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Dark Horse Raspberry Ale 2.85 226

Dark Horse Raspberry Ale

Percentile
32
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2262.85/5.02.85/5.04.5%60.1Flute
Commercial Description:
A light ale made with 100% real raspberries in every batch. The rasberries give this beer a fruity aroma while keeping the beer balanced in taste. The raspberry flavor is not "oversweet" or "overpowering". We believe our beers should be "beer 1st,fruit 2nd".
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 Goblincat (357), Westland, Michigan, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20

Aug 18, 2009  
The pour is dark orange. There is a fake smelling raspberry aroma, but not much else. The taste is similar. It’s not bad, but just can’t overcome a fake flavoring,

kretzerpie (1), Pennsylvania, USA
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/514/20
Dec 27, 2009  
This beer was a nice surprise. The flavor was light and fruity with little to no aftertaste. I believe my namesake would find this beer to be to unrefined for his liking but I enjoyed it.


 SledgeJr (3003), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Dec 19, 2009  
In the bottle. Pours a flocculent amber with unidentifiable chunks floating to the bottom of the glass. Perhaps a seed or two? Perhaps a lump of fungus? Not sure. The aroma has plenty of raspberry fruit flavor, but the flavor is oddly chemical in nature. Fairly weak stuff here.


 dkachur (2431), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/103/515/20
Dec 16, 2009  
12 ounce bottle courtesy of alexsdad. Thanks! Pours a hazy pinkish orange. Looks rather offputting, kinda like Bud Chelada. Fortunately that’s where the similarity ends. Medium fizzy and foamy white head with good head retention and lacing. Aroma of mild sweet and tart raspberries with a creamy nearly cheesy note. Nearly like cheesecake. Taste is very similar... mildy tart raspberries with a creamy note. Some light malty notes as well with the faintest bit of toaste. Medium bodied. Good.


nwiseman (26), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 3, 2009  
Drank this last night, so this is from memory and probably won’t be too thorough. From bottle. Pours golden with fluffy white head. Taste was slight raspberry with a sharpness from the carbonation. If I didn’t know what it looked like, you could have told me this was sparkling water and i would have believed you. Not a good ale, and not a good fruit beer.


 satan165 (613), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 22, 2009  
lightly pink core brew at pour. strong raspberry aroma. very dry almost metallic flavor. some nearly crunchy raspberry seed flavor.


 watson1977 (281), , Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Nov 18, 2009  
pours a cloudy amber/rose color with a medium white head. aroma is slightly tart with raspberries and faint spicy hops. flavor has definite raspberry but it is not tart at all...also a touch of hoppiness and earthy malt...altogether a bit bland though. mouthfeel is slightly thin and not nearlly lively enough for the style. finish is brief and more malty than fruity.


 Trev (892), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2009  
pours pinkish amber with a medium creamy head. Aroma is berry and grainy malt. Flavour is also raspberry, though not overpoweringly so. Neither too sweet or too tart. Light malt finish.


 iabeerguy (175), Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Smell of raspberries and it pours a amber color with a medium head. Flavor is grainy with raspberries on the back of the tongue. Decent beer.



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