Organic Cherry Fruit Beer
Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
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Score
6.22
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Handcrafted at the tiny All Saints Brewery set in a time warp in Stamford using the old manually operated brewing equipment. Finest organically grown barley and wheat are used to create a complex ale which, having undergone primary and secondary fermentation with different yeasts and extended maturation, is taken to Samuel Smith’s small, independent British brewery at Tadcaster. There it is blended with pure organic cherry, strawberry, raspberry or apricot fruit juices and more organic beer to create fruit beers of considerable strength and flavour. The smooth distinctive character of the matured beer serves as the perfect counterpoint to the pure organic fruit juice.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Whole Foods, Sacramento, CA. Pours a ruby/cherry red with a large bubbly whiteish head. Aroma of cherry, like opening a can of pie cherries. Near medium body. Mild carbonation. Flavor is a bit like biting into cherry pie. It’s really interesting how the flavor is like tucking into one of those pastries in a package. So it’s sweet and tart all at once, and it’s really interesting. To live in Yorkshire. To drink Yorkshire ales. To die in ecstasy. More because of non-fruit ales, but ya gotta love ale from Yorkshire.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2009
at 21:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500 ml bottle from GM Liquors; Nose of cherries and a light bit of caramel. Lightly hazy cherry-rust with a big beige head. Flavor is lightly sweet cherries with a hint of tartness and toffee in the background. This should be for Christmas not Fourth of July!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2009
at 20:24
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 5
Not looking forward to this (or the Strawberry), as I don’t like organic sam smiths, or melbourn brothers...please may it not be pink...Damn it, it is, clear puce in shade. Fading white head. Aroma of, surprise, surprise, maraschino cherry and some stale wheat. Taste is cloying cotton candy and cherry cough syrup, yak! Light bubbles, non offensive mouthfeel (well, compared to the taste). Not repeatable...
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2009
at 23:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
35.5 cl bottle at home. slightly cloudy dark red, thick pink head. strong aroma of not-entirely-fresh cherries and marzipan, strong aroma resembling apricot, reminds me a lot of bols apricot (which i happen to like a lot). flavor is strong cherries, faint citrus, faint vineagra. quite strong acidity hidden behind strong sweetness. the beer itself sort of hidden away somewhere. palate is not mouth-friendly, it tends to be hard to swallow, and tries to get into your nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2009
at 10:13
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled. A red beer with a pink head. The aroma is sweet fruity among them light notes of cherries. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and cherries - somewhat artificial, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2009
at 02:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. It’s a red beer with an orange glow, hazy, and topped by a dense, pinkish head. Artificial on the nose, with almonds and cherries. Quite sugary. The flavor is as expected, judged from the aroma, candy sweet, with artificial cherries and almond. Medium, sticky mouthfeel. Way too sweet for me, and also to artificial or syrupy or whatever it is giving the cherry-ish flavor. (081229)
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2009
at 03:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
355ml bottle. Hazy reddish amber in colour with a trace of pinkish froth; the smell reminds me of Tunes, the cherry flavoured throat sweets, an aroma I know well as it used to pervade the Mars factory at Slough where I worked years ago. Quite fizzy in the mouth, with a good sweet and sour balance and a decent cherry flavour; unfortunately rather too sweet to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2009
at 14:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, many thanx to Quack-Duck! A bit unclear, pink-amber coloured with a persistent pinkish head. Robust sweet-almondy nose with a big touch of ripe cherries. Moderate sweet-sourish flavour, light to medium bodied, a bit fizzy. Sweet almondy finish - a bit artificial - with a light bitterness in the aftertaste. All in all O.K., a bit too sweet, but not worse than the majority of the Belgian samples...........
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2008
at 08:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
First rating355 ml bottle at Bishops Arms, MalmöOn September 12, 2008Hazy copper color, white head. Cherry and almond paste scent. Sweet cherry taste. Acidic and almond paste aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.6/4/6/3/12=3.1Rerate355 ml bottle at De Klomp, LinköpingBB Feb 09On June 3, 2009A litle bit gushing. Hazy dark red to brownish red color, ok sized pink head. Sweet cherry as well as almond like cherry pips scent. Also almond paste. Sweet, cherry, slight bit metallic taste. Sweet sugary aftertaste with hints of acids. Medium to a bit moussy mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/4/6/3/13=3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2008
at 04:33