First sip is entirely expected - Juicy Juice cherry. Okay, it has a bit more of the grain and malt that were hinted at in the aroma, but the fact is this is a very sweet beer. And it's not the nice sweet of a milk stout, either. It's the sweet of an (say it with me now) ingredient that has no business being in a beer. Another sip confirms that this isn't a terrible beverage, it's just not a good one.
A bigger draught improves matters quite a bit. The start tastes lightly of the cherries, but the middle has the taste of a wheat beer with little of the bitterness. If anything, it's a bit bland in the meat of the beer. Then the finish is where the cherry hits with its fruity sweetness. As the cherry winds itself out, there is a hint of the bitterness mixed with the cherry.
It's still not the greatest, but it's not the worst.
2.25/5