Cheek Squeezer (Tart Cherry)
Throwback Brewery in North Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.71
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6/10
A light burgundy red ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with cherry pulp, light acidity, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, tart mix of ground cherry, lemon, light lactic notes, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2022
at 22:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Goblet at the brewery, pours a clear orange with a ring of white head. Nose has lemon juice, sweat, brine, some white cherry. Flavor is a little weaker, some malt, tart cherry, orange rind, sweat, lemon juice. Finishes tart and medium bodied. 6 3 6 3 12
Tried
on 30 Jul 2019
at 19:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Throwback Cheek Squeezer (Tart Cherry) ].Light unclear medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, orange - tangarine, light sour cherry notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, tart tangarine - orange, pale malt, sweet malt, gooseberry - grapes, light sour - tart cherry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20160809] 7-2-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2018
at 16:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewery, 9/16/17.
Shimmering, hazy-cherry pulp red with a small, fizzling, pink-tinged head atop.
Mostly tart cherry juice in the nose with grain, cracker, light lactic acid and a bit of black pepper or pit-like character. It's light, dry, fairly cherry-driven and not overly acidic/lactic, though it's a bit lacking on beer character, being mostly fruit acid from the nose.
In the mouth it's more of the same. More of a spritzy, lightly tart (mostly from the cherry) fruit beer with some astringency on the finish and a very sparse, cracker-like malt profile that, as with most of their beers, just needs a little more softness/depth to the malt. Otherwise, it's clean, vibrant, quenching/refreshing and well-done on the cherry aspect.
Shimmering, hazy-cherry pulp red with a small, fizzling, pink-tinged head atop.
Mostly tart cherry juice in the nose with grain, cracker, light lactic acid and a bit of black pepper or pit-like character. It's light, dry, fairly cherry-driven and not overly acidic/lactic, though it's a bit lacking on beer character, being mostly fruit acid from the nose.
In the mouth it's more of the same. More of a spritzy, lightly tart (mostly from the cherry) fruit beer with some astringency on the finish and a very sparse, cracker-like malt profile that, as with most of their beers, just needs a little more softness/depth to the malt. Otherwise, it's clean, vibrant, quenching/refreshing and well-done on the cherry aspect.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 23:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2016. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy yeasty weak sour cherry aroma. Fruity sour cherry flavor with weak yeasty hints. Has a fruity weak sour cherry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2017
at 02:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a light amber from a tap, big tart sourness, very little cherry and a little wheat biscuit flavor, not much aroma. A little too tart without any additional rounding out in the mouth, but still a good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2017
at 20:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Thirsty Moose Manchester Mostly clear burnt golden color without much of a head by the time it arrived at my table. Light lemony tart cherry aroma with faint bready malt. Sweet bread up front light lemony cherry flavor light lingering tartness in the finish. Not bad but not really all that tart.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2016
at 12:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF ’16, day one, 09/08/16. Orange golden with a moderate off white covering. Nose is light citric peel, balsa wood, straw, melon. Taste comprises tarte gooseberries, light cherry skins, straw, bread dough, light wood. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok simple sour.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2016
at 16:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2016, Day 1 - London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white crown. Tart and citrusy, with suggestions of lemon and tangerine. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Good and quenching in the finish, with bright and tangy orange juice. Great stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2016
at 16:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2016. It pours hazy old with prett much no head. The aroma is soft, sweet, grainy, vanilla, roasted pineapple, nectarine, candy and tinned fruit. The taste is crisp, tart, good mouth-pucker, sour pineapple, lemon sherbet, nectarine and a touch of acidity with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Prett bright and fruity (although not cherry!). A touch more condition would have been good. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2016
at 05:12