Surly Two

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

tap. Black color. big bubble. dryish. tart and tannic. Malty aroma. Not as good as I was expecting

At the ABR. Pours deep dark brown with huge tan head. Strong bourbon oak and vanilla notes, subtle light tart fruits notes. Tart fruits that are cranberries came off a little sweet. Reminds me of a traditional lambic from the way it made my mouth pucker. Notes of bourbon in the finish and a good amount of acidity. Very nice beer.

thanks to bitbucket tasting. Dark brown with small head. Interesting balance of chocolate and red fruit. A little bit tannic towards the finish.

22 oz. bottle @ liquid sunshine tasting - thanks to yonkers65; pours dark brown, murky and flat; thin tan head remains around the edges; thick and creamy; tons of cherries, but much more on the dank side of things rather than the sweet; drinks dry; pretty nice

RBSG 2008. Interesting tart berry nose, once Dennis pointed out the cranberries it all seemed to make sense. I grew up in a place with lots of cranberries, but they don’t use them for much so the mind seems to skip right over them. The impart a bitter and tart character to it, working off the sweeter dark roasty malts. The body seems to thin out a bit from their tartness, but it seemed to come together nicely.

Bottle 389 shared with grimreeser. Pours dark brown with light beige head. Aroma of roast and cranberries. Medium bodied. Nice balanced flavor of dark roast, chocolate. and cranberry. Finish is semi dry and tart, with lots of lingering cranberry. Interesting and unique. Chad tells me its better on tap.

Pours like mudd or meltd chocolate mix very murky huge rocky tan head. Big bourbon oak and vanilla notes, mostly barreling in the aroma some light tart fruits come through but only a little here. Full well coated pal. Tart fruits that I first thoguht were raspberry from the sweetness but I guess are cranberries. Reminds me of sour brown after that. a light vanilla comes through some good oak dryness. Notes of bourbon in the finish and a good amount of acidity. Very nice beer.

Bottle sampled at RBSG ’08. Pours with a dark brown body topped by a medium thick, tan head with a good amount of lacing. It’s sweet yet slightly tart and fruity with a little underlying funk. Medium bodied and dry.