Tröegs Scratch 42

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Hershey, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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12oz bottle pours a brilliantly clear deep ruby amber with 20 second tan head. The aroma is full with esters such as sweet cherries, raspberries and sugar sweetened cranberries. I get a touch of maybe malt in the background. The flavor delivers ripe red apple, ripe cherries and a moderate level of tart raspberries all rolling slowly into brief moments of almost candy like rauch malts. Cool! Some rauch? Into the finish it picks up a mild chalky yeasty sense as well as dry roasted malts to go along with everything else. Interesting brew.

12 oz bottle -pours a disappearing light tan head and amber color. Aroma is raspberry, sweet light/medium malt. Taste is raspberry, sweet light/medium malt, secondary spice hops.

12oz bottle from Capone’s, Norristown. All I knew on purchasing this was that it was a dubbel, so I was little prepared for the experience. Slightly murky brown pour with a very lively carbonation. Nose was softly fruity, with ripe yeast. So far as expected. But the flavors were really what threw me off initially. It tasted like a grape soda dubbel, one that was perhaps halfway to an under-developed sour. Seeing some of the ingredients added explains things a bit, but I hardly found it an enjoyable brew.

Bottle. Garnett in color. Interesting dubbel with raspberry, vanilla, and chocolate flavors..

bottle thanks to Rich! Pours dark ruby red with a small film of a light brown head. Nose is a nice burst of fresh raspberries and some bread like malts and almost just a touch of toasted or roast malts. Flavor is medium dry overall and finishes dry and clean. The raspberries are far less noticeable in the flavor profile than the nose. I don’t really get a lot of chocolate but maybe that’s what im mistaking for the light roasted character. Overall a really interesting beer. Glad to try it out.

Served at the Hershey Lodge, when I asked the style bartender replied "raspberry porter". Ahh...NO! The color of the Scratch #42 is no where near dark. Medium bodied Abbey Dubbel, raspberry sweetness and breadiness yeast. Interesting combo of flavors, just a bit too sweet for my palate.

Draft. Small off-white head, clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, bubblegum, some wheat, raspberry, light acetone. Taste is moderately sweet, raspberry, some bubblegum, light chocolate. Medium body, fairly drinkable.

4oz pour at Churchkey. Pours a hazy, purple with one ring of white head. Nose of raspberry, nail polish, candy, flowers. Flavor is raspberry candy, honey, light candy sugar, a little medicinal. Medium bodied, medicinal finish.

Bottle… Clear burnt-orange ale with a rosy tint and a small, fizzy, off-white head. Decent retention. The bouquet is of raspberry jam with a whisper of vanilla and a rumor of clove. Medium-bodied with laid-back carbonation. The flavor showcases tart raspberries flanked by mild malt sweetness and low hop bitterness. Tangy, ultra-dry finish. Bottle courtesy of darkguardian!

Bottle. Raspberry aroma. Amber body with thin head. Flavor begins sweet with raspberry, hints of vanilla smoothness... The mad elf yeast is definitely noticeable. A very fruity abbey dubbel