Type of Beer: Fruit Ale
Alcohol Content: 5.20%
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Appearance: Pours a cloudy golden yellow with white one-two finger head that dissipates quickly leaving ok lacing.
Smell: Smells like a wheat beer with the unmistakable scent of cherries. Very inviting.
Initial Taste: Nice wheat flavors with malty sweetness. The cherry is very noticeable but blends well with the sweet malts and slightly bitter hops. There is no mistaking this is a cherry flavored beer.
Thoughts: I’ve been a long time fan of Samuel Adams. They don’t make a beer I don’t like and Cherry Wheat is just another enjoyable ale in their great lineup of brews. This beer is crisp and refreshing. The cherry flavor is very nice and not overpowering. That said I have noticed that after a few of these beers that cherry flavor that was so nice at first gets old and you end up longing for a change of taste. I wholeheartedly recommend this beer…just make sure you share that six pack with friends and you’ll be golden.
Type of Beer: Scottish Ale
Alcohol Content: 8.00%
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Appearance: Pours a deep ruby-brown. When held up to the light it looks almost red. Thin head with ok lacing.
Smell: Lots of things happening here! Off the bat I smell malts, brown sugar, cherries, plums and figs. Slight alcohol smell.
Initial Taste: Wow! Very, very flavorful. Strong caramel malts and those dark fruits we smelled earlier definitely make themselves apparent. Taste ends with slight alcohol finish.
Thoughts: All I can really say about this beer is, wow. Never has a beer surprised me as much as this one. The only reason I grabbed this beer from the shelf was because of the name and the fact it comes in a can. It seems that very few beers (in the US) that come in a can are worth drinking, well this is the exception to that rule. The flavor of this little canned beer is strong and powerful. Personally I could not drink more than one or two of these little flavor bombs. I do however recommend everyone try one though. I can almost guarantee you have never tasted anything so flavorful…as appealing (or unappealing) as that may sound. I will definitely be trying the rest of the Oskar Blues lineup asap. Look for the reviews!
