Raccoon Lodge Razberry Wheat

Date: September 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy purple, fine pink head
Aroma: sweet berry aroma, light tartness
Flavor: nice tart berry flavor, light balancing fruity sweetness
Overall: nice to have a raspberry wheat that’s tart forward
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

On tap at Raccoon Lodge Portland, Pours out a pinkish orange topped with a white head. Aroma of light berries along with a little malt. Taste was pretty much berries and a little sweetness. Not much going on for me.

On tap at Raccoon Lodge on 6/27/09. Incredible raspberry aroma with touch of bread and vanilla. Pours a nice pink with off-cream head. For the style, the raspberry flavor is dominant and impressive. Perhaps one of the best fruit beers I’ve tried.

Sampled at the Seattle IBF. Poured a watery orangeish pink. Smelled like Twister fruit punch, and tasted like a watered-down raspberry lemonade version of smirnoff ice. What in the world were they thinking??

Seattle beer fest. Visual looks like grapefruit juice with a slight sweet acidic flavors.

Sample at Raccoon Lodge. Pours pink with a decent white head. Nice raspberry aroma- smells a little better than it tastes (which is not bad). Refreshing if not much else.

Tap @ Raccoon Lodge: Kind of a pale yellow/golden color with a large white head. Nose is plentiful in raspberries, not much wheat. Flavor is full of that same fresh raspberry sweet and tartness combined with just a little wheat and a subtle hopping. This was the sleeper of the sample tray...

Looks kind of gross, but take tonic water and add some fake raspberry flavor and alcohol, and its not too bad.