Cherry Chocolate
O'Fallon Brewery

Cherry ChocolateCherry Chocolate
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From:
O'Fallon Brewery
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #383
ABV:
5.7%
Score:
73
Ranked #27,718
Avg:
3.17 | pDev: 23.66%
Reviews:
195
Ratings:
328
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 25, 2023
Added:
Mar 19, 2004
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  37
A dark wheat beer that tastes like a chocolate covered cherry…only better!

10 IBU
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Ratings by NeroFiddled:
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
O'Fallon's Cherry Chocolate Ale was an interesting idea, but the follow through comes across kind of candyish and fake. Not that it doesn't work as a kind of dessert beer, but there are so many other beers in that vein that can work on their own as well, and this one just doesn't. The cocoa leaps out at you in the nose but it seems kind of false, or at the very least, like cheap chocolate. Or is that just because the cherry is right behind it, giving it the aroma of a half-bitten chocolate covered cherry. Well, if that's the intent, they've nailed it. But it's sugary and candyish. There's no richness to it. But maybe I was just hoping for more. How? I don't know. Perhaps a touch of vinous dark fruit might have helped... some subtle lactobacillus or Brettanomyces? Maybe some more dark malt from a bit of English brown malt. Maybe less cherry and cocoa flavoring. But I digress, as that train of thought is moot. The beer itself has a very good appearance, a rich and full aroma, and an interesting flavor. It's well-balanced and rounded beyond the stiff caricature of chocolate and cherry it presents. It's a decent niche beer. 'Nuff said. Probably still worth at least trying to see if you like it.
Apr 09, 2007
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.97 by PaulMayer from Illinois

Dec 25, 2023
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Reviewed by travis1108 from Missouri

4.05/5  rDev +27.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
A really good beer that actually tastes as advertised. I wanted it to be thicker and darker but as Porter fan I had to remind myself this a wheat so I needed to rate it accordingly. Almost watery at first but then both the cherry and chocolate come in great at the end and linger afterwards...but not overly sweet at all. Definitely goes down easy. Think I drank about 6 ozs on my first swallow. As I finish this review I do kind of notice a lingering chemical-ish taste but I'll just take another sip (gulp) and wash that away for a few more moments
Jan 24, 2023
 
Rated: 3.52 by BeerBeast from Florida

May 29, 2022
 
Rated: 3.55 by howardnss from Pennsylvania

Mar 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.54 by ATS9K from Illinois

Feb 18, 2021
 
Rated: 1.63 by AmatuerSurgeon from Missouri

Jan 23, 2021
 
Rated: 3.3 by anthony-s from New Jersey

Dec 12, 2020
 
Rated: 3.62 by craigbelly from Iowa

Feb 11, 2020
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

3.21/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
From the 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This decent little brew pours a
medium brown color with a light head of white foam that settles to
a thick ring and light clumping pool. Nose of dark sweet chocolate
and cherries with cola notes. Flavors follow the nose with dark
chocolate and cherries with some subtle cream notes. Mouth
feel is a touch thin, light carbonation, medium light body, and a
lightly dry finish that is a hint tart from the cherries.

A decent desert brew for the style.

Cheers
Dec 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by paulish from New York

Oct 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.1 by kkmiller76 from New Jersey

Mar 16, 2019
 
Rated: 2.75 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Mar 15, 2019
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Reviewed by wmscottsimpsonjr from Missouri

3.23/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Darker brown with this head that left practically nothing within a minute. Looks almost like cola. Strong maraschino cherry smell with chocolate-ish or Tootsie roll undertone. The flavor is similar. It's unusual to experience this kind of chocolate flavor in a beer that isn't actually a "dark" beer. It's not a complex flavor, but it's not bad. Really a lot like soda. Pretty sweet. The body is light and carbonation fairly high. It leaves a bit of a synthetic aftertaste.
Jan 31, 2019
 
Rated: 3.34 by ClintGoodman from Iowa

Sep 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.66 by robotic_being from Illinois

Jul 17, 2018
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Rated by FrauTotenkinder from Missouri

3.28/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Tastes like a chocolate covered cherry
Mar 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by ThaHealer from Ohio

Feb 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.19 by kinmundy77 from Illinois

Oct 07, 2017
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Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa

3.83/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 12-ounce bottle into a Coke soda fountain glass. Pours the color of dark caramel sauce, with a decent three-finger off-white head. The color belies the light body and mouthfeel of this wheat-based beer. The aromas and flavors are exactly as advertised on the label, and you can't fault it for that. Who doesn't like cherry Tootsie-Roll Pops? Quite tasty and drinkable, and a very good beer overall.
May 20, 2017
Cherry Chocolate from O'Fallon Brewery
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 328 ratings