Appalachian Framboise

Brewed by Appalachian Brewing Company (PA)
Style: Fruit Beer
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Flute

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(handbottle, thanks mj) Cloudy red/purple body with pink/beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, raspberry, some sourness. Taste is medium sweet, raspberry, moderately tart, light raspberry astringency. Creamy medium body.

Sampled from hand bottle courtesy of Axilla. Poured a cloudy red color with a small sized head. Aromas of raspberries and just all around berries. Tastes of the same berries. Started out lightly sweet and ended lightly tart.

Glass at the Harrisburg brewery. A new beer discovered – this is what makes beer travel fun. It’s about 80% opaque, with a purplish dark red colored body and a small white film of a head. First impression of the nose is sour, smoky cherry skins, then some stewed or lightly burnt raspberries, with some lactic yeast esters as well. Flavors of cherry skin, lightly smoked raspberries, and dark, ripe plums. Not really sweet at all, but not true lambic sourness – more of a tartness, prickly on the tongue, with a bit of a hefty sour bite on the back. This seems to sit right about where I like the more fruit-forward sour ales, not overly sweet, with a good, pure representation of the true fruit, the only sweetness from the true fruit sugars, and with a natural tartness as well. If I had to compare it to New Glarus Raspberry Tart, I’d say this is less sweet, less sugary, but thinner and more pasty on the tongue. Compared to Selin’s Grove Phoenix Kriek, it has less pure fruit character and slightly more tartness, it’s less rich and full, has more of a lactic presence, and is more pasty and chalky as well. After a full glass, and more at home from a growler, the dryness in the finish was more apparent, and I found myself really enjoying this light but still prickly and tart framboise.

Bottle thanks to mj! Poured a lovely deep blood red with a loose cap of pink head. The aroma died out unfortunately quickly.. it initially had ample tart raspberries and wheaty backing along with some toffee-like sweetness and some nice funk. The flavor had a bunch of sweet and tart raspberry notes with high vinegary acidity.. some wheat-like tartness as well. Expertly tart on the palate with nice use of fresh raspberries.. very dry on the back-end and quite refreshing. Solid overall!

UPDATED: MAY 2, 2010 Poured a bright, cherry red color with a thin, white head that left faint lacing on the glass. Aroma of raspberries, a bit of cherries, some sweat, and perhaps some leather, didn’t detect anything wild. Taste was on the sweeter side, more raspberries, and a faint tartness in the finish. A new batch available now is completely sour, and bone dry. Though not enjoyable. So far in my two experiences, ABC hasn’t produced a drinkable framboise.

Hand bottle. Poured a hazy ruby with a brown tint and thin off-white head The aroma was sweet with moderate amounts of raspberry. Some light cherry, chocolate and leather notes underneath. The flavor is more on the tart side. Some raspberry to start then a bitterness and then to finish it off tart raspberry juice. Light bodied and mostly clean on the finish.

Thanks to Axilla for this hand bottle. Pours a lightly hazy raspberry color with a smaller off white head. Aroma of sweet raspberries, some vinegar, tart and overall sweetness. Flavor of raspberries, light tartness and wheat. This one was easy drinking and enjoyable.

Deep cherry red pour with pink head and lace. Raspberry tartness and bread on the aroma. Very sour flat raspberry flavor. Medium bodied. Very nice offering.

On tap, 5oz serving, Camp Hill location. Pours a murky reddish brown under a lovely looking pink tinged foamy head. The nose is slightly funky with deep, rich, fresh, slightly tart raspberries. I get a specific note of cherry as well. Almost like a raspberry nougat candy. The flavor is great, slightly tangy raspberry fruit roll-up in a glass. The raspberry seems very natural and fresh, way different than their Kriek. Some lighter caramel and chocolate notes come out late. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a little heavy for a Lambic, with a slightly sweet and tangy stickiness on the finish. Nice soft pleasant carbonation. The more I have, the drier it seems to get on the finish. Way better than their attempt at a Kriek.

Sample provided by mj. Murky, dark red body with a tiny beige head that has a pinkish tint to it. Nice, fruity, raspberry nose with notes of cherries and straw. The flavor is moderately sweet and just lightly tart with lots of raspberries and some cotton candy. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation. Not a Lambic by any stretch of the imagination, but a very solid fruit beer.