Cherrraandy
Mirror Twin Brewing

I am trying this at the brewery. It poured an opaque dark with no head and no lace. The scent had faint hints of cherry tart. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with cherry tart being present. The mouthfeel is lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall its a decent beer.

 

In what's a tricky combination of flavors, Mirror Twin strives to do what few breweries have had much success in doing; to make a toasty, roasty ale with souring cultures and tart fruit. Where one sees complexity, another sees conflict.

Cherrraandy gets the squirrelly party started with a tame rusty haze upon a solid brown body. Its low statured froth expels an array of coffee, chocolate, cherry, berry and earthen funk toward the nose ahead of a malty sweet taste of steely caramel, cola and toasted nuttiness.

With the dark ale rolling across the middle palate, its moderate sweetness breaks apart and the sourness begins to take command. Cider, sour cherry, red wine and charred toast provide a dual threat of souring spice along with roasted bitterness. Fruity and coffee-like, the late palate is tart and robust with cola, soil and coffee grounds.

Medium light on the palate, especially for dark and fuller traditional taste, the porter underneath looses its structure to the acidity and fruit, but its remnants of cocoa, nuttiness, toast and coffee are the only remnants of porter that survive the sour brunt that lingers to a medium length simmer.