Cherry Picker
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.47
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mcberko (47456) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
superspak (10160) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
bb (18428) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
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.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Cherry Picker from Almanac Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap. Pours an orange garnet with moderate head. Aromas of woody cherries and wheat malts. Flavors follow. Nice and clean but thin and nothing special. Over rated.