The Livery Verchuosity

Verchuosity

 

The Livery in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.45
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Brewmaster Steve took his Belgian Amber Ale and re-fermented it in a merlot cask with 100# of sweet Michigan cherries from Husteds Farm Market. He than moved the resulting beer into another cask with 30# of tart cherries. 5 fermentations due to wild yeast and 9 months later, we have our version of a Belgian Kriek. Named after our good friend and musician, April Verch.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at L6 tasting, thanks to Leighton, 22/08/19. Murky amber with a beige covering that dissipates to edgework. Nose is tarte dried fruit shreds, wood must, funk, pissy twang. Taste comprises damp hay, grains, tangy berry fruits, vinous tones, berry skins, leather. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic rise. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2020 at 09:22


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in London - sourced via trade in the US. Vintage 2016. Pours mostly clear reddish brown with essentially no head. Lovely nose, lots of rich tangy berries. Light sweet flavour, assertive acetic twang, more tart berries, salt, stewed fruits. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Tart berries in the finish with moderate acetic burn. Good one.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2019 at 21:08


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can shared at the columbus tasting 22/08/2019. Many thanks! A hazed cherry amber coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma is tart and cherry, lacto, sour brown, light bark and wood. cherry wood. Falvour is composed of sharp tangy, pithy grapefruit, lacto sour, woody sour, citric acid, sour brown, wood. sharp and crisp. Paalte is super sharp, medium pucker, moderate carbonation. Good.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 20:10


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22nd August 2019
Level 6 Bottleshare. Thanks to LKS.n Hazy amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Very tangy Oud Bruin. Red wine. Lemon acid. Ripe citrus. Light finish. Nice enough, edgy.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2019 at 18:39


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Tried on 22 Aug 2019 at 18:34


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

MBG 12th Annual Winter Beer Festival, Grand Rapids. Murky, caramely- red-brown body, medium tight cream head. Tart, funky, earthy body, sweet and tart with a firm bite and the perfect compliment of oak. My notes are brief but this is one of the finest sour cherry beers I've sampled.

Tried on 08 Mar 2018 at 18:31


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle with huge thanks to Clownoisseur. Shared among friends, as it should be. Pours cloudy deep purple, small head, some lacing. Aroma is lots of cherries with some funk and dust. Flavor is medium tart, light funk, berries Medium body. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2015 at 22:19


7

Tried on 19 Aug 2015 at 08:54


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at The Livery 5th anniversary party. Poured brown with a yellow hue and minimal head that dissipated completely. Aroma was full of tart cherries with a strong oak note. flavor was slightly sweet with cherries in the beginning, but quickly became tart with a oak undertone throughout the beer.

Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2010 at 14:30


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy red amber with a beige head. Sourish aroma with brett and sour berries. Sourish flavour with tart cherries, brett and vanilla. Quite vinious. Sourish finish.

Tried on 02 Jan 2010 at 12:13