 ucusty (1908), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 8, 2009 Thanks to Bob for sharing this one. Gold pour. Raspberry syrup aroma, slightly artificial. Strange flavor. I was not a fan of this one
emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 29, 2009 Thanks ucusty for sharing. Pours a bright orange gold with a one finger head. The nose is raspberry predominant, candy, sweet, sharp alcohol. Flavor is raspberry, fake, sweet candy, astringent, mild grain. Palate is astringent and alcohol.
durhambeer (1224), Durham, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 26, 2009 Bottle sent from Cletus. I dug the other Berkshire brews I tasted, but this was not so great. Surprised it was 9%... a bit thin all around. Raspberry flavor tasted artificial and weird... like a stronger, more pronounced Pete’s Wicked Winter brew from back in the day. Not disgusting, but not at all interesting.
JCB (1786), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 26, 2009 Thanks to durhambeer for popping open the Robitussin. Looks fairly unassuming, a reasonable enough pour for the stylistic designation. But the aroma is of acrid, spoiled berries. Weird combination of sweet sugars and rotting fruit, like spoiled Weyerbacher Riserva. Ugh.
tokyogoat (571), San Diego, California, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 25, 2009 Pours a deep golden orange.
Nose is sour raspberry and fresh hops.
Taste is putrid, sugary, grainy, fake candy raspberry, overly sweet, someone pass the insulin.
Snojerk321 (2019), San Diego, California, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 3, 2009 22oz bottle. Pours a medium caramel color with a small beige head, light lacing. Some medicinal raspberry with faint hops and grain. Flavor was mostly grainy raspberry, pretty much a drain pour for me.
Rustyham (585), miami, Florida, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 11, 2009 great aroma but light and weak, hardly in the barley wine territory. Bottle from a tasting at the house of chris Montelius
daknole (3000), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 7, 2009 Amber pour. Loads of raspberries and some malt. Flavor is like raspberry candy with a slightest hop twinge at the end.
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