Cerise Cassée American Sour Ale
vintage 2007, from day two of the CBC 20th anniversary party on may 9, 2009. served in a large, wide champagne flute. dark brown, ruby amber. faint haze. light tan foam quickly goes to wisps and ring, then nothing. aroma: sour cherries and fruit with vinegar acidity. red wine and oak notes, plus quite a footy funk. dried grass and touch of hay? taste: very similar flavors, with more red wine notes. good acidity that lingers, along with a robustness of flavor. still a bit more on the "footy" side of the funk spectrum, but nicely integrated with the wood, wine and hay notes. reminiscences of dried asian sour plums in the finish and aftertaste. light body, but full of vinegary and tannic red wine-like textures. light, tingly carbonation is the for both refreshment and flavor lift. that's more like it.