The first time I had this was from the tank before release, and it was a fun little beer with lots of tartness and bursting with raspberries. This latest sample, several years later, showed me again a bright red beer with a big, fresh, raspberry nose. The tartness in this second example was somewhat timid, more so than that first taste, and there is limited complexity. Really, I just want my berliner weisse straight up.

Looks like a ruby. Lovely raspberry juice color. Mellow nose lacks lacto sourness and is smooth and mellow. Thin, low carbonation. Not really tart and tastes like it might be past prime. Genuine raspberry flavors, slight tartness and decent amount of complexity but lacking umph.

Okay, so I felt a little less masculine drinking a glass of this purple elixir, but it was worth it - this one danced the line between refreshing tartness and lambic-like fruit skin sourness perfectly - a mild briny character slightly pushes things into lambic territory as well - however, it remains crisp, tart, and acidic, reminding you of the style it’s supposed to be - the raspberry was very forward, but never stole the spotlight from that full tartness and tongue-tingling acidity - sour without being palate-destroying (I could drink a whole growler of this), which is quite an accomplishment.

On tap a t the brewery. Flashy pink color, thin white head. This beer is really acidic, but also manage to give sufficient space to the delicious raspberry flavor. You can definitly taste the DDC! malt. Overall a sucess.

Verre de 20 oz, d’un fût à la brasserie. Arômes de framboises où pointe une légère touche d’acidité. Robe rouge, belle mousse rose. Plutôt sûre en bouche, les framboises sont très présentes et cachent quelque peu les autres caractéristiques de la bière. Celle-ci demeure tout de même peu sucrée pour une bière aux fruits. Intéressant.