Brainless on Cherries (Batch 5 and higher, Red Wine Barrel)
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.69
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Note: batch 5 and all subsequent batches are put into Red Wine Barrels (the batch number is printed on the label). All earlier batches were in White Wine Barrels and should not be rated here. Release 5 of Brainless on Cherries, has a new twist- we used Red Wine (cab and syrah) barrels for the second fermentation and aging as apposed to White Wine barrels. The result, dryer, lighter body, fruit shines thru and a bit of tannin and wood notes in the finish
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle @markwise Birthday-palooza-a-go-go Gathering-thanks kiefdog-pours amber with a disappearing white head. Aroma is medium malt, some cherry. Taste is medium malt, herbal, some cherry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2012
at 16:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber from Rick’s Wine & Gourmet, opened 5/13/12. Pours a slightly hazy red color with a large fizzy tan head. Most of it fades quickly but a thin collar remains. Aroma of red wine,wood, cherries, grapes, citrus and caramel. The taste is red wine, tannins, bready notes, herbal notes, wood, caramel, grapes, cherries. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A medicinal texture, but not flavor, is present in the back end. Decent beer.
Tried
on 22 May 2012
at 16:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Release #5 courtesy of douglas88 pours deep clear cherry juice with white head trimmed with a light pinkish hue. The aroma has some apples and pears as well as some fruity sourness, tartness and then yeasty spices. The taste has a great play going on between tart red wine notes, spicy oak, sweet apples and pears, some sour fruitiness and then rolling into soft spongy yeasty spiciness. This beer is really hitting the spot as all the conflicting notes come together with harmony. Yummers!
Tried
on 20 May 2012
at 08:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear deep reddish amber with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of cherries that are slightly tart with a backing sweet grain and light funk. Flavor has more of an earthy note with some earthy grains, slightly tart cherry, a bit of alcohol and a hint of backing yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2012
at 21:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Batch #9 at 10.3%. Pours with a clear decidedly pink/red/orange hued body and a small white head with minimal lace. Aromas are sweet, spicy, peppery, cotton candy, vibrant cherries, oak, peppermint, tannin, earthy, manure, juicy and boozy. Flavors are dry, alcoholic, cherry, tannin, oak, light red wine, thin. Lightly metallic with an odd/strange cherry skin flavor. Lively, dry and boozy (thankfully not as sticky as the Peach version). Medium to light malic tartness, lots of bitterness and tannins.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2012
at 10:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle (Batch #5) from the brewery
Appearance: Pours clear reddish brown with a big red/pink head and good lacing
Aroma: Lightly toasted malts, ripe cherries and woody
Taste: Dusty malts, cherries, woody, oak with a dry slightly tart finish
This is great. The red wine barrels made a huge difference in this beer.
Appearance: Pours clear reddish brown with a big red/pink head and good lacing
Aroma: Lightly toasted malts, ripe cherries and woody
Taste: Dusty malts, cherries, woody, oak with a dry slightly tart finish
This is great. The red wine barrels made a huge difference in this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2011
at 20:52