby. No head. Nose is a touch of yeast and a touch of cherries. Flavor is sour like what a lambic would almost be, but not quite the grandeur of it. Bitter is there as well. Feel has a decent amount of bubble for the tongue. Not very drinkable in my opinion.

On tap at the bocktown. Light haze and a little dark like iced tea. Smell os rather sweet and beery at the same time. Initially the taste is like a somewhat mildly hopped ale and this turns rather tart once on the palate. Good crisp mild carbonation. Finish is interesting; fruity yet not sweet. Tart yet mildly bitter.

yummy!!! in bottle. A beautiful hazy gold beer. Wonderful cherry pie flavor, with almond, lemon and ginger flavors. Smells like pie cherries. Delicious!

In the bottle from Inari Wines. This was rather interesting. A beautiful beer of amber and beige head. Great lacing and retention. The aromas are of pronounced pie cherries. There’s also quite a bit of almond, lemons, and ginger to the flavor. A cherry ale that does not taste like cough syrup or a child’s lollipop!

Bottled, BB 08/07. Poured clear coppery-amber with a medium cap of well-retained pink-tinted off-white head. The aroma of sweet grassy and hay notes with some dusty yeast and cherries bringing up the rear. The flavor had a sweet caramel and wheaty backing with rising tart cherry skin presence on the back-end.. left a dry, somewhat stale grainy cherry finish. Dry on the palate with an ok flow at best.. grainy at times and tacky at times with no logical progression.. in the end it was rather refreshing.

Date: 04/11/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear amber, wispy beige head, dry fruity aroma, rich cherry flavor followed by lots of tartness, dry but with a candy cherry character,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap @Coles. Fresh earthy hops, some malt, orange, pours a slim custard head. Taste is light fruit, cherry and I think, some peach. Tart, acidic and dry. Okay.

Bottle: Hazy amber with a large fluffy beige head. Thick lacing. Nose is faint, but of malts and sour fruitiness. Tastes like second rate pie cherries and some cheap lager. Boy this was awful.