Aged with either French oak staves or aged in French oak barrels. It's not clear from their description, but from what I know of their brewery, I'm betting it's the former.
The oak and fruit gives a kind of wine-y taste though it finishes with a tart cherry. I found it a bit too heavy and sticky towards the end to be so refreshing as a summer workday ale.
8%ABV.
I've had this one before, but that was a long time ago so I didn't really remember what it was like. The nose is actually really subtle but lingering (unlike a certain Apricot Wheat) and the cherry really comes through. I'm not really a huge fan of fruit beers, but this one manages to add some variety and, at the end of the day, stay a decent beer (again, unlike a certain Apricot Wheat). Good, but not something I would go out and buy on its own.
