Surly Two

Formerly brewed at Surly Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Courtesy of Immy at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown (a BIG thanks to Immy for sharing this one). Very dark red pour. Aroma of chocolate and cranberries. Flavor is of coffee, dark chocolate, and tart cherries (I know they are cranberries but tart cherry is what comes through). This is an incredible beer. I tried it once at GABF in 2008 but I jumped at a second chance. Many thanks to Immy.

@ Immy Backyard Throwdown. Pours a dark brown. Smell was a dark chocolate cherry. Awesome. Had a sweet taste of chocolate and fruit. Overall a great beer. I would have again.

Pours dark brown with a sparse amount od carbonation. Smells of coffee, oaky, cranberries. Tastes of cranberries, oak, dry with a spicy finish.

Shared by Immy at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown. Thanks! Pours a murky orange color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, caramel and cherries. Taste is tart cherries, cocoa, toffee, cranberry and something milky. Lightly bitter and lightly tart. Full bodied.

@ Immy Backyard Throwdown. Caramely on the nose. Cherry and cranberry on the palate with a little tartness. Very very good.

Tap at ACBF. It is beyond me how this beer wound up with such high ratings. Incredibly boozy and the tartness and acidity from the cranberry created a beer that tasted practically infected. Poorly, poorly integrated components, memorable in a bad way.

On draft at ACBF09. Pours brown with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon or some type of liquor and also maybe putrid vomit. Yeah, this smelled pretty bad. Flavor of very sweet malt and roasted notes with a tart, lactic finish. This was very odd and very bad. People liked this??? 4/4/5/3/11 (2.7/5)

ACBF09. Did not enjoy this. Fruit notes in the aroma, wouldn’t say they’re cranberry. Flavor is of cheap cranberry juice with cheap vodka. Reminded me of college.