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Great Divide Wild Raspberry Ale

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5312.93/5.02.93/5.05.6%68.4Flute
Commercial Description:
Great Divide's mantra is that real fruit makes real beer, so Great Divide ferments Wild Raspberry Ale with hundreds of pounds of real red and black raspberries. Wild Raspberry Ale is a truly effervescent, ruby red ale that achieves the almost impossible balance between malted barley and tart raspberry fruitiness. Its naturally tart character makes Wild Raspberry the ultimate accompaniment to spicy Mexican food or on its own as a stand-alone session beer.
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 KawaBomber (193), New Jersey, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/103/58/20
Jan 7, 2009  
12oz Bottle: Pours an odd pinkish amber with a massive off-white head that leaves some crazy formations as it splits. No lacing though, which I found odd. Aroma is musty/sour with subtle raspberry. Flavor is rather foul...kind of malty with an odd, almost chemical, sour taste and some weak raspberries thrown in. Finish is bitter. I don’t know, I think I may have let it sit around too long. I hope it’s not supposed to taste like this, that’s for sure...


 djd07 (739), Houston, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/514/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a medium frothy white head. Good spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma is a sweet rasberry and dark fruit. The taste is a very sour fruit with a bitter finish. A decent fruit beer from Great Divide.


 drjay44 (787), Salida, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/510/20
Dec 31, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a large head, with some lacing, over a clear reddish body.....nose is of fruits with a heavy organic chemical overtone.....tastes of mild hops with heavy fruit overtones...light in the mouth. I did not care for this combination.


 corby112 (722), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Pours a clear cherry-red color with a very slim head that quickly dissolves, leaving no lacing. Aroma is dominated by sweet raspberries and other tart fruit with a slight touch of hops. Nicely balancd with sweet, sour and malty notes as well as a tart berry presence. A little syrupy but not too sweet with a slight bitter dry hoppy finish.


 hirigalzkar (576), Stockholm, Sweden
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Bottle. Orange-red colour. Pink head. Aroma of raspberry sweetness and a small sourness. Fruity taste of raspberrys. Kind of watery beer with a thin body.


 finol (499), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/511/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Bottle from Barley Wine (Copenhagen) Red hazy beer with lots of carbonation and yeast. The head is off white to pink in colour. The aroma is sweet and dominated by raspberrys. The taste contains raspberrys, fruitiness, acid, some yeast and an unfamiliar bitterness.


 jrmac (213), USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/54/103/58/20
Oct 31, 2008  
A good fruit beer. Big raspberry flavor. Body is thin and to be honest I am surprised Great Divide is making this brew. Women seem to love it.


 TikiE (360), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 23, 2008  
Bottled: kind of aged this one, waiting on it...for some reason. Pours a ruby color with a white head that lasts. Smells of berries and tastes like the best fruit beer I have ever had. Im not a big fan until this beer and probably only this beer!



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