Wittekerke Rosé / Rosarda

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Fruit Beer
Harelbeke, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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Bottle:   Pinkish hued pale amber, huge frothy white head with a pink hue, spotty lacing.   Preserve like berry nose.   I would say Raspberry, but its very candyish and artificial.   To be expected I guess.   Sweet artificial Raspberry flavors on the tongue.   I also get a bit of that broken berry leave, or maybe raspberry vine on the nose as I drink this.   Odd for such an artifial beer.   Its sweet, with a moderate body, flavorwise its certainly like a Raspberry Mamba type candy.   Its not bad, but its certainly not as tasty as New Glarus.   Could stand to be more authentic, without all that pectin or candyish flavors and aromas.

At a tasting at the Beer Market, thanks Tomer, pours orange to pink with a small head, aroma of cherries, vanilla and berries, favor is ok with berries and malt, light bodied

Very tasty fruit beer. Cloudy appearance, otherwise well rounded beer. Recommendable.

People need to rate by style( BJCP guidelines) not preference. Appearance was pink red with tiny white diminishing creamy head, no lacing. Aromas are sweet raspberry ,sour barnyard yeast, slight sweet pale malt. Taste are simple sour raspberry cream soda-like with wine tannins backend. Palate was champagne smooth CO2 with light body, lasting berry sour puckering finish. A easy drinking fruit brew, very light and sessionable.

One of the worst framboise, if you can call this a beer at all. Tastes more like sparkling raspberry syrup. Very sweet, almost no bitterness and no sourness.

At a tasting, small bubbley head, murky light red to dark orange colour, aroma and flavour of industrial raspberry syrup, light sourness and just traces of bitterness. Not beer.

Presentation: 250 mL slim can, served in an oversized wine glass. No freshness date anywhere. Appearance: Very thin, bubbly head that disappears almost instantly. It has a very nice, cloudy, light pink color. Smell: The scent is dominated by raspberries, more artificial than anything. Nothing else. Taste: Tastes mainly of raspberries. It’s very sweet, and there’s a little bit of malt. Mouthfeel: Smooth and light. Feels sticky on the palate due to the sweetness. Good carbonation. Overall: A very simple and fun beverage. Calling it a "beer" is reaching a bit. Nevertheless, it’s very refreshing and nice to drink. Definitely worth keeping a couple of cans around for when you want to drink something different but don’t necessarily want a "real" beer.

Bottle. Poured a color simular to pink grapefruit. Large three finger head. Aroma is rasberries, sugar, fruit, sweet fruit sryup. Dry finish. Ave carbonation. Like rasberry champagne. Alright

Smells like wheat and raspberry. Very much on the sweet overkill here. Pours pinkish. Aftertaste sweet without only a little raspberry sourness. Average carbonation. Some head. Bottle from Smoke it Here.

As many times as I’ve tried this beer, I’m surprised I haven’t rated it yet. One of the best framboise’s out there. Not overpowering fruit taste, but it’s there. Good hop/malt base (wheat) taste.