Cherry Charmer
Matchless Brewing
- From:
- Matchless Brewing
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 06, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Get ready to be charmed. This sour cherry beer is lip-puckering and full of dark cherry depth. This one is for true oak-aged sour fans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
4.06/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 16oz can into my 8th Wonder chalice. Label says "canned fall 2025". This beer is oak-aged, but I don't know whether it's a kettle sour or soured-in-wood.
Appearance: rich red-amber hue with a bit of haze and a finger of frothy tan foam atop with a bit of a pinkish cast to the foam.
Smell: quite tart with a lovely underlying cherry aroma and some nice vanilla notes from the oak. Reminds me of a Flanders red.
Taste: very tart right up front, with a sweet but characterful malt underneath. There's a caramelly element that reminds me of an oud bruin. The cherry is there, and nice, but at a much lower volume than in the aroma. It's good, but, although there's some sweetness here, it's kinda unbalanced in favor of the sourness.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a moderate carbonation, but a good smoothness.
Overall: I am liking this beer a lot, but boy, it's very sour indeed. I like a good sour, but this one could be maybe dialed back just a notch.
Dec 06, 2025Appearance: rich red-amber hue with a bit of haze and a finger of frothy tan foam atop with a bit of a pinkish cast to the foam.
Smell: quite tart with a lovely underlying cherry aroma and some nice vanilla notes from the oak. Reminds me of a Flanders red.
Taste: very tart right up front, with a sweet but characterful malt underneath. There's a caramelly element that reminds me of an oud bruin. The cherry is there, and nice, but at a much lower volume than in the aroma. It's good, but, although there's some sweetness here, it's kinda unbalanced in favor of the sourness.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a moderate carbonation, but a good smoothness.
Overall: I am liking this beer a lot, but boy, it's very sour indeed. I like a good sour, but this one could be maybe dialed back just a notch.
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