Samuel Smith's Organic Cherry Fruit Beer
GLASS: Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass TEMP: Cellared @ approx 55 degrees This is a slightly murky, red garnet colored liquid. A one-finger head of loose, pink, foam appears and recedes to a decent surface covering. The lacing is also very foamy, but is mildly sticky. The smell is dominated by cherries, happily. The bad news is that although there seems to be some natural cherry scent here, there also seems to be a large amount of tangy cherry smell that seems 'fake'. Kind of like cherry juice mixed with cherry 'sour patch kids' candy. Okay, the 'fake' component is gone. This tastes of real cherries, and it tastes very nice. Their is a small amount of light caramel maltiness coming through the base. The top of it is tons of great cherry flavor. Sweet, red cherries. Maraschino cherries. Tart cherrie skins. Golden Ranier cherries. Very nice flavor. This is medium bodied with a mild carbonation level. It is very smooth, nicely crisp and has just a touch of creaminess, which keeps it interesting. This is nicely drinkable, overall. However, the level of sweetness is building up, as I pass the halfway point in this bottle. I think that most people would find it hard to drink many of these in one sitting.