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Derailed Black Cherry Cream Ale
Erie Brewing Co.
- From:
- Erie Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #150 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 74
Ranked #27,591 - Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 19%
- Reviews:
- 91
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 22, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 15, 2009
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 40
Formerly Derailed Black Cherry Ale
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Ratings by clager:
Rated by clager from Michigan
3.69/5 rDev +15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Apr 17, 2015
3.69/5 rDev +15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Apr 17, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Coolbreeze4
2.33/5 rDev -27.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.33/5 rDev -27.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I had high hopes but was let down. I am a big fan of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, so I hoped for some parallels....not so much. Initial sip was not bad but not great, after taste was too strong, too bitter. Wont ever drink this one again.
Jun 14, 2021Reviewed by vi11am from Pennsylvania
3.55/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Cloudy pinkish hue, large head that stays around. Fruit and sour no alcohol smell. Filling mouth feel, smooth like water, little carbonation. Taste is clean crisp, nice slight sour cherry.
Dec 30, 2020Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.78/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle into a pint glass. NO freshness dating.
Kind of a pinkish orange body here. Small white head quickly shrinks to a ring and faint covering. A trace of lacing.
Faint cherry aroma.
On tasting, sweet and lightly tart. Clean, smooth. Light cherry flavor is never medicinal or artificial tasting. Not bad at all
Mouth medium, finish fruity.
Overall, decent enough beer. Clean, refreshing, and well brewed.
Dec 13, 2020Kind of a pinkish orange body here. Small white head quickly shrinks to a ring and faint covering. A trace of lacing.
Faint cherry aroma.
On tasting, sweet and lightly tart. Clean, smooth. Light cherry flavor is never medicinal or artificial tasting. Not bad at all
Mouth medium, finish fruity.
Overall, decent enough beer. Clean, refreshing, and well brewed.
Reviewed by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
My 6pk were all gushers.
I lost most of it in the sink.
I don't know if they were old, contaminated, or if a secondary fermentation happened.
It smelled like cherries, with a faint tart cherry taste.
Not my cup O' beer.
Oct 22, 2020I lost most of it in the sink.
I don't know if they were old, contaminated, or if a secondary fermentation happened.
It smelled like cherries, with a faint tart cherry taste.
Not my cup O' beer.
Rated by TPHuth from Ohio
4.24/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The black cherry is very subtle in this easy drinking cream ale.
Feb 16, 2019Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Derailed pours a darkish reddish copper color, with a huge fizzy, long lasting head. Big natural cherry aroma. Flavor is sweet, with a big fresh cherry flavor, slightly tart,. Good body and feel. Overall, pretty good beer, very sweet.
Sep 23, 2018Reviewed by CoolAxioms from Nebraska
2.74/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.74/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Pinkish gold color. Finger head that dissipates to thin head. Nose of apple & tart cherry. Tastes more like a sour or a fruit beer than APA; tart cherry soda with a bit of malt grain and the slightest hint of Dr Pepper. Light body.
Sep 02, 2018
Derailed Black Cherry Cream Ale from Erie Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
256 ratings
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