3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20[served cold] Ruby red pour with zero head. Cirtus & rasberry aroma. Very sweet rasberry flavor... acidic and sour. Carbonation is very smooth when served chilled. I can’t believe its 6.9% ...can’t taste it at all. Very nice in the summer!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the brewery. Deep raspberry red color with a thin white head. Smelled like strong raspberry spumante. Tasted similar. Nice raspberry flavor but way too sweet for my taste. A five once pour was plenty.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
The pour is amber in color with a finger of white head. A very sweet fruit aroma to this, as expected. Lots of raspberry with maybe a touch of cherry to it as well. Not much else going on. The flavor is sweet with notes of sugar and raspberry. Maybe just a little bit of lemon in there, too.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours ruby red with a thin white head. Aroma of fresh raspberries and a touch of wheat. Flavor was sweet and tart raspberries, light malts and a bit of caramel with a tasty and refreshing finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Big thanks to Tooch4321 for this one in trade. Pours a yellow-orange with pink highlights. Nose is smooth raspberries- puree, seeds, and a balance of the berry’s tartness and sweetness (I can go along with that). Flavor is similar- it is a raspberry beer, and it is not afraid of telling everyone this. Flavor is all aspect of the raspberry. Light to medium in body with a very raspberry finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by Tooch4321...thanks Adam! - Had this way back in the day at Three Floyds of all places, but that was long before I rated. This one pours clear ruby red with a thin white head. Pungent rotting raspberries (in the best possible way) on the nose, with chocolate--smells like it’s concentrated like a syrup you’d pour over ice cream. Taste is definitely faded, but the raspberry is lightly sweet and smooth. There’s a bit of light malt mingling with the raspberries on the finish. Thin-bodied but really nicely carbonated. Would have been better several years ago, but still a tasty beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not sure of the age on this one but many thanks to Sixdaysbottomocean for hooking up a big want!
Pour is kind of disappointing, in that the color is only slightly reddish in hue rather than what I was hoping for based on NG Raspberry Tart. Nose, on the other hand, is a nice little raspberry thing, very natural smelling which is a good sign. Light sweet raspberries, nicely balanced by moderate tartness for a fruit beer, definitely more tart than the New Glarus equivalent. For a fruit beer that has aged over a year, it’s got very good fresh flavors and is just a nice and satisfying beer. Finish is slightly strange, not sure how to describe it, but it knocks off a point here and there.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Crown Liquors #6 (Aged 3 years) - Pours a dark rose amber with raspberry seed sediment and a wispy, white head. Aroma is bready with tart raspberry. Taste is tart raspberry and cranberry with a bready malt finish. Mouthfeel is light, wet, and soft. I’m surprised such a light beer held up so well after 3 years.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Weak bodied. Has the appearance and mouth feel of cranberry juice. Very juicy ale. Semi sweet. Rated 8/4/10
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A- Perfectly transparent dark rose body that pours with thin 1/2 finger foamy white head. Head almost instantaneously fades to a collar which holds the whole way down. Little to no lacing is left behind in the glass.
S- The nose is overpowered by a rush of tart raspberries. Sweet and sugary raspberries are present in the background.
T- Dry raspberry upfront with a sweet bready malt backbone. The raspberry becomes quite tart for the finish and the subtle malt backbone disappears for a moment. What lingers is a nice combination of tart raspberry and sweet malt.
P-Medium to high carbonation and light spritzy body-somewhat champagne like.
O- This is a good fruit beer and is surprisingly similar to both Great Divide and Celis Raspberry. Good for one drink but not something I’d like to have more than one of. I might pick this up when I find it again (not available in my area).
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 10-16-2007 16:55:03
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A: Pours a reddish pink with a small white head. No real retention or lace noted.
S: Aromas of light raspberry, candy sugar, and pale malts.
T: Raspberry for sure not sweet not tart, just somewhere in between. Light malts with hints of caramel sweetness.
M: On the lighter side of body, peppy carbonation.
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