Dark Horse Raspberry Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Marshall, Michigan USA

12 oz bottle thanks to xnoxhatex for sharing. Pours a clear copper color with no head. Nose of raspberry and what is that, its takin me a while to place that dirty soapy ... urinal cake! yep urinal cake. (though some fascists don’t like differing opinions) Light flavors fruit watery, not good.

sample from a 12oz bottle. pours clear straw color with no head. nose has nice fresh raspberries right from the vines. reminded me of the raspberry bush my neighbor had that i used to pick while i mowed their lawn. the smell was faint with some earthy sorta grassy hay notes that made me think of the bush. anyways, it’s a nice raspberry smell. i’ll admit there may be some faint soap smell and i can see where some idiot might think urinal cake but i don’t think that’s it. flavor was crisp, refreshing light raspberries. not much else. an easy to drink fruit beer without getting to fruity. i actually enjoyed this.

Thank you moejuck for this beer. A very interesting but underwhelming beer. Very rasberry aroma at first that faded to this weird soapy smell that was confirmed as "urinal cake" by holdenn in his glass. Their wasn’t too much malt to the beer to speak of which I would have preffered but still a nice flavor of raspberries to go along with it. Thin body and if it weren’t for the raspberries I don’t think I would have enjoyed this beer too much.

2 oz bottle VIA sliffy at Mystery Swap 2.0 (thanks man!). THis one pours a muddy dark amber with a small head that dissipates quickly. Not picky up much in the nose at all. As for taste..it is pretty bland with some mild berry flavor. Carbonation is average, body is light/medium. Not much to say about this one except it is bland...

25-apr-07 12oz bottle thanks to moejuck in near perfect 10s trade ring. Nice looking stuff is pink-hued golden, quite clouded, with small but firm pinkish head. Aroma is full of berries, both fresh and artificial, also light cracker. Really focused on the fruit despite their mantra, this beer is quite mild overall, mildly tart, finishes brisk and dry. Quite a pleasant quaff overall.

Less sweet soda pop taste and feel than most fruit ales. No overkill on the rasberry flavor.

Pours a very cloudy red-orange with a small head. Aroma is huge raspberries. I was rather surprised at how big the raspberry smell was. Taste follows the aroma with big raspberry with some malts behind it. Mouthfeel was a little on the syrupy side for me. This was too sweet for my preference, although my wife said it’s biggest fault was being too easy to drink, so there you go. Not my first choice of beer, but it seems to be good for what it is.

Pours a light golden amber with almost no white head. The nose is rather nice. A fragrant raspberry with just a hint of malt sweetness. I know this sort of beer already. Smells great, tastes tolerable. On the tongue this is fizzy but not too thin, making it average. The flavors match the fizz. Raspberry soda with some biscuit malt. This reminds me the generic raspberry ales I’ve had in so many places. Fruit isn’t overbearing, but there’s some diacetyl and high acidity, giving this flaws that the style just can’t tolerate. The finish has a touch of apricot in it, though I’m pretty sure that’s not in the brew.