 shigadeyo (1331), Southwest Ohio Area, Ohio, USA
Jun 12, 2007
6/12/2007: Southern Tier Raspberry Wheat Beer pours a surprising transparent, pale straw color. It has a thin, frothy, white head and has a subtle level of carbonation. The aroma is pale malts with some fake, sugary raspberry. The flavor has a lot of powdery, sweet, fake raspberry followed by what almost tastes like a mediocre Pilsener- or Dortmunder-like beer with that same slight hop bitterness bite in the finish. That initial smashed-up Smarties candy flavor reminds me a lot of the Celis Raspberry. This beer is pretty light with an average mouthfeel. The color and flavor of this beer make it clear that real fruit was not used in the making of this beer. For a good fruit beer with real raspberry taste, look elsewhere (e.g. New Glarus Raspberry Tart, Founder’s Rübæus, Oaken Barrel Razz-Wheat, Abita Purple Haze and others... I have absolutely nothing against fruit beers, but I am very disappointed with this beer and I am really surprised that Southern Tier put their name on such a below average beer. Needless to say, my wife didn’t really care for this one at all. I didn’t either, but finished up the bottle anyways...
12 oz bottle (4123014070222) from Jungle Jim’s.
Pwn3d (571), Connecticut, USA
Jun 30, 2008 12oz bottle. In short - I’m a big Southern Tier fan but this is considerable below par for them. Still, its not bad. The details - Pour is light amber with attractive with head, and decent lace work. Taste is raspberry, hops, and bread dough. Thin bodied. Would of liked to see them do a Ephemere-type fruit beer.
thedm (3405), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 25, 2008 This bottled brew from JSquire at a rating party poured a small sized head of foamy quickly diminishing fine to medium sized bubbles that left behind a transparent light yellow colored softly carbonated body and a poor lacing. The aroma was very nice and appropriately raspberry. The mouth feel was softly tingly and slightly acidic. The flavor contained notes of mild raspberry and bread doughs.
rampmaster (115), Alden, New York, USA
Jun 19, 2008 Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. It has a light yellow straw color with a white fluffy head. Its head fades out quickly and leaves little to no lace on the glass. The aroma has a raspberry syrup scent with light wheat notes. The flavor has a thin grainy malt taste with a heavy raspberry flavor that tastes like it was sweetened with artificial sweetener. The body is light with a fuzzy mouth feel and fizzy carbonation. This was just a little off balance for me. The body didn’t support the sweetness very well. However it is light and effervescent making it good for hot summer days.
Haslinger (428), Syracuse, New York, USA
Jun 9, 2008 Bottle from the mixpack. I am surprised by how low this ranks. I thought it was excellent. Great raspberry taste, a very refreshing wheat beer. Would buy again
ReademNwheat (150), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May 31, 2008 From a bottle, pours colden color. Aromas of faint raspberry and wheat. taste like the aroma. definetely not on of ST’s best
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