Manhattan NW
Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

Manhattan NWManhattan NW
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From:
Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
10.3%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.27 | pDev: 6.79%
Reviews:
52
Ratings:
374
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 19, 2021
Added:
Apr 06, 2013
Wants:
  64
Gots:
  69
Manhattan NW is a blend of sour quad and blond ales aged in bourbon barrels with sour pie cherries and apricot noyaux. A tribute to the classic Manhattan cocktail, this unique sour beer interpretation features flavors of bourbon, maraschino cherries, bitter almond and rich malt backbone.
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Ratings by ZBR101:
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Rated by ZBR101 from Pennsylvania

4.83/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Mar 27, 2015
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Reviewed by ZenAgnostic from Texas

4.53/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Big 750mL corked bottle poured into Teku glass. 2015 vintage picked up recently from a liquor store, so 6 years old or so. Forgot how much it was, maybe $15 or so?

Appearance - Gotta say, this bottle looks a whole lot more elegant than the corny label currently pictured for this beer. Maybe that's what the smaller, new bottles still look like. But this 6 year old vintage is classy lookin'. Has a very thin white head that doesn't last very long at all before becoming a thin ring. The body could pass for some sort of fruit juice. Like a slightly thinned out cherry juice. 4.5

Smell - Dry tarty cherry. A little bit of earth and wet hay under it. 4.5

Taste - Dry tarty cherry. 4.75

Mouthfeel - Dry, tarty. Medium bodied. A perfect astringency that just cuts through everything and keeps everything clean and relatively crisp, and above all, refreshing, despite how bold this is. And it is bold. 4.75

Overall - Pairs amazingly with smoked gouda cheese. 4.75
Dec 19, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Nov 20, 2021
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Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana

4/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nice sour with cheery and wood flavor. Slightly too sour and not quite malty enough to be world class.
Dec 18, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by archero from Texas

Nov 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4.23 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Sep 01, 2020
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Reviewed by BerryKumquat from California

4.23/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: An odd light brown color with a hint of yellow.
S: An odd type of wood.
T: A slow start of cherries and wood into a stronger spice body.
F: Wood and cherries.
O: A memorial and unique fusion of cherry and wood.
May 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4.17 by caffeinelogic from New York

Jan 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by aszatk01 from Pennsylvania

Nov 29, 2019
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Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois

4.41/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Five year old bottle. Initial pour is gold but takes on bright red hues. Cloudy. Still plenty of carbonation and foam (dissipates quickly). Smell is, in order, funk, cherry, wooden barrel. Taste is more tart than sour on the top of the tongue but then a sour finish. Plenty of cherry flavor, but very little barrel presence. Light bodied, slightly dry feel, booze is mild for a ten plus abv. Pleasant, enjoyable, and I’ll miss seeing this is my fridge.
Nov 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.59 by Lofreqwave from California

Oct 31, 2019
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Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2014 Project

A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a deep reddish orange topped by a minuscule dense and slightly rocky white head which quickly fades to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing.
S: Smells of sour cherries, funk, leather, and christmas spices
T: Taste is sour cherries up front with an almost sour cherry candy feel to the taste, funk, leather, and some nice christmas and mulling spices with some more sour cherry. On the finish there's more of that sour cherry candy flavor with some additional funk, leather, and spices.
M: This beer has a fairly moderate amount of body with a slightly creamy feel on the palate. Carbonation is low but it doesn't detract from the experience while the beer has a drying finish from the acidity.
O: Overall this is a really nice beer. It has some great flavors with a good amount of complexity. All the flavors are balanced and play well together. My only real knock is that the cherry flavor sometimes comes across as too strong and that makes it seem artificial at times. Definitely worth a try if you can find it.
Oct 10, 2019
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Had on tap at the Bulldog.
S; has a rich tart berry smell with some alcohol and oak.
L: It is red with a slight haze, a thin white cap with good retention.
T: lemon level tartness balanced by big varied berry flavors, hint vanilla, bourbon and oak.
F: medium body and carbonation. alcohol is smooth and not hot.
O Well done sour with a good balance between the fruit, sour and alcohol.
Aug 27, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by Duncian from Pennsylvania

Aug 15, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Jul 31, 2019
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Reviewed by Herbertly from Washington

4.09/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
2014 Project in July 2019.
L: creamy light pink with light carbonation, no retained head, and slow rising bubbles.
S: cherry oak barrel, sweetness and delicate fruit.
T: slight pucker with lingering cherry at first then the punch of sourness gains and builds numbing strength as I go down the glass.
F: sourness overtakes the mouth
O: enjoyed this one. Might have been past due with the vintage, but we'll worth another try.
Jul 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.12 by BarryMFBurton from Indiana

Jul 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4.46 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey

May 27, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Jotora from Canada (ON)

May 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.24 by yancot from Canada (ON)

Mar 19, 2019
Manhattan NW from Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 374 ratings