Serving Type: BottleABV: 5.9 percent
Appearance: Grateful Harvest pours a very attractive shade of brown/amber. The color of the body also boasted some strong and visible ruby red highlights. The body was topped-off with a fluffy off-white head which had some abnormally large bubbles in it. That didn't seem to bug me much, though. The head was also able to leave some ample lacing on the way down. It was just slightly noticeable.
Smell: This beer had a strong backbone of caramel, toffee and sweet malt. That was complimented by an intense tartness from the cranberries that I expected to come across. I also was able to pick up a slight presence of bitter hops.
Taste: I somehow felt like I had just ate a can of cranberry sauce after I drank this. That can go either way with me sometimes. The two main things I got in the taste department from this brew was the intense tartness of the cranberries and the bitterness from the hops. I was able to deal with the bitterness. I was hoping to get a nice dosage of that sweet and malty backbone that I enjoy so much in fruit beers. I wanted some of the pie theory (that I invented) while consuming this beer and didn't get it to the fullest extent.
Overall Rating:
This is typically a seasonal around Thanksgiving each year. I got this bottle in a mixer around Christmas and I'm just now deciding to review this. As I mentioned earlier, I prefer some crust with my pie. By that I'm making a reference to fruit pies. If it's a fruit beer, I want some crust with my fruit, i.e. I want that malty and bready backbone. I wished I had been able to get more of it with this one. Still, an interesting take on a fall beer.
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