8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Undated can at the brewery, 12/19/24. Blood red cherry. Clear. Pink head falls quickly to cover. Deep, cherry spice with a bit of syrupy, warming liquor barrel. Excellent fruit character with pepper, wax, pit, skin..the whole shebang. No booze, no excess sugar. Rich, fruity, juicy, impressively-extracted and expressed cherry. Really just everything's not here is cherry, yet there's some light oak and barrel tannin plus high attenuation to balance the bit of sweet, syrupy richness. Maybe a bit intense with cherry and cherry brandy, but the flavor is exquisite.