Dark Horse Raspberry Ale

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

12oz bottle courtesy of Buebie. Pours a hazy dark orange with hints of gold when held up to light. There is a big creamy white head that shows very good staying power but leaves no lacing. The aroma is fairly one-dimensional with raspberries dominating. Enough malts and other grains underneath to remind me I’m smelling a beer. The taste starts out with the sweet raspberries but then gives way to a very light malty backbone and then to a slightly unpleasant bitterness in the finish. Not as tasty as the aroma suggested. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with lots of carbonation. I was pleasantly surprised after the pour and first whiffs, but it didn’t taste quite as good as the first impressions. Not bad for a fruit beer.

ooohhhhhhhhh!!! one of my favorite session beers! great dark golden color......with a sweet fruit and grains. Slight sweet raspberry and slight corn flavor. and a nice finish although it is a touch acidic and sour. I love this stuff!

Imperial pint served on tap at The Galway Tribes (Frankfort, IL). Pours a murky glowing orangish reddish brown with small white head. Aromas of tart raspberry are dominant with some lighter cereal maltiness. Initial is light in flavor and body, subtle raspberry sourness is present with a lighter malt presence that provides backup for a brew that is special because it isn’t a sweet sticky cloying mess. Nice tartness and raspberry oils mix well with decent malt body that is a supporter, and not a star. Light, not sweet, pretty good for what it is. Cheers!

a disappointing bottle from a brewer otherwise known for high quality. the initial pleasant fruity aroma is promising at first but gives way to a bland, almost tonic-watery taste. the flavor is incongruous to the aroma and there is almost no palate to speak of. the slightly bitter aftertaste isn’t pleasing either.

Pours a slighly cloudy raspberry color with very thin to non-existent white head. Aroma is ripe fruit with notes of plum, apple, spice, pear, and some slight honey and caramel sweetness. Flavor is slightly fruity and sweet with notes of raspberry, plum, pear, some faint sweetness. Generally light body with a wheaty and sweet raspberry finish.

12 oz bottle. Pours a somewhat hazy orange/amber color with a medium sized white head that has decent retention and nice lacing. Aroma is slight raspberry with a hint of wheat. Very mellow nose, which is nice. Flavor is a mellow raspberry with a nice wheat profile. Very easy drinking and goes down very easy.

First tried a little sample that reminded me of Founder Roubious. On that note I had to try a pint. What a mistake. A little sample of this beer is nice a pint is just too much. A light yellow sparkly pour. The raspberry flavor is nice but that is all this beer has. Nothing is behind the sweet fruit flavor so after a while it felt as if I was drinking some sort of raspberry cream soda. I could give this to my children as a nice treat.

Bottle. Aroma has notes of raspberry, wood, and sweet malt. Hazy light brown hue with a small disappearing white head that left no lace. Flavor is sweet and tart. Palate is light, watery, and lively. Pathetic overall but chicks probably love it.