Cherry Sournova
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series|
Score
7.24
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Sour Ale Aged in Oak Barrels With Cherries and Vanilla Beans
This is NOT a kettle sour! This naturally conditioned, mixed-culture sour ale was aged for months with thousands of pounds of cherries. This bright, tart, and super fruity space juice is out-of-this-world tasty.
This is NOT a kettle sour! This naturally conditioned, mixed-culture sour ale was aged for months with thousands of pounds of cherries. This bright, tart, and super fruity space juice is out-of-this-world tasty.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can, lightly orange-pink beer with almost no head. Slight sour nose for sure, a bit vinegar like and not too powerful aroma. The flavor definitely has cherry components, super acidic, I'm afraid I don't really get vanilla but there's a hint of woodiness in there. To be honest it's not really my type of sour, too intensely acidic & lacking depth, but it's decent.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2025
at 20:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Just In Beer, Groningen. Aroma is tart cherry, vanilla, vruchtenvlaai, some notes of oak, cherry yoghurt cake. Flavour is mild tart with some sweetness and a mild sourness. Body is medium with a little creaminess.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2025
at 14:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Teku showing strawberry red with a finger of quickly dissipating foam.
The nose shows intense notes of cinnamon, strawberry, and oak.
The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Highly tart but dry with a strawberry and cinnamon fruitforwardness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cherry Supernova on 30 Aug 2021 at 12:08 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Taster showing cherry red with a finger of quicky dissipating pink tinged foam. The nose shows moderately intense notes of Brett and cherry. The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. Moderately but sharply tart with light notes of cherry and a corn malt mid palate backbone. Light cherry on the finish.
The nose shows intense notes of cinnamon, strawberry, and oak.
The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Highly tart but dry with a strawberry and cinnamon fruitforwardness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cherry Supernova on 30 Aug 2021 at 12:08 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Taster showing cherry red with a finger of quicky dissipating pink tinged foam. The nose shows moderately intense notes of Brett and cherry. The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. Moderately but sharply tart with light notes of cherry and a corn malt mid palate backbone. Light cherry on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2023
at 11:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Monday 25th September 2023, Shrewsbury Gathering in Chez Sophie, 5 blokes and loads of beer. 16oz can (canned on 18th May 2023) brought back from California by me. Red hue to the amber body, white topping. Sour cherry flavours and esters from start to finish, tart with hints of sweetness within.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2023
at 05:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Sep 23. Many thanks Jeremy for bringing this back from the States. Pours a reddish amber, solid white head. Cherry aroma. Bristling sour, some marzipan, wild cherry.. tart, juicy moments with background vanilla notes. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2023
at 11:29
Bartender gave us a sample.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2023
at 12:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Reddish beer with a pink head. Cherry and tart aroma. Cherry and light sour flavor with light oak and light acetic notes. Medium bodied. Cherry and light sour linger with light oak.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2022
at 22:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can thanks to Rainer. Pour a cloudy ruby with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is cherry skin, spice, earth. Slick body, sweet cherry, spice, light tartness, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2022
at 01:32
7/10
Tried
on 20 Feb 2022
at 23:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bright red pink color. Excellent tart nose cherries and vanilla with a touch of oak in the nose. Very dry. The cherries and vanilla work very well together.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2021
at 11:44