Cerise Sour Blond
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.34
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This beer is inspired by the long and hot summer days in the San Joaquin Valley—the fertile basin that yields much of California’s bountiful produce. This tart blond ale was brewed with Rainier and Bing cherries from Bella Viva Orchards and fermented with our house sour culture and aged for many months in used wine barrels to create a tart, cherry-kissed wild ale.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear and slightly hazy golden coloured body with a faint, very fast-dying white head. Aroma of super sour and tart elements - ranging from yeast and gueuze notes to cherries, funk and earth, along with some lighter alcohol and citrus scents. Very light-bodied; Strong sour and funky qualities throughout with a nice cherry flavour at first with a subdued, but noticeable grassy and herbal taste and showing some dry spices like coriander seed, but a sour almost fruity kick near the end works out well. Aftertaste shows the sour apple, cherry and lemon flavours abound with a great funky dry yeast and grain flavour and a super easy-to-drink body with a mouth watering sour note. Overall, a great beer for the style that shows well and has some good legs, while remaining dry and easy-to-drink. I sampled this 37,5 cL split bottle purchased from Murray’s Cheese in New York (Greenwich Village), New York on 09-November-2014 for US$13,99 sampled a bit over two years later on 24-November-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2016
at 01:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[2/1/16] Draught at City Beer in San Francisco. Murky reddish orange. Aroma of cherries, marzipan, wine, oak, a bit of vinegar. Sour flavor, lemony, with cherries, oak, and a vinous touch in a puckering finish. Medium-bodied. Very good.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2016
at 06:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2014 version on tap at City Beer. Orange-cherry-red-pink, cloudy, with a low, fine head. Nose of grains, crackers, cherry, grapefruit. Interesting flavor: cherry, whole wheat crackers, yogurt, grass. Good. Quite sour yet complex.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2016
at 02:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Got in a trade with RaulMondesi. 375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 7/10/2014. Pours very hazy deep orange/amber with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with solid retention, that reduces to a spotty cap that lingers. Some slight spotty lacing clings on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of tart cherry, lemon, green apple, red grape, caramel, toasted bread, hay, straw, grass, oak, light vinegar, light musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/funky yeast, cherry, wine barrel, and malt notes; with good strength. Taste of tart cherry, lemon, green apple, red grape, caramel, toasted bread, hay, straw, grass, oak, light vinegar, light musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Fair amount of fruity/earthy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of tart cherry, lemon, green apple, red grape, caramel, toasted bread, oak, hay, straw, light vinegar/funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and robustness of fruity/funky yeast, cherry, wine barrel, and malt flavors; with a great sweetness/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice fruited sour ale. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/funky yeast, cherry, wine barrel, and malt flavors; and very smooth to drink with the balanced acidity. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2015
at 22:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Sour and dusty aroma with light tartness. Tart and light cherry flavor with light sourness and light wine. Medium bodied. Tartness/light sourness lingers with wine, cherry, and light oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 10:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light cherry notes, Brett, light lactic notes, funky and pleasing. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with ground cherries, lactic acid, light buttery notes, grapeskin, Epsom salts. Bottle at Stephen Morris house.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 16:03