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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught at Lord Hobo, 9/19/15.
Rather murky, thoroughly cloudy cherry-red liquid has a bit of initial pink-flecked beige head that fizzles away to nothing.
Straightforward cherry juice in the nose, with perhaps a bit of brett-like acidity though it’s difficult to tell due to the obvious freshness of the cherries. Not much in the way of maltiness in the nose, though it’s not undermalted or anything. Perhaps some wheat in there? Whatever the case, there’s a somewhat nutty, maybe chalky/mineral note to the beer (very well could just be all the whatever in solution). No alcohol noted.
In the mouth, the cherries come forth most prominently of anything. Tart yeast/bacteria acids peek out from behind the cherries but never really develop too deeply. Seems like a lot of the reason for this is the huge amount of sediment which really adds a lot of chalkiness and heavy blandness to the beer, severely dampening the brightness of it. Low to moderately low carbonation, watery/slick texture and no alcohol noted. Nothing offensive about the beer, and the cherries are done admirably, but just needs to rest for longer or be cleaned up somehow; way too much stuff in solution here.