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Cherry
Upland Brewing Company
- From:
- Upland Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #567 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #10,613 - Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 11.5%
- Reviews:
- 98
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 04, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 02, 2008
- Wants:
- 157
- Gots:
- 82
Cherry is a barrel-aged fruited sour ale that showcases the distinct fruit characteristics of Montmorency cherries melded with a mildly tart base of sour ale. The beer pours with rich hues of red and pink foam, with zesty effervescence. Tart cherries dominate the aroma, with hints of wine and cider. Notes of cherry pie, lactic tartness and mild barnyard envelop the palate. Finish is dry, with lingering cherry fruitiness.
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Ratings by PHBoiler:
Reviewed by PHBoiler from Illinois
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Very aggressively sour like most/all Upland lambic-style beers. The color is distinctly cherry, which is quite impressive. Looks like well carbed cherry juice. The smell is mostly tart but not overtly yogurty or too strong. I do get the cherry flavor despite the aggressive tartness from this beer. The flavor is actually quite good for how overtly tart this beer is. Unfortunately, 2 ounces was enough to give me that stomach burn feeling. I just don't understand why these Uplands have to be so aggressive in the sour/tartness. This is the second best I've had after Strawberry.
Jul 17, 2014More User Ratings:
Rated by mpk2020 from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Draft in Columbus, IN
Mar 13, 2023Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana
4.09/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pinkish red, good sour cherry flavor.
Feb 11, 2023Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
3.81/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - From the bottle, the beer poured a hazy shade of ruby red with a white head.
Smell - The nose was sweet tarts, chopped up, cooked, and madrinto liquid form in a secret lab. Of course, the act is speculation. It did smell like sweet tarts.
Taste - For the taste, I will use another candy reference. The beer tasted like liquid War Heads. Holy cow, this beer was sour with little regard for cherry. The overall profile was acidic with some softness coming toward the back.
Mouthfeel - The acidity gave a drying impression in conjunction with moderate carbonation.
Overall - This might be my least favorite Upland lambic as there was little regard for the fruit.
Aug 03, 2019Smell - The nose was sweet tarts, chopped up, cooked, and madrinto liquid form in a secret lab. Of course, the act is speculation. It did smell like sweet tarts.
Taste - For the taste, I will use another candy reference. The beer tasted like liquid War Heads. Holy cow, this beer was sour with little regard for cherry. The overall profile was acidic with some softness coming toward the back.
Mouthfeel - The acidity gave a drying impression in conjunction with moderate carbonation.
Overall - This might be my least favorite Upland lambic as there was little regard for the fruit.
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.34/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 750ml bottle into glass. Bottling date is 'APR 2018'. Caged and corked bottle.
Clear, cherry red colored body. Each pour brings forth a fizzy head that immediately dissipates. No lacing. Final pour clouds up the body.
Aroma is funk and cherry, with an oak barrel inclusion. Slight lemon/cherry tartness.
Taste is a medium tart cherry, with oak barrel and barnyard funk. No hops and no bitterness.
Medium mouth feel, with fizzy approach to each sip. After taste is cherry, which is slightly sweet rather than tart.
Well blended sour ale, with a heavy flavor cherry emphasis. Very pleasant balance of tart, sweet, funk, and fruity.
Jan 08, 2019Clear, cherry red colored body. Each pour brings forth a fizzy head that immediately dissipates. No lacing. Final pour clouds up the body.
Aroma is funk and cherry, with an oak barrel inclusion. Slight lemon/cherry tartness.
Taste is a medium tart cherry, with oak barrel and barnyard funk. No hops and no bitterness.
Medium mouth feel, with fizzy approach to each sip. After taste is cherry, which is slightly sweet rather than tart.
Well blended sour ale, with a heavy flavor cherry emphasis. Very pleasant balance of tart, sweet, funk, and fruity.
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
4.18/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
pour from a 750ml bottle
bright clear dark pink in color, thin white head. tart cherry aroma and flavor, very bright and fruity without the sour component being overbearing. thinner bodied, fizzy which works.
Dec 21, 2018bright clear dark pink in color, thin white head. tart cherry aroma and flavor, very bright and fruity without the sour component being overbearing. thinner bodied, fizzy which works.
Cherry from Upland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
368 ratings
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