King Balaton
Alter Brewing Company
- From:
- Alter Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
Ranked #175 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #24,404 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 7.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 19, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Over 90lbs of cherry juice were added to each barrel of this wheat ale. The result is a refreshing, effervescent, tart cherry beer with just the right splash of cherry sweetness. Guests to our taproom can enjoy this beer as a shandy when combined with our hand-made ginger soda (when available).
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2024-07-16
12oz pour in a stemmed, kind of tulippy glass at the Oak Brook location.
Murky purple with a light pink, small dense head. Smell is fruit juice -- super cherry forward.
Taste is tons of cherry juice, some cherry skin bitterness, just a hint of tartness.
Mouthfeel is smooth, almost creamy. Overall -- very good cherry juice with a little grain. Almost a smoothie "sour" without the pulp.
Jul 19, 202412oz pour in a stemmed, kind of tulippy glass at the Oak Brook location.
Murky purple with a light pink, small dense head. Smell is fruit juice -- super cherry forward.
Taste is tons of cherry juice, some cherry skin bitterness, just a hint of tartness.
Mouthfeel is smooth, almost creamy. Overall -- very good cherry juice with a little grain. Almost a smoothie "sour" without the pulp.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap. Clear ruby red pour, white ring. Nose is full of tart cherry and wheat. Taste is almost cherry pie like up front with added sweetness to the tart cherry, wheat and malt round out. Feel is light, playfully tart, very smooth and thin for a berliner. Great for a hot day, strikes me as a beer that has one foot in berliner weiss and one in fruit beer
Jun 24, 2021
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.27/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: beautiful beer pouring brilliant cherry red under a 1.5" white cap with a light pink tint
S: Cherry and cherry pit aromas along with traces of wheat. There is no funk and no hop aromas. There is a trace of sour and a hint of vanilla.
T: mildly sweet up front with a lemonade level of tartness. The cherry flavors are big and rich and ease into a tart, crisp, dry finish
F: body is medium low and the carbonation is medium high
O: a very pleasant, thirst quenching beer.
Aug 20, 2018S: Cherry and cherry pit aromas along with traces of wheat. There is no funk and no hop aromas. There is a trace of sour and a hint of vanilla.
T: mildly sweet up front with a lemonade level of tartness. The cherry flavors are big and rich and ease into a tart, crisp, dry finish
F: body is medium low and the carbonation is medium high
O: a very pleasant, thirst quenching beer.
Reviewed by Nimbus_ from Illinois
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: A hazey. coppery, blood orange color. A finger of fluffy white head on top.
Smell: Lots of cherry, a little bit of pomegranate, and a tiny amount of subtle wheat notes.
Taste: Slightly sour cherry. Some orange and other citrusy fruit hides the background as well.
Feel: Light and refreshing like fruit juice. Very mild carbonation.
Overall: More sour than I expected, but still very delicious and drinkable.
Feb 26, 2017Smell: Lots of cherry, a little bit of pomegranate, and a tiny amount of subtle wheat notes.
Taste: Slightly sour cherry. Some orange and other citrusy fruit hides the background as well.
Feel: Light and refreshing like fruit juice. Very mild carbonation.
Overall: More sour than I expected, but still very delicious and drinkable.
Reviewed by joeseppy from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Noticing a lot of orders for this while sitting at the bar. Had one myself. Beautiful rose in color. Light body. Find it more tart than sour. Unique overall. Not much in the cherry department though one has to appreciate the amount of fruit that really goes into this. Honest approach. Will go back for more and will update.
Nov 14, 2016
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.46/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Taste: Tart, Cherry, airy cider notes, wheat, clean finish.
Bready and cherry nose.
Deep ruby red color, clear, very refined head with delicate lattice. Medium almost lite body.
snappy. 10 IBUs
Apr 06, 2016Bready and cherry nose.
Deep ruby red color, clear, very refined head with delicate lattice. Medium almost lite body.
snappy. 10 IBUs
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