Cherry Berliner Weisse
River Horse Brewing Co.
- From:
- River Horse Brewing Co.
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
Ranked #227 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,167 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 12.91%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 23, 2025
- Added:
- May 23, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Beginning as a traditional German-style Berliner Weisse, it is conditioned on sour cherries to provide hints of fruit flavors. This is a refreshing wheat ale with a slightly tart finish.
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.31/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Hazy , golden color; big, white head. Aroma of wheat, yeast, citrus, and cherries. Some tartness in the rather sweet taste, light cherry notes. Average carbonation, light body. Really easy to drink.
May 23, 2025
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.81/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.81/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle from Tiger Mart (Clemson, SC) into a lager glass in January 2019.
Look: Clear, pale copper-rose colored body with excellent clarity. This is topped by a fairly durable, white head.
Aroma: mild; berries and faint bread.
The flavor leans towards mild for style but nicely showcases the cherries, especially in the finish and aftertaste. Excellent balance. Lightly tart.
Feel: medium-light body with lively, medium-light carbonation.
Overall: a mild but exceptional version of the style.
Jan 23, 2019Look: Clear, pale copper-rose colored body with excellent clarity. This is topped by a fairly durable, white head.
Aroma: mild; berries and faint bread.
The flavor leans towards mild for style but nicely showcases the cherries, especially in the finish and aftertaste. Excellent balance. Lightly tart.
Feel: medium-light body with lively, medium-light carbonation.
Overall: a mild but exceptional version of the style.
Reviewed by feuematt from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Light cloudy orange beer with a rapidly fading head. Taste is sour cherries and wheat. Refreshing and probably best for summer days although I'm enjoying it on a cold winter day.
Jan 08, 2018
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.56/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I keep picking up these loose bottles at various Mix-a-Six places throughout the city! I am currently working as a day-to-day substitute teacher, so each day is like a Monday - in a different building in a different part of the city on a daily basis, starting anew. My nomadic lifestyle enables me to pop in at places that I might not otherwise frequent & see what is hiding in the cooler(s). I am rarely disappointed!
From the bottle: "German-style Wheat Ale aged with tart cherries".
I agitated this beer while still in the bottle to get the full-on wheat ale experience. Having Pop!ped the cap, I employed a heavy-handed aggro pour just to ensure that nothing was missed. The two fingers of foam looked like freshly-spun pink cotton candy until they faded away into memory as wisps. Color was a cloudy pinkish-Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) or (SRM = N/A). Nose had the tartness of tart/sour cherries & I was ready for some of this beer! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but not much beyond it, either. The taste was a bit weak for both the style & its inclusion of tart cherries. I like the twang of a Berliner Weissebier and the tartness of sour/tart cherries, but this seemed kind of muted. Finish was semi-dry. I would not describe it as "dumbed-down", but it was as though they did not give the horse free reign to roam. There was nothing wrong with this beer, per se, but it could be much improved if they would allow the flavors to become more prevalent.
Nov 04, 2017From the bottle: "German-style Wheat Ale aged with tart cherries".
I agitated this beer while still in the bottle to get the full-on wheat ale experience. Having Pop!ped the cap, I employed a heavy-handed aggro pour just to ensure that nothing was missed. The two fingers of foam looked like freshly-spun pink cotton candy until they faded away into memory as wisps. Color was a cloudy pinkish-Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) or (SRM = N/A). Nose had the tartness of tart/sour cherries & I was ready for some of this beer! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but not much beyond it, either. The taste was a bit weak for both the style & its inclusion of tart cherries. I like the twang of a Berliner Weissebier and the tartness of sour/tart cherries, but this seemed kind of muted. Finish was semi-dry. I would not describe it as "dumbed-down", but it was as though they did not give the horse free reign to roam. There was nothing wrong with this beer, per se, but it could be much improved if they would allow the flavors to become more prevalent.
Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey
3.63/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle. Pours hazy golden with foamy white head. Nose is of wheat malt, funky yeast and sour cherries. Body is medium and tangy. Taste is of sour cherries, wheat malt and some spices. Finish is long and tart. Refreshing brew.
Aug 21, 2017
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4.01/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Orange cloudy color. Strong smell of wheat which actually overpowered the abundance of cherries. Came off to me like a cherry sour but the wheat actually softened the sour element. I like this brewery and I enjoyed this this offering
Aug 02, 2017
Reviewed by Urk1127 from New Jersey
2.07/5 rDev -43.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 5 | overall: 1.5
2.07/5 rDev -43.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 5 | overall: 1.5
Hazy pinkish red. Pink head
Smells of strawberry Greek yogurt
Taste is the same
Great feel though. Creamy. Bubbly
Nice feel and look but I didn't like the smell or taste sadly.
Feb 03, 2017Smells of strawberry Greek yogurt
Taste is the same
Great feel though. Creamy. Bubbly
Nice feel and look but I didn't like the smell or taste sadly.
Rated by mdfb79 from New York
3.64/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Was not a fan of this one; something just tasted off with it.
Oct 11, 2016
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