Good Cherry Beers?

Lou Pepe Kriek
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I think a lot of the answers you will get will be sours or stouts. So ill give you one of each...dogpatch sour from almanac and bells cherry stout.

I also find that a lot of old bruins and Flanders red ales have a certain sour cherry cola flavor to them. Like monks cafe or duchess de bourgoune.

 

Jester King Montmorency vs Balaton was the best cherry beer I've had.

 

Renaissance Baltic cherry porter is very good. Not easy to find for me. They sell their beer in PA but not this one. Have to drive a bit to get them.

Bells cherry stout is great too, I find it a bit sour and I like that.

Both are a bit pricey bells $15 a six and Renaissance is about $8 a bottle.

Enjoy

 

Yeah. Almost all of which you won't be able to try unless you're pretty heavy into trading.

 

Brewery Ommegang - Three Philosophers

98% Belgian Quad and 2% Kriek.

Excellent IMO. A fine example of cherry used in moderation. No overwhelming sweetness or artificial taste.

 

A beer that's a bit easier to find than some of the others mentioned is Boulevard's Bourbon Barrrel Quad which uses cherries. It's not a dominant flavor, but it's definitely there. And it's a hell of a beer.

 

I love Prairie's Cherry funk and I also love Bourbon Barrel Quad by boulevard. They add some cherries to that.

 

Karbach's Cherries of Fire is my favorite beer of all times. Karbach is hopefully brewing up another batch here soon.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26762/98076/?ba=Premo88

 

I like Kasteel Rouge....most people seem to either love it or hate it.

 

I was going say this. Beat me to it. Love that beer

 

Ellicottville brewing company just started bottling one of my all time favorites , chocolate cherry bomb. 8.6 % abv imperial stout. Really hoping they get some recognition now that they are bottling this. Have had it on nitro before , stellar ! This may bey choice for Super Bowl

 

I enjoy Bell's Cherry Stout but it is pricy.

Cheers!

 

I do enjoy Sam Adams Cherry Wheat in the summer

 

Cascade Kriek

 

I put this one in the same category as New Glarus' Wisconsin Red. Very similar, buy Kasteel Rouge is easier to get, and the price is pretty good.

 

I picked up bottle of Brooklyn Brewery's K is for Kriek today. Have not tried it yet. Will report back when i do.

http://brooklynbrewery.com/brooklyn-beers/bqe/k-is-for-kriek


“B” is for “Brooklyn.” We all learned that in school, yes? But “B” is also for “Belgium”. And when our brewmaster first visited Belgium in 1984, he learned that “K” is for “Kriek”. “Kriek” means “cherry” in Belgian Flanders, where for centuries Kriek beers have been made by adding cherries to lambics and other sour beers. Here in Brooklyn, we based our distinctly American take on Kriek on our dark abbey ale, the estimable Local 2. To this beer’s subtle marriage of malts, dark candi sugar, local wildflower honey and zing of orange peel, we added tart dried whole Montmorency cherries from Michigan. Around this, we wrapped a barrel of charred American bourbon oak. The sugar of the cherries began to ferment away. The barrels hissed. And we waited.

Six months later, the beer emerged with a glowing red color, vibrant acidity, complex fruit aromatics, and a foundation of oak flavors, its strength moving past 10%. Its transformation almost complete, the beer joined priming sugar, Champagne yeast and wild Brettanomyces yeasts in the bottle and underwent a third fermentation. And we waited yet again.

Now, a full year after we brewed it, this beer is ready for your table. K is for Kriek is dry, fruity, tart, full-bodied, and expansive, able to be enjoyed now or after years of cellaring. This beer is wondrous with poultry, duck and pork dishes, tremendous with goat cheeses, and a fine pairing for desserts. We originally made this beer just for ourselves, as part of our unreleased Ghost Bottle series, but it was too tasty to hoard. Beer is for drinking. And K is for Kriek.