Appealing garnet-hued, pinkish-headed raspberry bombe dessert ale gains cherry kirsch tartness over chocolate liqueur punctuation and creamy vanilla malt soothe to dry wheat drift. Serve as a raspberry-pureed fruit desert. Perfect digestif treat for experienced lambic ale lovers or as crossover to lighter tastes.
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WILD BOAR HONEY RASPBERRY WHEAT
While trying to pull off the trifecta of well-calibrated honey, raspberry, and wheat, this gets too mired in fizz for true distinction. Pungent fruit aroma leads to refreshing berry palate that wins out over creamy wheat intrusion, but unsettled grain mesh and lack of strength are drawbacks.
(BERGER) RED RASPBERRY WHEAT ALE
Ripe fermented raspberry aroma and juicy fructose alacrity swallowed up by obtrusive fizz, nearly wiping out any wheat hint. On top of that, candied tartness and sourdough pungency sag at tangy off-dry finish. Brewery defunct: circa 2004.
NEW GLARUS RASPBERRY TART
Truly utopian Framboise-styled fruit ale with deep purple hue, bright magenta head and juicy aperitif design accrues rapturous ripe raspberry resonance. Musty rhubarb-pied red cherry souring, vinous dry-hopped yellow grape tannins, tart berry-cherry pucker and effervescent lemon-limed prickle pick up oak-vat acridity below syrupy raspberry-pureed slurp for uncanny sorbet likeness. 2014 re-tasting: voluminous candied raspberry tartness and soda pop fizzle accrued the same sweet-tart buoyancy.
WILLOUGHBY RAILWAY RAZZ ALE
Pink-magenta head fades as easy flowin’ raspberry nose confirms fizz-hopped berry permanence, mild cherry tartness, and red grape hint. But soft wheat backbone and soapy finish dilute fructose funk.