Atwater Cherry Stout - Atwater Block Brewery

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

2.3/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from 12oz bottle to pint glass.

Meager head dissipated into a beige ring. Dark chocolate brown body with reddish/maple highlights.

Smells of lactose and tart fruits. Cherry, pomegranate, nuttiness, and a little bubble gum? Some malt roast, but atypically stout-like.

Sour cherry flavor. Cherry syrup, artificial in the way that those cherry-shaped gummi candies taste. Tangy and without much hop character. Antiseptic quality. Roasted malts are weak and overpowered by the generic fruit flavorings. A little bitter cocoa, light-roast coffee (fruity/nutty), and cola. Can't get past the strange cherry implication. The finish is awful. That tart tang transforms into a lingering disagreeable bitterness. Ugh.

Very thin body for a stout. I can tell that no/not enough oatmeal was used. Drinkability suffers from the taste, so I'll try not to dock it any further.

I had a blank slate going into this one. My girlfriend says it tastes like Kasteel Rouge and Guinness had a 'baby', but somehow I think that that concoction would be so much more delicious. This one's not worth it in my book. No-go.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2012 04:05:16 | More by thecheapies

PapiMagnum

New York

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

02-13-2013 06:48:14 | More by PapiMagnum

iemailjack

Florida

3/5  rDev -0.7%

01-07-2013 22:37:12 | More by iemailjack

Rickstar

Texas

2.5/5  rDev -17.2%

12-16-2012 06:32:59 | More by Rickstar

tectactoe

Michigan

2.31/5  rDev -23.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25

Poured from a bottle. Deep black color with a tan head that has good retention and left mild lacing all the way down the glass. Unfortunately, the appearance was pretty much the best thing about this beer. It was hard to get a good nose on the beer, but the cherry smell was vey faint. Along with it were toasted malts and grains, but once again, very faint and hard to really pick up on. I didn't much care for the taste. I thought it was a bit too tart and sour. The tartness of it actually distracts from the "cherry" flavor, of which there is little. A bit of a roasted flavor in the background, but not much. Medium bodied with a little bit too much carbonation that tickled the mouth. In conjunction with the sour taste, it wasn't too pleasing. My mouth was left feeling sticky and coated.

I had high hopes for this beer and was kind of let down. Disappointing aroma and taste, very flat, tart, and uninviting. Probably won't be having this one again.

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2012 15:56:06 | More by tectactoe

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

08-18-2012 22:28:54 | More by t0rin0

B967ierhunter177

Pennsylvania

3.55/5  rDev +17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

This beer pours black with a 1/8 inch tan head and heavy lace to the end. The aroma is of dark cherries, wood, and chocolate. The flavor is complex with sour cherry up front followed through by dark chocolate and mild hoppy notes. There's a mild hop bitterness that fades and the flavor is pure dark cherries as it warms. The mouthfeel is full and mildly syrup-like but it works. Atwater Cherry Stout is a good brew, recommended.

Serving type: bottle

07-25-2012 03:31:13 | More by B967ierhunter177

Jeff22

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -0.7%

06-28-2012 23:02:07 | More by Jeff22

Dyerseve

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

06-24-2012 23:51:18 | More by Dyerseve

DruC4

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -17.2%

06-18-2012 21:10:08 | More by DruC4

Thickfreakness

New York

2/5  rDev -33.8%

06-05-2012 13:47:26 | More by Thickfreakness

klipper

Michigan

4/5  rDev +32.5%

05-16-2012 23:43:31 | More by klipper

twkirkby

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +24.2%

04-15-2012 22:50:00 | More by twkirkby

ckollias

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Enjoyed this 12 oz bottle out of a snifter glass at Head Keepers in Greensberg PA.

A: Pours a dark brown almost black hue, with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates in to a hint of a wispy lace with no trail down the glass.

S: Malty aroma with hints of cherries and chocolate.

T: Sweet chocolate malt and cherry flavor.

M: Heavy body and medium carbonation.

O: Interesting Cherry Stout – not overwhelming in the cherry department – but rather it was blended in nicely. Nothing I would grab again, but worth trying.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2012 00:31:08 | More by ckollias

Zaphog

Michigan

2.75/5  rDev -8.9%

04-08-2012 19:00:59 | More by Zaphog

pBRale

Iowa

3/5  rDev -0.7%

03-28-2012 02:40:43 | More by pBRale

ShadyJay

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -17.2%

03-08-2012 14:04:36 | More by ShadyJay

57md

Pennsylvania

3.2/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours black in color with practically no head. There is a mild roasty tone to the nose. The taste is pretty flat and thin with only a weak hint of tartness from the cherries.

I really liked their Voodoo Vator, but this offering is pretty disappointing.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2012 04:23:30 | More by 57md

mountdew1

New Hampshire

2.68/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured into an imperial pint glass. Color was a nice dark opaque brown with a thin medium brown head. A hint of red to the head, with a few occasional small streams of bubbles rising from the bottom. Smell was slightly sour cherries with a bit of burnt grainy malt in the back end. Flavor was much like the smell. A very small hint of milk chocolate that was almost redeeming, but a watery sour cherry flavor was overwhelming. Felt thin in the mouth, was well carbonated. Overall a disappointing stout. Not enough body, and a unbalanced flavor profile.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2012 00:17:20 | More by mountdew1

hgromadzki

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

02-18-2012 22:47:16 | More by hgromadzki

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.08/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This beer poured out as a dark looking brown color with a thin fizzy tan head on top. The smell gave off a decent amount of tart cherry aromas that I wasn't overly thrilled out. The taste of the beer had a faint sour cherry essence to it with some roasted chocolate malts working to balance it out but falls short of doing so to me. The mouthfeel was a little like cola to me, nothing too special really. Overall this wasn't what I was hoping for, it reminded me of Bells Cherry Stout a lot.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2012 01:47:05 | More by Knapp85

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a black color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of roasted malts, a hint of cherries. Taste is also of roasted malts, some coffee and cherry notes are present. Feels full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2012 17:31:48 | More by tone77

senorscientist

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +49%

01-30-2012 07:31:37 | More by senorscientist

soulfly1492

Pennsylvania

3.63/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Aroma: Lots of dark roasty malts. Burnt coffee, espresso, bready, mild semi-sweet chocolate, some fruity esters which I suppose could be cherry.

Appearance: Pitch black. Opaque. Pours a medium light brown head. Good retention. Nice sticky lacing.

Taste: No hiding the cherry taste, although it was difficult to find in the aroma. Bitter cherries, followed by sweet coffee and chocolate. The finish is hazelnut coffee.

Mouthfeel: Medium body. No carbonation. Oily texture. The bitterness from the cherry stings the back of the tongue for a while.

Overall: Not too impressed, although I've never been impressed with any cherry flavored stout. If the harshness of the bitter cherry was milder, this would be a good brew, especially due to the pleasant coffee flavor.

Note: December 2011 freshness date. Tasted early-January 2012.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2012 21:03:03 | More by soulfly1492

Duff27

Illinois

3.08/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

A- Dark brown beer with light brown highlights. Good lacing, average head retention.

S- Very nice cherry smell. Subtle, but nice,

T- Not much in the way of flavor until the cherry aftertaste...which I enjoy. Meh. No roastyness at all.

M- Thinner mouthfeel, low to medium low carbonation.

D/O- Not a good beer, not a bad beer...its just kind of there. Give it some (more?) roasted malts and thicken the mouthfeel and this would be a pleasant beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2012 03:33:32 | More by Duff27