Alley Kat Razzykat

Draught at Hop In Brew Pub, Calgary
Cloudy blond color; creamy head. It has a creamy aroma and flavor, with delicate raspberries, light residual sweetness and no acidity, and the bitterness is correctly low. I don’t fancy fruit beers, but I have to say this one is well brewed.

Last year, at a small festival, the Alley Kat spokesperson said this beer was being retired. I guess they weren’t prepared to let it go just yet! Bright clear burnt orange colour, decent short-lived head. Raspberry candy aroma dominates, but there is a sweet malt under there too. Unfortunately this came across as more raspberry candy synthetic flavour for me (I think I’m sensitive to this particular ester, because it really turns me off once I’m cued into it), however there is a bit of a perfumey element that at least made it interesting. There is some nice malt as well, making this drinkable in the end.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at the brewery on May 23 2008, savoured on June 13 2008; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, quickly disappearing tiny beige head, some lacing; nose: strawberry, light malt, light caramel; mouth: strawberry, light malt, light caramel, strawberry’s acidity, finale in strawberry with a hing of malt, mildly sweet, thiin-medium body, a bit thin, rather carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée à la brasserie le 23 mai 2008, savourée le 13 juin 2008; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, petite mousse beige fugace, un peu de dentelle; nez : framboise, léger malt; bouche : framboise, léger malt, léger caramel, acidité de framboise, finale en framboise avec une pointe de malt, moyennement sucrée, corps léger-moyen, un peu mince, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : correct

Summer 2008 Edition... Pours a light amber with a thin white head... strong raspberry aroma, tastes like a light ale with mild raspberry sweetness... no hops... Very light malt taste... A nice fruity beer for the summer...