02 April 2012

Sweet Cherry or Sour Cherry? UPDATED

Choose for yourself at Max's Taphouse tomorrow:
OLIVER'S HOT MONKEY LOVE 4 WAYS ON DRAFT
This Tuesday we will be featuring Oliver's Hot Monkey Love 4 different ways along with a bunch of their other great drafts:
WE WILL BE FEATURING
ON DRAFT:
Hot Monkey Love
Hot Monkey Love French Oak
Hot Monkey Love American Oak
Hot Monkey Love Bourbon Barrel
3 Spires
Strongman
3 Lions Bourbon Barrel
We will also have two different version of Oliver's Cherry Blossom one on cask and one on draft. One will have Sweet Cherries and the other will have Tart Cherries.
Traditionally, you'll always get a far stronger, and more traditionally "cherry", flavor from sour cherries in fermentation than from sweet cherries.  This is well-known to experienced wine and melomel (fruit mead) makers; it'll be fascinating to sample the two Cherry Blossoms side by side and compare.  I expect a remarkable contrast.

UPDATE:  Tart (cask) on the left, sweet (draft) on the right.

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