Hurricane Reef Raspberry Wheat Ale

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Melbourne, Florida USA

Name: Hurricane Reef Raspberry Wheat
Date: April 05, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Beerfest, Classic City
Appearance: hazy orange, fine white head
Aroma: sweet raspberry aroma, light fruity tartness
Flavor: light raspberry flavor, sweetness does not overpower the wheat
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

12oz bottle acquired in trade with daknole (thanks!). Poured a medium and slightly hazy orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Lots of raspberries in the aromas. Extract and artificial. Tastes of raspberries (less than aromas) and wheat. Some lacing left on the glass.

Fairly well balanced, but too thin. There’s not really much here. It’s definitely light and smooth, but it could use more of everything. The raspberries are a nice touch.

Bottle... Clear amber ale with a small, creamy, white head. Good retention. The aroma is of fresh raspberries. There are also raspberries in the flavor, but they aren’t overstated or obnoxious. Low sweetness; moderate bitterness. Light to medium-bodied and watery with lively carbonation. Crisp, refreshing, lightly bitter finish.

12oz bottle-pours a little fizzy white head with light red/gold color. Aroma is raspberry, wheat. Taste is raspberry, dry, wheat.

Bottle courtesy of dchmela. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of buttery raspberries. Tastes of honey, a touch of raspberries, wheat, sugar. finishes slightly tarte.

Dark golden color with a taller, somewhat creamy looking ecru colored head. Raspberry jelly scents, along with a hint of dough. Smells like raspberries, so no deceptive labeling here. Much drier in flavor than the aroma suggest. Initial bit of malt followed by a dry not quite ripe raspberry taste. Finish is grainy and has some dry grass or weeds. Linger is fairly short with some grains and raspberry pulp.

Bottle: Light hazy amber color, thin head, nice lacing. Nose of light raspberry, sweet extract type raspberry along with some light tossed up malts. The flavor is a bit sweet, but is overpowered with the raspberry flavor, but that fake raspberries you get in the instant pancake mix packaging. Finishes light, thin. Eh, a typical fruit beer, nice to see it leaning on the extract rather than the musky wheat like usual in this ho-hum raspberry wheats. Thanks Degarth.