<b>Date:</b> 05/24/2008<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Tasting, Cellar Party<br /> <br /> <b>Appearance:</b> hazy orange, fine pink head, bits of drippy lace, <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> rich raspberry aroma with a wild sweaty tartness on lightly sweet malt, <br /> <b>Flavor:</b> sweet malt flavor, lots of raspberry tartness, wild character is less pronounced in the flavor, light bitterness, <br /> <b>Overall:</b> needs a bit more time to become a star on the beers gone wild video series, <br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 7/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 7/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 6/10; <b>Overall:</b> 14/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.5/5.0<br /><b>Drinkability:</b> 7/10<br /> <b>Score:</b> **4<br />

Sampled from bottles graciously opened by our hosts at Flossmoor on 4/28/06: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Sweet, fruity raspberry aroma has some good caramel maltiness and nice tart presence. Starts with a pleasant malty and fruity sweetness with good authentic character and bursting with lots of sweet raspberries. Well-balanced with a light tartness and good oaky notes. Very similar, but better than New Glarus Raspberry Tart. An awesome fruit lambic!

Short-lived pinkish head over red-amber beer. Very sourish nose, especially initially, with both raspberries (real ones) and acetic acid, as well as old wood. Beautiful madeirisation in what is probably oak. Fresh flavours, despite the acids and the oxidation, with both cherries and raspberry – again old wood & complex esters. Age has led to some thinning; titillating MF, soft burning. Raspberry juice flavour with acids lingering on in the aftertaste, some leather; Very nice beer. Rather than of Belgian fruitlambics, it reminds me of the old, aged Zottegemse Kriek, hailing from Crombé, that I used to serve. And that is no mean compliment neither. <i> Abject thanks to Matt VW, ToddA, and of course, my go-between Ward! </i>

Bottle shared by kmweaver. Pours a cloudy soft pink/red color with a small head. Nice funky, tannic cherry and raspberry nose, soft creamy cherries and a mild but sufficient barnyard funk in the nose. Smooth and soothing on the palate, lactic but not sharp and prickly. Very well balanced, creamy, mild, smooth, funky. Good stuff.

Matt treated RAYBOY01, dm9831, and me to this gem at Flossmoor’s 10th anniversary. It’s one of two versions of the De Wilde that he and Andrew had worked on.<br /><br />It poured an amber body with pink highlighting and pretty much no head. The fruit was in the aroma, but the Brett took over, leaving this with a funky sourness and a touch of oak. Lively on the tongue, the raspberry came forward in the flavor, but the Brett ran the show, delivering a funky, fruity, woody taste treat. I’ll do a rerating when the other bottle is popped.<br /><br /><font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=292><u>Flossmoor Station, Flossmoor, IL</u></a><font size=-1><br />