Grand River Raspberry Pils

Formerly brewed at Grand River Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Cambridge, Canada

Serve in Flute

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On Tap at C’est What?. Golden pour, very little head. Aroma of berries, and light grains. The raspberry, and berry flavors very annoying, and cloying, and taste more and more artificial.

UPDATED: APR 27, 2011 This Beer had a very easy drinking taste to it. Aroma was low but thats not what I would want out of a beer like this, really light raspberry taste. I would try this again but not going to go out of my way to do that

Bottle.Pours a golden yellow.. no hint of the Raspberry in the view.. strong natural "fresh" raspberry in the nose. its not a well balenced fruit beer, it tastes like the hanneberg with fresh rapberries, that being said its a nice, light satisfying beer for a hot summers day.

Draught at C’est What. Pours a clear orange with a small diminishing creamy white head. Aroma of sweet, semi-artificial raspberry, pale malt and grain. Flavour: Again, the raspberry seems artificial to me, along with grain and not much else. Very light bitter finish. Average bodied. Just O.K.

Many pints at Chancey Smith’s, in London, ON- Murky muddy brown pour with a frothy bleached white head. Leaves some lace on my glass. The nose has fresh fruit (raspberry), hay, candy, and floral hops. Tastes of raspberry juice, fresh hops, leafy greens, and is slightly metallic. Medium-light body, lingering bitterness and raspberry finish. Good, but won’t be returning to it in the future.

Bottle from the brewery. Comparing this side by side with the Hannenberg pils. It is much darker, more of a golden colour, with a significantly smaller, less frothy head. Aroma is fruity with honey, more subtle grass. Mild raspberry with more fruit, possibly apple. Medium to light in body. Flavour of lemon zest, hay, light raspberry with honey leading to a grassy lightly hopped finish.

Sampled at the C’est What spring festival 28/05/10. Nope...sorry. This one falls short. There is certainly raspberry in the taste and a slightly sharp hop bite but it all works against itself and ultimately doesn’t work. Decent but underwhelming.

[2891-20100528] Tap. Nice fruity raspberry yeast aroma. Clear, light orange pink body with a medium-lasting creamy white head. Lots of raspberry fruit in the flavour with a long sweet aftertaste. Medium body. Nice and juicy, drinkable, a bit like a cooler though.
(CWSF 2010 @ C’est What, Toronto, ON)

A: Rose with an off-white head, some retention & lace. S: Surprisingly, the light berry aroma actually works with the floral hopping. T: The raspberry is fairly mild, allowing the quality malt & hops to still come through. I’m not sure if it has as much bitterness as their Pils... but it has a nice balance. I liked it, though I wonder if it may not be fruity enough for some people. No tartness at all. M: Light to moderate body is smooth. D: An easy drinker for a hot summer day!

UPDATED: JUL 26, 2010 On tap: Pours pale gold with not pink tint to indicate the use of real fruit, small cap, soft carbonation. Aroma is biscuit dough with some light berry tones and twiggy hopping. Sandy mouth feel, dry-fruity character, light bodied. Up front biscuity malts balance with extract berry tones and leafy floral hops, tart dry finish with a nice biscuity snap at the end. Tastes like their regular pils with some fruit extract flavoring in it. Quenching, fruity-dry, decent summer patio brew, bur I expected more from this brewer,.