This beer was reviewed as a BJCP 28C, Wild Specialty Ale. This smells like a rich, moist, dark tart cherry cake with some figs and dates, spice, and a hint of wet horse blanket and oak. It is a lightly red tinted brown in the glass under a moderate light tan cap with fair retention. The beer has a mild cherry tartness seasoned with vanilla, a faint hint of butter, dark dried fruit, a range of spices, and oak. The fruit and sour are more prominent than the malt. The oak balance is outrageously good with tart and tannin matching perfectly.The beer stands out because of its feel. It starts medium light with medium high carbonation and a very mousse-like creamy feel and then the oak hits with a drying astringency. A truly superlative beer.
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Cauldron
Description
Cauldron is a blend of Oud Bruin and Flanders-style Red ales, plus tart and rich Montmorency cherries from King Orchards in Michigan. Cauldron pours with a dark copper color with amber hues. Aromas of cherry, caramel, and spice rise up from the foam. The nature of brewing inherently involves the combination of ingredients in a balanced manner to create that final quaffable beer. Cauldron was blended to be enjoyed by the alchemist in all of us, and is bottled every year in candlelight by cloaked brewers listening to heavy metal.
Judges Review
Aroma:
22 / 24
Appearance:
5 / 6
Flavor:
37 / 40
Mouthfeel:
8 / 10
Overall Impression:
18 / 20