Sour Cherry Imperial Stout
Blue Point Brewing in Patchogue, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.99
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CLW (16859) reviewed Sour Cherry Imperial Stout from Blue Point Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 oz. bottle purchased at Hunger Mountain CO-OP. vintage is 2013. Snifter shows the typical black color with thin beige head. Really nice aroma of chocolate malt, coffee and a underlying cherry note. What is really odd is the cherry isn’t found anywhere in the flavor. The other flavors are chocolate, dark fruit and molasses. Yet where is the cherry?? The texture is oily with carbonation giving a slightly creamy feel on the tongue. It’s not a bad stout at all, I was just wanting to taste the cherry. Perhaps some batches are better then others??
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours black. Not intensively thick on the pour. Nose is light cherry, barley and tangy oak. Chocolate is very present. Cocoa and ripe cherries. I’m not getting a lot of sour. Maybe some grape skin. I get a lot of cedar and copper pennies. It’s decent. Not insanely memorable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, late 2012 bottling. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of lightly tart cherry, cherry skin, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, toast, and roasted earthiness. Nice and interesting aromas with good balance of roasted malt notes with a moderate amount of cherry presence. Taste of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, lightly tart cherry, roasted malt, cocoa, toast, coffee, light floral, and roasted earthiness. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, cherry, toast, light coffee, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of roasted malt flavors; with a fair amount of cherry flavor and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy and lightly slick mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good fruit imperial stout. Good balance and complexity of roasted flavors with a fair amount of cherry notes; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Purchased at the Hunger Mountain Coop in Montpelier, VT. Pours a real dark brown colour with a decent beige head and a little lace. Nutty and yeast aromas, but not much more. Sweet taste with some light roasted malts and hints of nuts in the finish. Coffee notes lingers in the aftertaste. Written "Sour Cherry Imperial Stout". Do not taste any sourness, nor cherry. Decent Impy Stout for other reasons. Not really accurate on the name of the brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Brewer’s Pizza, RBWG
Appearance: Dark brown with a tan head and some lacing
Aroma: Dark malts, cherries and nutty
Taste: Roast malts, sour cherries and chocolate
Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22 ounce bottle. Opague black color topped by a small bubbly tan head. Faint chocolate aroma with a wisp of cherry and hints of bread dough. Rich roasted malt flavor. Lot’s of bittersweet chocolate flavor upfront. Sour cherry is barely noticeable, but there none the less. Notes of black licorice and charcoal emerge in the finish. Overall, a nice interpretation of an imperial stout. Would have liked more sour cherries, though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Deep opaque brown-black body, medium creamy light brown head. Light roasty, chocolaty aroma. Inky body with tannic, slightly tart cherry, on the dry side with modest sweetness. Enjoyable but safe.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft in snifter; I didn’t pick up chocolate, cherry, or any fruitiness. All in all it was a decent imperial stout that I would drink when available.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Whole Foods Columbus Circle. Pours with a near black body with red highlights and a small tan head that is quick to fade. Aromas are of cola, cherry, brown sugar, vanilla, roasty and a touch estery. Flavors are of brown sugar, cherry, cherry cola, chocolate. Somewhat aggressive roast character. Sweeter, nearly dried cherry as it warms. Medium to low carbonation, fuller bodied, a bit ashy and chalky. Warming.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
On tap at Delaney’s in New Haven. Pours dark reddish brown with nice head. Nose is of dark fruits and cocoa. Tastes of tart cherry, raspberries, dark chocolate, earth, and cola. Not too sour nor overly fruity but a solid offering from blue point