Dunkel Trout
Liberator Brewing Company & HomeBrew Supply

Liberator’s beer menu suggests, though never states outright, that this peculiar dark beer is brewed with cherries in something of a kriek lambic style. It has a strangely phenolic fragrance and a peculiar taste profile that is too charismatic to ignore and too challenging to appreciate. It is russet brown with no lace and scant head.

Dunkel Trout is a beer with an identity crisis I’m not prepared to decipher. It doesn’t sit well in any established style category and would seem to open doors on taste profiles I’d prefer not to step through. The taste hints at cherry cola but is ultimately convoluted. I simply can’t appreciate it.