Crown Valley Raspberry Wheat Beer

Brewed by Crown Valley Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
St. Genevieve, Missouri USA

Draft sample at the brewery. Pours a cloudy peach color with a medium white head. Aroma of raspberries, wheat, yeast, sugar. Flavor of raspberry candy, yeast, and wheat- very much in line with the nose. Medium bodied, and smooth. Sweet, with a wheaty mouthfeel. This was a favorite among a lot of my friends visiting that day; I thought it was a nice fruit/wheat beer but nothing outstanding.

Tasted 9/23/09. 12oz bottle. Pours hazy and sedimented with an orange gold hue. Brainy white head. Candy aromas with an emphasis on Lucky Charms marshmallows. Medium bodied with a 7Up effervescence and nice berry nuances. Decent crispness and moderate tingling. Finishes smooth with faint hop notes. Short lived dryness in the malt bill. Sticky and bright. Decent.

From bottle to pint glass. Hazy golden color with moderate white head. Nice aroma with hint of a "real" raspberry flavor, not from a medicine bottle. Very tasty beer - preferred over their regular wheat which was surprising to me. Wheat in the taste along with citrus and raspbery - and a slightly dry finish. I agree wholeheartedly with another rater and say it both smells great and tastes the same - nice offering and would purchase again - Cheers!

Pour is a red/orange with a small white head. Aroma is a decent amount of raspberry with some yeast. Flavor is again a nice amount of the raspberry with some wheat at the end. Hey this ain’t half bad. I have had plenty of fruit/wheat beers that smell great but taste like crap. This one actually tastes just as fresh and fruity as the aroma.

Pours hazy whit gold, thin head and medium lacing. Aroma is fresh raspberries under a sweet wheat nose, some yeastyness. Think toast with raspberry jam. Flavor is initially wheat, followed by an almost too fruity moment, then a nice lemony wheat spell giving way to a grassy, dry finish. Refreshing and not overly sweet. I must admit my love for raspberries may produce a more favorable rating.