Granite Brewery Ringberry Ale

Brewed by Granite Brewery (Toronto)
Style: Fruit Beer
Toronto, Canada

Tap at Toronto location. Porus a very light pinkish peach with a very faint violet tint - foamy thin white head. Aroma is slight raspberry and perfumey with phenolic spiciness, somewhat light jamminess as well. Flavor si light crackers with hust a touch of raspberry jelly on them- with more perfume, and off phenolics. Light and crackery finish.

Objectively speaking: Feels more or less like the ringwood ale in which a portion of raspberry juice was added.
I like: Not too subtle, you can guess raspberries were used without having the glass anywhere close to your nose.
I dislike: Not feeling particularly fresh and this is vital for a blonde fruit beer. More or less successful, the palate remains the same light-bodied, not particularly crisp palate than the ringwood, so does the appearance and the flavours are not a natural match where they could have gathered more appeal in a more complex malt blend.

on tap at the brewery in toronto. golden in colour with a tight white head. nice sweet raspberry aromas. flavour is initially sweet raspberry but this fades into pale malts and this finish is dry and tart. pretty solid and something id for sure have again. i dont think i could take a growler of this one but a few bottles here and there would be awesome.

Draft in Toronto. POurs golden with a slight colored tinge. The nose is heavy rspberry and the palate shows the same deep fruit flavor. This diminishes but you don’t get much after the hit of fruit.

draft at granite brewery in toronto. clean golden with almost no head, the aroma is rasberry and so is the flavor. i feel all rasberry beers are off balanced, and so is this one. so maybe it’s just me.

the description really sums it up, "light tasting raspberry ale" Very light as a matter of fact. i didnt care for this. Its wattery, and doesnt taste like much.

Sampled at Granite (Toronto). MR 14/07

App.: Light golden, clear, white head and maybe a hint of pink (or is that the power of suggestion...?). Aroma: Strong jammy raspberries, light malt background, maybe a little pine hops? Palate: Medium body, soft yet effervescent carbonation. Flav.: More strong raspberry jam, a little malt and hops, a touch of tartness and a surprisingly bitter finish (still quite low, mind you...).

[053-20060921] Tap @ Granite (Toronto, ON). Smells like raspberry fruit. Cloudy, light yellow body with a short-lived white head. Flavour is crisp and clean, mainly raspberry fruity-berry with hints of vanilla. Medium mouthfeel. Nice togetherness -- like the vanilla sweetness touch.