 mtdshn (174), Moline, Illinois, USA
Apr 24, 2008 Bottle and tap, with no remarkable differences in my opinion. This one gets a lot of flack for being a "chick beer," but this is such a well-crafted beer that it’s hard to say anything bad about it. While a lambic sometimes needs an acquired taste, the addition of (in this case) raspberries really make this one smooth, fruity and totally enjoyable. Fairly tart, fairly effervescent, without being in any kind of extreme.
hoptimus (50), Grand Island, New York, USA
Apr 20, 2008 12 oz. bottle, and a heavy bottle at that. Pours a deep violet with a dark rose colored head that dissipates quickly. Very nice looking. The aroma was loaded with raspberries. The flavor followed suit, heavy on the raspberry, with some grape, very sweet, but what was really enjoyable to me was the sour overtones. Light to medium bodied with some carbonation. Nice sour aftertaste. Reminded me of sparkling grape juice, but with a rasperry theme. This is my first lambic-fruit beer, and it was very delicious to me. A new style that I really like so far. I will probably re-rate after sampling some others however.
ironchefscott (341), portland, Oregon, USA
Apr 15, 2008 it is ok....nice raspberry flavor...but.......for a lambic......it is not great....sad how they add so much sugar to this beer! makes it syrupy..and a sad representation of the lambic style
Goodgrief (1147), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Apr 14, 2008 Pour was purple with pinkish head, decent lacing. Huge aroma of raspberries. The first sip was striking...man, that’s a lot of raspberries. It makes New Glarus Raspberry Tart seem tame. Really, really sweet, difficult to drink with mild sour lambic notes...very mild. Hardly "beerlike" at all...just sweet raspberry mash. A little too much.
manstanding (1), USA
does not count  Apr 12, 2008 Bottle. Dark red, pinkish head. Aroma and taste sweet berry. Good drink as a change of pace.
DKTN (110), Mc Donald, Tennessee, USA
Apr 12, 2008 Bottle. Deep red with pink head. Aroma and taste of raspberry sherbet. Very drinkable, but somewhat sweet for a lambic.
Driftwood6 (214), USA
Apr 12, 2008 Bottle. A little too cloyingly sweet for my palate. Maybe good for someone who likes sweet raspberry fruit punch-- but I like it a little more sour and complex.
hoplover406 (204), Crofton, Maryland, USA
Apr 10, 2008 Tap @ Faegans. Served in small tulip glass. Looks plum with pinkish 1 finger head. Bright fruity aroma of rasberry sherbert. Tart and quenching. Taste is nothing like any beer that I’ve ever had. I would have guessed some kind of Bartles and James wine cooler or something.
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