3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 boFNjackson (2934) - Portland, Oregon, USA - FEB 28, 2009
Tap @ Bailey’s Taproom... Poured a light orange with a white head. Not much of the raspberry in the aroma, had a touch of the fruit but mostly soft with yeast notes. I thought the raspberries played nicely with the clove and yeast characteristics of the style. A little grainy, but way in the background and led to a little alcohol in the finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 beerinmarch (2830) - Washington, USA - FEB 26, 2009
On tap at Bailey’s Taproom. Glowing gold body, soft red hue to it, tall white smooth head. Big fruity nose, soft of sweet like a jolly rancher candy. Very mild tartness in the finish. Esters are muted and the carbonation is soft, letting the sweetness of the raspberry to come through, sadly I don’t really care for the flavor, sort of fake and candy like.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 scrizzz (2220) - Bothell, Washington, USA - DEC 4, 2008
Distinct raspberry puree on the nose with pointed belgian yeast. ruby amber. concentrated belgian, some salt, kiss of fruit.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 riversideAK (4566) - Shoreline, Washington, USA - AUG 6, 2008
Tap at Brouwers. I thought it had an aroma that was ridiculously similar to the raspberry Mamba candy with some alcohol in the back end. Pours a reddish tone with a decent thin head that lasted a while. Flavor initially is of a generic tripel with strong yeasty spice and some sweetness. This is followed by a sweet raspberry puree kind of thing that comes on strong. The finish is pretty hot and combined with the raspberry, it creates a medicinal effect that detracted strongly from this beer. Medium carbonation, but just too hot and cough syrupy for me.
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