2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20
I have had this beer before, but this bottle is dated as "bottled on 11/03/06".
The last time I had this beer it was "out of season". I found the fresh bottle a blend of alcohol and a hint of raspberries. I remember the last bottle being more ras with the alcohol being toned down. I might be crazy but I found it to be a bit young. Still will buy bottles and celler them though!!!!!!!&#
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
CT V shared by sweetgoodness. I actually liked this one. Aroma was of alcohol and raspberries. Flavor was pretty sweet and fruity. This was definitely a sipper that i did not sip at all.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 11.13.06. Pours orange red with pale pink head. Aroma is cider, raspberry, tart plum, sour. Flavor is raspberry, wheat, alcohol. The alcohol is very overpowering. Perhaps this beer would have been better aged.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Why, oh why did I slam this at Columbus Tasting 5? Lightly sour aroma from a brown and red body. Thin palate. This stuff tastes like cherry Kool-Aid and booze. Very sweet and hot.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shated at Columbus Tasting V.Lots of raspberry and alcohol in the aroma.Pours dark copper with little head.Prety good raspberry flavor.Medium mouthfeel with a lot of alcohol in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cloudy red amber color; the head disappears immediately with a fizz. Some aroma of raspberries and alcohol. Medium body strength, some sweetnees, some sour raspberries, tartness; the alcohol is burning and the bitterness at the end is too much for a fruit beer. Almost unpleasant. And I don’t want to remember how much i paid…
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
750ml bottle pours amber with a short ping head. Raspberry and alcohol in the aroma. Flavor is raspberry, and some caramel. Quite sweet and almost syrupy. Big boozy finish really turned me off though. This one is definitely a sipper..
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Poured from bottle. Nice reddish amber color. Very sweet berry smell. Lots of bubbles. Tasted rasberries, honey and grapes. Like drinking watered down wine. It was good. Some kind of spice I could not indentify.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
First impression, much different looking than I expected. Amber color with perhaps a tint of pink. Somewhat fizzy head that settles to a lid of off-white bubbles. Raspberry jam mixed with a touch of wheat and cherry brandy. Certainly has all the flavors of fermented raspberries. Has a mild woody presence in the middle that seems to come in with some grain alcohol. This begs to be placed in a cream sauce or cheesecake or frosting. A dessert brew that in small quantities is enjoyable. more the a sniffter is a real challenge.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUN 1, 2008 Pours with heavy carbonation and lasting white head. Pinkish amber with lots of bubbles. Aroma is pure raspberries, no surprise there. Taste is one-dimensional, sour, alcohol-soaked raspberries. Very boring, not very good.
Getting better after a year. Not as boozy and more raspberry jam quality.
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