Cherry Bourbonic Plague
Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
- From:
- Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 11.2%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 7.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 13
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 14, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 14, 2011
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
A variation on our Bourbonic Plague blend, Cherry Bourbonic consists of spiced imperial porters aged in bourbon barrels for up to two years with sour pie cherries. Flavors of dried dark fruit, bourbon and dark roast malts are complemented by the bright tones of fresh cherries
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Ratings by NickThePyro:
Rated by NickThePyro from Washington
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Oct 21, 2016
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Oct 21, 2016
More User Ratings:
Rated by snaotheus from Washington
4/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2025-03-14
8oz pour in a tumbler.
Tart, leathery, moderate fruity. Dry, big, rich.
Mar 14, 20258oz pour in a tumbler.
Tart, leathery, moderate fruity. Dry, big, rich.
Reviewed by cuddlesthecactus from New York
4.89/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.89/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Tasted this at Cascade Brewing in Portland where it was featured as a live barrel. Smelled uncannily like port (currants, raisins). Several layers of flavor: sour cherries, porter, bourbon notes. Overall, outstanding.
Aug 07, 2016
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4.39/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.39/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours out looking like some ruddy thick, imperial brown ale, almost no head on it. Aroma was so much nicer and complex, leather, cherry, bourbon, chocolate, oak, lactic sourness.
Taste was even more complex than the base, the cherry is dark and enjoyable, not overly sweet, this one brings out the chocolate a little. The leather and tobacco leaf edge are nice. Maybe even a small little amount of brown sugar and cinnamon in the smallest way.
Those bottles of the base are pretty expensive, but I think I might be willing to drop $30 if they ever bottle this one.
Mar 05, 2016Taste was even more complex than the base, the cherry is dark and enjoyable, not overly sweet, this one brings out the chocolate a little. The leather and tobacco leaf edge are nice. Maybe even a small little amount of brown sugar and cinnamon in the smallest way.
Those bottles of the base are pretty expensive, but I think I might be willing to drop $30 if they ever bottle this one.
Reviewed by Mantooth from North Carolina
4.34/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured on draft at the Cascade Barrel House
Poured into snifter - a dark garnet with massive khaki head with thick lacing. Tart cherries and lactic in the nose, along with dark fruit, bourbon and oak. The tartness dominates up front, but fades into oak and cherries with hints of tobacco and oak. This is a fantastic beer and I look forward to having it again.
Jul 27, 2015Poured into snifter - a dark garnet with massive khaki head with thick lacing. Tart cherries and lactic in the nose, along with dark fruit, bourbon and oak. The tartness dominates up front, but fades into oak and cherries with hints of tobacco and oak. This is a fantastic beer and I look forward to having it again.
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