Southern Tier Raspberry Wheat Beer

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Lakewood, New York USA

A new fruity favorite. Aroma & taste just smack of raspberries! Of course this 75 character minimum and the fact that I have to actually write anything at all is perplexing to a mother of four kids who just wants to make a small contribution without having to put a whole lot of thought into it. There. Maybe now I can post.

355ml bottle
4.5% ABV
I tried this beer on October 17, 2007 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto. The beer poured a translucent golden-brown into the glass with a thin white head that quickly disappeared. The aroma was very hoppy with a hint of raspberries. The mouthfeel was crisp, medium-bodied with champagne like carbonation. The flavour was similar to the aroma, hoppy with a hint of raspberries.

i didnt think it was a bad fruited wheat. it had a nice flavor of berry. it does what it says, and thats what matters. Its flavor was nice, its aroma we berryish, just a good fruit wheat.

Clear light yellow with a rasperry aroma. The flavor is outstanding in regard to the ratio between/malt/fruit. Dry and lightly sweet.

Tap @ Cole’s. Light gold, next to no head. Nose is raspberry, blackberry, lighty wheaty malt. Smells like it would be overly sweet - not to the point of Lindemann’s but sweet. Flavor is sweet raspberry up front, quickly overtaken by a wheaty golden ale. The raspberry continues throughout but it is in no way oppressive. Long lightly toasted malt, wheat, raspberry finish. A solid beer but January in Western New York seems like an odd time to release this.

Pours a clear medium yellow with a large, long lasting, loose white head. Fresh red raspberries constitute the entire aroma. Crisp, light, slightly acidic and effervescent. The raspberries come in at the finish.

Draught. These type of fruit beers usually turn em off but I found myself a bit impressed with this one. The aroma was very pleasing. The light syrupy raspberry scent led to a nice perfume like feel. While the taste was a tad too spicey with fruit/raspberry, it did have a nice mouthfeel to it. I found this to be very drinkable.

not bad. wife liked it a lot. A real treat when blended with ST Choklat. Probably would not buy it as a stand alone, but this is simply because this is not a favorite style of mine. If you’re into fruit beers, you can do far worse.