Dark Horse Raspberry Ale

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

Date: 06/06/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

orange with a pink hue, wispy head, sweet raspberry aroma with a tart edge, strong raspberry flavor, mostly dry, light tartness, pretty simple

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

12oz bottle acquired in trade with Sully(thanks!). Poured a medium and slightly hazy amber color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of mainly tart raspberries. Tastes on the softer side with some raspberries, oranges, and maybe even some sweet caramel in there. I’ve said it before, raspberries are one of my favorite for fruit beers but I found the tastes to be a big let down compared to the nice raspberry aromas. Ligther body with some lacing left on the glass.

Pours a transparent copper orange with an airy off-white head. Has a nice, fresh red raspberry aroma with some mild pale malty sweetness. Body starts with some light malty sweetness balanced with some drier earthy, fruity raspberries and some tartness. Pretty bland and although the raspberry flavor is nice, the base beer is dull.

Bottle... Hazy golden ale with orange highlights and a small, frothy, white head. Acidic, fruity aroma; raspberry and citrus. Thin, soapy flavor... also tart, tangy and fruity. Lightly pungent, tangy finish.

Pale golden beer with a thick white head. Aroma is loaded with light raspberry and pale malt. Fruity nose with a touch of lighter maltiness. The flavour is kind of flat and a bit underwhelming. Lightly fruity, but it’s not all that compelling.

Reddish hazy ruby peach color. Syrupy raspberry flavoring all over this one, which really seems to have a basic amber ale/wheat recipe with some candied, artificial raspberry flavors added. It might be real raspberries, but it doesn’t taste like it. Thankfully it’s not overly sweet and plasticy, in fact it’s mildly tart and a bit prickly on the tongue, but there’s notes of some old, wet hair and some medicinal off-flavors that take a lot away from this beer.

This pours a hazey off-orange body with a thick creamy head. The aroma is all raspberry, sweet, yet not too candy-like. The malt is taste-able, but the raspberries pretty much take over. I’d like it if they were a bit more tart. Okay enough for the Summer.

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Bottle, Dark amber color with a moderate canvas colored head. Light tart raspberry aroma with a sweet tart hint. Pale sweet malt mix with a dry raspberry sweetness (if that make any sense). But the dryness seems to be a near astringent component that linger far to long. Ok, a raspberry ale, yeah, there are some hint of raspberries, some hint so malt, but rather weak in both with nothing else to back things up. First, second, I think they missed both a bit.