Smuttynose Hanami Ale

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

Amber orange, moderate head with decent lacing and good retention. Aroma was seriously WTF. I thought something died in the glass. Aroma is dead rotten fruit with a hint of caramel. Flavor is infinitely better, but still fairly light and lacking complexixity. I couldn’t get past the aroma though, it made me want to die. Smutty is usually good too..

Bottle. Pours a amber/golden color with a moderate sized head. Aroma is somewhat weak, but pretty much all cherry...with some slight yeasty notes. Flavor is sour & tart, cherry, a little yeast. Basically tastes like a beer that had some cherry juice dumped in at the end. It was OK, but nothing I will look for again.

12oz bottle, courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! Pours a clear, golden-orange color; white head with patchy lacing. Light, watery cherry aroma. Light carbonation; chewy cherries and red fruits; hints of light tartness / funkiness; yeasty and bready character behind the fruit. Medium, bready and red fruit finish.

on tap @ Coles Buffalo NY tart, sour & not very appealing. Expected a bit more. Will have to retry

12oz bottle, best before Aug 07. Reddish amber with a fairly large ivory head. Aroma of concentrated fruit juice and a little bit of hops. Flavor is dominated by a sweet-tart cherry flavor. Unique, but i can’t see myself buying it again. Interesting label, as typical for Smuttynose.

Nice deep amber coloured body with ruby highlights and a very nice tan head that tops the beer perfectly. Aroma of metal, malt, nuts, cardboard, a bit of smoked peat and a tiny bit of cherries. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour with some cardboard and nuts noticeable up front with a tiny bit of cherries too. Aftertaste shows more malt with some alcohol, yeast and more metal - no cherries really. Overall, this isn’t a great fruit beer and it doesn’t show much else - so you could probably go with passing this one up. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased by my brother-in-law from Total Wine in Manassas, Virginia on 31-March-2007, right after I saw the Cherry Blossoms in Washington in 2007.

Gnarly, like a blend of amber ale and kriek. Has a very distinct sour cherry flavor. Not loving it at all.

Clear amber pour with a foamy head/lace - lightly sweet aroma of cherries, roses and honey, with some background grainy touches - light bodied - tart and acidic, with little else going on - some light hints of sour cherries (and their pits) and the faintest touch of malts - light vegetal qualities way in the back - tastes like a lambic gone wrong.