Moody Tongue Cherry Oud Bruin
 

Review Date 1/14/2025 By John Staradumsky

           

Have I ever told you about the time I was having a beer with Michael Jackson, and the discussion turned to multi-taps? This was in 1996 and we were enjoying a beer with a few other folks at Jacob Marley’s Tavern & Grille in Orange, CT. Jacob Marley’s was not a multitap, truth be told, but multitaps came up in the discussion of beer and freshness. I was lucky enough to sit right next to the Beer Hunter, and what an honor and privilege that was.

Jackson wondered how such businesses recovered the cost of stale beer that they would be forced to dump. I asked him what he thought of Sunset Grille and Tap in Boston, and he replied that he had only been there once, but gave the establishment high marks on selection (currently over 100 taps) and freshness, adding that every beer he tasted there was in very good condition.

In my New England days, I visited Sunset Grille and Tap several times, though more often visited The Mews Tavern in Rhode Island or The Great Lost Bear in Portland, Maine. Both of these venues had about 50 taps pouring in those days. Since relocating to the south, I found more multitaps to explore: The Flying Saucer, Summits Wayside Tavern, and of course, the legendary Taco Mac.

It was my local Taco Mac where I enjoyed a glass of the delightful Moody Tongue Cherry Our Bruin. This was my first beer ever from this Chicago brewery that was founded in 2014. This classic Belgian style is brewed with Balaton cherries for an extra tart kick. Oud Bruin, sometimes called Flanders Brown, is a style rarely produced by American craft brewers, so I was thrilled to see one. Compare to Petrus Our Bruin as a point of reference.

Moody Tongue Cherry Oud Bruin has an alcohol content of 9.5% by volume and I paid $8 for an 11-ounce glass at Taco Mac. As I understand it this is a draft only special release.

My glass of Moody Tongue Cherry Oud Bruin arrived a murky reddish brown with almost no head and a very tart cherry nose. Taking a sip, the beer is medium in body with notes of toasty oak, ripe black cherry, and a nigh puckering sour finish.

Quite tasty and very quenching, this is a beer I would love to enjoy again. Maybe I will, too, back at Taco Mac, where the same night I tasted this rare style I also enjoyed one rarer style: a Grodziskie from Anderson Valley. And that’s the fun of multitaps. They’re like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.

 Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??

 

*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.

(B)=Bottled, Canned

(D)=Draft





 

Home