Jasper Ridge Rockin Raspberry Wheat

Brewed by Jasper Ridge Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Ishpeming, Michigan USA

On draught at the brewpub in Ishpeming, Northern Michigan. Pours a semi-clear golden pale colored brew with an average sized off-white head that slowly dissipates to a thin white ring and leaves behind some spotty lacing. Aroma of powdered raspberry koolaide® with a hint of golden grain malt. Flavor is light to medium bodied, a tad sweet with raspberry extract, golden grain malt, a touch of wheat and some white bread. Finish continued the powdered raspberry flavor then a crisp finish that quickly disappears.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a light hazed orange, with a thin rim of white above. Cloying candy and Christian book store aroma. Perfumed, overly sweet-smelling, and buttery. Flavor is a bit of sickly, wheat and raspberry candy. This is firmly backed with a disgusting wash of old-person candy-store dust, leftover easter candy and grade-school teacher perfume. Ick. This shouldn’t be allowed to be called beer. Not ridiculous sweet, but the raspberry sugar mars the whole profile of this beer, from start to finish. I guess I won’t be trying the Blueberry Wheat here.

On tap at the brewery. Cloudy, dirty light orange-brown body, thin off-white head. Raspberry nose, not much else. Light, creamy palate, the bready wheat and earthy, dull esters balanced nicely by the raspberry extract. I much prefer this to the blueberry version, though it is a bit weird to rate a beer differently based on the extract. Ah, well.

On tap at the brewpub, Ishpeming MI. Pale yellow colour with a very faint haze. Lasting white head with insistent carbonation. Soft, fragrant raspberry aroma. The underlying beer seems rather bland so the raspberry flavour comes through quite strongly even though it isn’t the most intense. Unfortunately, the mouthfeel was a little soapy. Not too sweet.

enjoyed on tap at the brewery, alongside the blueberry wheat. they seem to be the same malt and hops recipe with different fruits added, but the brewery did not have any raspberries to add to the glass (unlike the blueberries!) light and refreshing with surprisingly little wheat/yeast presence, which i prefer. fun and dry, at least worth a shot if you’re in the area.