Big Boss Big Operator Belgian Black Raspberry

Brewed by Big Boss Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in Flute

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Bomber at the brewery, #898 of 1750. Black with a thin brown head. A Belgian ale? Really? Sounds like an identity crisis. This beer smells like a raspberry stout with some Belgian yeast notes. Tastes like it too, chocolaty and light, sweet raspberry. Whatever it is, it was clearly the best beer at Big Boss during my visit.

Not much aroma from this draft. Black in color brown head. I can see some hint if red in the outer edge of the lacing. This tastes great just hard for me to describe. Mild coffee with a hint of sweetness at the finish but I don’t pick out the raspberries. Body is full and the texture is creamy and is awesome. Love this. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Served on draft at Thirsty Monk South. Pours a very dark brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, chocolate and berries. The taste is roasted malts, nutty notes, chocolate, herbal hops and mild berries in the finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.

Draft at Barleys. Black pour with a light brown head. Scent is sweet roasted malt, chocolate and fruit. Taste is roasty with chocolate and fruit.

Opaque black with a rim head and no lace. Bitter chocolate shows early, persisting to the end; the finish produces a light splash of fruit juice, perhaps raspberry. Good, but not great.

Reall good beer. Nice level of aroma with hints of fruit juice and roast. The taste was chocolaty and finished fruity.

22oz bottle pours an oily opaque black with a thin, spitty beige head. Big raspberry aroma, very jammy, chocolate, very fruity. Flavor is sweet, tart, raspberry, lots of berries, raspberries too, light malt. Medium bodied, sweet finish.

On tap at Growler’s in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte. Can’t believe this is listed as a raspberry beers. Pours like a stout. Dark brown, almost black with a tan head. Aromas of roasted malts and chocolate. Flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, and maybe a bit of fruit. Finishes dry and roasty. Solid stout imo.

Nice beer. One of the better Big Boss beers. $3 draft at leesville taproom is a nice deal. I dont get any Belgian qualities out of this...just a stout w/ slight raspberry finish. I would guess they used an american ale yeast vs. a belgian yeast but what do I know. No raspberry in the nose just stouty maltyness. Very easy to drink, nice pour on draft.

On Draft. Dark brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of raspberries, roasty, dark chocolate. Smooth, creamy , sweet raspberry finish. Flavor also has a mild hop bitterness.

On tap at WBF-Raleigh on 04/24/2010. Dark black body with a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet roast, chocolate and light fruit aroma. Sweet fruit flavor with chocolate and roast. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.