Cranberry Barrel Aged Berliner Lager
Jack's Abby Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to JLindros for sharing.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice super pinkish red cranberry hue with a thin head that fades to leave a thin halo.

S - Aromas of light cranberry, faint wheat, very light juiceness,

T - Taste is not tart at all, light cranberry, Berliner notes are nice, quite thin. The wheat is nice but not much fruit.

M - Mouthfeel is quite thin, lightly carbonated, sessionable.

O - Overall this beer, while tasty, was not to to cranberry heavy, which was a shame.

Serving Type: Growler

 

 

 

 

Growler filled yesterday.

Light fizzy head, bright cranberry pinkish red color, hazy.

Nose great Berliner, sour wheat and creamy, nice sour funk and tart little fruity, great lacto, hard to pick out cranberry though but it is there faintly, mild oak on the back end mostly as it warms.

Taste little watery, but plenty sour, great tart cranberry flavor, actual tart cranberry which is nice, then that quickly disappears to the sour wheat, nice Berliner, tart lacto and mild funk, little creamy lacto, but thin. A nice vanilla oak comes through as it warms and really rounds it. Finish dry funky sour, little tartness, faint cranberry.

Mouth is thin little creamy lacto, decent carb.

Overall quite nice, a great Berliner base, great sourness, decent wheat, nice lacto and creamy lactic acid, nice vanilla oak , cranberry doesn't come through on the aroma but plenty on the taste, a lot more than I expected actually, like a cranberry that got stuck in the frost, then fermented inside itself as it warmed, I love those. It was a bit thin though.

I'm getting the oakiness. This is extremely balanced. Not too sour, but I don't mind. Decent cranberry flavor, maybe a bit of vanilla from the barrels. It's good.