Cherry Picker
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.49
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at St. Augustine's. Lovely cherry nose, vanilla, almonds, nutty and fruity. Flavor is vanilla, yogurt, cherry and nuts. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 19:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy pinkish amber with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out tart cherries, pith and light wood. Flavour is fresh and puckering, with tart cherries and light oak. Fresh and nicely balanced. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Sep 2017
at 16:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/23/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy reddish/pinkish orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge sweet/sour red/black cherries, raspberry, fruit skin, cherry pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, white wine, almond, vanilla, pepper, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cherries, wine barrels, and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big sweet/sour red/black cherries, raspberry, fruit skin, cherry pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, white wine, almond, vanilla, pepper, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sweet/sour cherries, raspberry, fruit skin, cherry pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, white wine, almond, vanilla, pepper, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cherries, wine barrels, and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and fruit tang. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.8%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited sour/wild ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, cherries, wine barrels, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly lactic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Super jammy and tastes just like cherry pie as advertised. Awesome Brett complexity and solid Lacto presence, against a ton of fruit character. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2017
at 19:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Ratebeer Odense Late Summer 2017. Pours Hazy pinkish with a frothy White head. Cherries, slight marzipan, sex in the City cuteness, Juicy and a touch of Spice. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2017
at 08:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
RB Odense August Extravaganza. Hazy red with an orange hue. Lasting white head. Aroma of sweet cherries, with a touch of funk. Dry and surprisingly tart cherry flavour, with a spicy hint of cinnamon.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 14:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Reddish beer with a pink head. Cherry and brett aroma with light tartness. Cherry and light brett flavor. Medium bodied. Cherry and light tartness lingers with light brett and light earth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2017
at 20:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Funk Factory. Pours a hazy deep red with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart cherry and and cherry pie with some funk backing. Flavor has earthy pie cherry with grains and light funk backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2017
at 18:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Red and cloudy. Thin head. Has a nice, medium cherry nose. Has a really tasty, clean cherry and kettle sour note. Generally good of unspectacular.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2017
at 10:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours rather cherry/pink/rose with a creamy/bubbly pink head. Aroma of mildly, mildly sour cooking cherry. Near med body. The cherries are not cooking cherries. But there is cherry, and there’s a light Brettness. The result is a not very sour, not at all tart, cherry ale. Very good tho.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2017
at 20:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2017-09-14, draught at St. Augustine's, Vancouver, 6-4-7-3-14=34
Cloudy red, a bit paler. Some cherry aroma and yeast. Nice acidity, the cherry flavor is stronger.
2017-07-11, draught at Darby's Gastown, Vancouver, 6-4-7-4-14=35
Hazy red color with compact pink head. Very mild aroma of cherry and pomegranate. The mouthfeel is very dry, but soft; mild fruity flavor, just a hint of cherry, with medium acidity, and some astringent tannins in the finish.
Balanced fruit Sour.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2017
at 21:05