Best Beer...Ever

| 17 October 2006

This beer cost me a trip to Wisconsin, a dog-puke-filled kennel, and eight bucks. It was worth it.

This cherry "stout" is aged in oak barrels to promote spontaneous fermentation. It is made with eight Wisconsin malts and Wisconsin Montgomery cherries.

The pour produced a brown-red head that quickly disappeared. Heavy chocolate and light cherry notes in the nose. The ruddy brown brew tastes of milk chocolate, lots of vanilla, and some bourbon. Finishes sour and dry. Leaves a coconut aftertaste. As beer warms, sourness accentuates to the front.

I'd classify this as a mix between a kriek and a brown porter. (Check the BJCP. This is a PDF.)

I MUST MAKE THIS BEER

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