Landscapes (Balaton Cherry + Vanilla)
Amalgam Brewing
- From:
- Amalgam Brewing
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 7.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 18, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 14, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A blend of golden sour ales aged on Balaton cherries and Madagascar vanilla beans. This beer was macerated on 200 lbs of whole cherries for 10 months in a single oak cask, with the vanilla beans added during the last two months of aging.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
4.67/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.67/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
L:. Pours a bright cherry red with very little head and no lacing.
S:. Sweet cherry, sour cherry, cherry skin, toasted bread, a fairly strong vinegar, a hint of vanilla. Smells divine.
T:. Sweet cherry, sour cherry, a strong acid and sour, strong vinegar, toasted bread and a touch of vanilla.
F:. Very heavy on the palate, this is a sipper.
O:. This beer is divine.
Feb 29, 2020S:. Sweet cherry, sour cherry, cherry skin, toasted bread, a fairly strong vinegar, a hint of vanilla. Smells divine.
T:. Sweet cherry, sour cherry, a strong acid and sour, strong vinegar, toasted bread and a touch of vanilla.
F:. Very heavy on the palate, this is a sipper.
O:. This beer is divine.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.99/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.99/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This one pours a murky darkish red color, with very little head or lacing.
There's not really much vanilla here, but there's a ton of prickly and sour cherry, with cherry skin, red wine, vinegar, and heavy acidity.
This sits a touch heavy on the palate, but the cherry is super bright and expressive. I wish I got some of the vanilla here - I think that would help temper some of the heavy acidity and slightly vinegar-esque flavors.
This is medium bodied, with a heavily lingering acidity on the back end. This is a very slow sipper for sure.
This brewery looks very intriguing and I want to try more.
Nov 14, 2019There's not really much vanilla here, but there's a ton of prickly and sour cherry, with cherry skin, red wine, vinegar, and heavy acidity.
This sits a touch heavy on the palate, but the cherry is super bright and expressive. I wish I got some of the vanilla here - I think that would help temper some of the heavy acidity and slightly vinegar-esque flavors.
This is medium bodied, with a heavily lingering acidity on the back end. This is a very slow sipper for sure.
This brewery looks very intriguing and I want to try more.
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