Imperial Sour Cherry Altbier
Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company
- From:
- Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.69 | pDev: 19.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 23, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
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ABV varies slightly from batch to batch
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.43/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Saw the can at Table and Vine in West Springfield, Massachusetts and had to pick one up.
10% ABV.
HEAD: ~5cm wide head of khaki-tan colour. ~5-7 minute retention.
BODY: Murky brown colour.
AROMA: Cherry? Yup. Not too tart, but cherry juice is present. Bready malts. It's pretty cleanly attenuated; I'd guess lager yeast if I didn't know it was an altbier. None of the 10% ABV is present aromatically; that's pretty dazzling.
One of the liveliest yet cleanest aromas I've encountered in some time. Suggests a possibly unique brew with a balance cherry-emphatic taste.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Tart and acidic, emphasizing a clean cherry fruit forward flavour accented by lively yeast intangibles. 10%? I'm in awe; this drinks like it's maybe 6%. Balanced and well-built, albeit a little simplistic. There is room for improvement in terms of intricacy and depth of flavour, but all around it's approachable fare.
Smooth, wet, clean, light to medium-bodied, well-carbonated.
OVERALL: Highly drinkable - astoundingly so for its high ABV. It delivers on its premise and I'd definitely buy it again. Solid work from a brewery I need to give more attention to.
B- (3.43) / WORTHY
Oct 23, 201610% ABV.
HEAD: ~5cm wide head of khaki-tan colour. ~5-7 minute retention.
BODY: Murky brown colour.
AROMA: Cherry? Yup. Not too tart, but cherry juice is present. Bready malts. It's pretty cleanly attenuated; I'd guess lager yeast if I didn't know it was an altbier. None of the 10% ABV is present aromatically; that's pretty dazzling.
One of the liveliest yet cleanest aromas I've encountered in some time. Suggests a possibly unique brew with a balance cherry-emphatic taste.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Tart and acidic, emphasizing a clean cherry fruit forward flavour accented by lively yeast intangibles. 10%? I'm in awe; this drinks like it's maybe 6%. Balanced and well-built, albeit a little simplistic. There is room for improvement in terms of intricacy and depth of flavour, but all around it's approachable fare.
Smooth, wet, clean, light to medium-bodied, well-carbonated.
OVERALL: Highly drinkable - astoundingly so for its high ABV. It delivers on its premise and I'd definitely buy it again. Solid work from a brewery I need to give more attention to.
B- (3.43) / WORTHY
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