Nice rich copper and light brown coloured body with a muddy glow and a thinnish, very fast-dying tan head, only about a centimetre thick. Aroma of sour cherries, yeast, oak, dry malt, grapes, vanilla and way more sour notes - very nice smelling for sure. Medium-bodied; Assertive cherry flavour that shows very well and couples nicely with the malt and oak flavours that don’t hold back either. Aftertaste shows figs, pit fruit, earth, caramel, toffee, oak and a bit of cognac and rum, but very sour and robust throughout with a ton of cherry complexity. Overall, a very nice beer, and one that shows a lot of complexity with the cherries, sour, tart and oaky flavours dominating, but the vanilla, alcohol, malt and sugar flavours still showing strong. I’m a big fan of Weyerbacher and their sour beers especially and this one is no departure from that - a solid beer that shows very well and is well worth buying and saving a few of these in a cellar. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased a few minutes ago from Leuken’s Liquour in Dunedin, Florida on 03-October-2015 for US$13,99 sampled in my hotel room here in Clearwater Beach, Florida on 03-October-2015.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 7/15/2015. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart cherry, green apple, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, date, pear, light banana, pepper, clove, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted oak, vanilla, hay, straw, herbal, light musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great complexity and balance of cherries, fruity/spicy/earthy yeast, dark/bready malt, and oak barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart cherry, green apple, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, date, pear, light banana, pepper, clove, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted oak, vanilla, hay, straw, herbal, light musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy yeast/oak spiciness and light fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of tart cherry, green apple, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, date, pepper, clove, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted oak, vanilla, hay, straw, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of cherries, fruity/spicy/earthy yeast, dark/bready malt, and oak barrel flavors; with a great malt/tartness/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, lightly acidic/tannic, and slightly slick/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent oak aged wild Belgian strong dark ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of cherries, fruity/spicy/earthy yeast, dark/bready malt, and oak barrel flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. Very similar to the base beer with added tropical Brett and oak barrel complexities; and a bit drier on the finish from the overall acidity. A very enjoyable offering.