Lost Coast Raspberry Brown

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Fruit Beer
Eureka, California USA

Draught, Yardhouse Palm Beach Gardens. Almost opaque dark brown with thin white head. Bright raspberry nose with dash of nutmeg--nice. Initial raspberry flavors round to mellow malts and pie crust. Solid effort, surprisingly good.

Pours a deep reddish brown with a small brown head. Aroma of raspberry, chocolate, malt goodness. Flavor is raspberry, chocolate, roasted coffee with a nice smooth finish. Decent brew, but the raspberry flavor was slightly faux.

Aroma: Mmmmm! Tangy raspberry sauce, Chambord, some cherry cola, and a hint of lime. Some roasted/chocolate malts and a touch alcohol also come through. Kind of reminds me of a raspberry truffle. Appearance: Looks like Sprecher root beer, deep brown with a creamy tan head. When held up to the light, it glows like cranberry juice. Head reduces to a smooth, cyclone-like swirl that floats atop the brew. Flavor: Dark, roasted malts and tart raspberries are the dominant flavors. There’s also a cherry soda character, but this is not overwhelmingly sweet or syrupy in the least. The finish is clean and hoppy. A well-balanced ale. Good stuff. Palate: Full-bodied and a tad tingly. Matches the flavor well. Overall: Would go great with a chocolate dessert!

Looks great at first glance. Pours a great deep ruby color with a thick, dense head. I was excited. I wasn’t too sure about buying a "fruit beer", but now, I had some high hopes. And then, it hit me. An aroma I can only describe as cheap raspberry perfume, the kind you find on sale at wal-mart or sketchy outlet stores. This couldn’t be my beer, I thought. My beer, mine, me, posikyle, king of beers; I could never be duped into buying a beer so horrible. But, then upon closer inspection, I saw a sheen (not unlike a diesel spill in a marina) splashed across the head. Well, I try not to judge books by their cover (or beers by their diesel-y head) so I took a big mouthful anyway. Big mistake. Big. Effing. Mistake. This is not beer. This is at best an amalgamation of cheap perfume, wax, diesel, and a hint of vegetable oil. Absolutely disgusting. I swallowed what I had on my tongue and poured the rest down the drain (I try not to waste beer, because, hey, there are poor sober kids in Somalia, but I made an exception for this one) and washed out my palate with a tall glass of water. Then, not more than a minute later, I found myself on the floor, curled up in the fetal position with the worse stomach pain I’ve had in a while (last time was when I went to El Torito and had their Queso Enchilada plate. Yuck.). Bottom line is, don’t buy this beer. Not only is it horrible, but it will attack you once it gets in your stomach. Absolutely terrible. I’ve never met a more belligerent beer in my life. I wonder if this is just some bad joke from Lost Coast.

Exactly as I expected it to taste by looking at the label... If the label had a bottle of raspberry syrup on it instead of real raspberries.

Smells of roasted malts, toasted bread, caramel and fruits. Looks Clear pale brown with disapating head. Tastes as it smells except with rasberry syrup and coke a cola. Feels very light and watery and has cabonation like a soda pop. Could use more body and authentic rasberry flavor.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur rouge brune et claire. Nez fruité (framboises sucrées, traces de cerises), léger de chocolat et avec des notes de houblon herbeux, de malt aux notes rôties et de noix. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-élevé et une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyen goût fruité (framboises et notes de sirop de framboises, traces de cerises noires) avec de faibles traces boisées (bois humide) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un léger goût de malt légèrement rôti (très faibles notes brûlées) avec des notes de chocolat noir et des traces de caramel puis en finale l’on retrouve une moyenne-légère amertume de houblon herbeux et légèrement floral accompagné d’une légère aigreur asséchante fruitée (framboises) ainsi que des notes de noix rôties. Post-goût moyen et plutôt sec, léger-moyen amer de houblon herbeux, fruité (petit goût âcre résiduel de la framboise), léger de rôti et avec des notes de chocolat noir.

Thanks to Homerwantsbeer for sharing a bottle. This beer pours a clear brown color with hints of red around the edges. Medium thin off-white head with decent retention, and stringy lacing. Mild raspberry and chocolate in the nose. Medium-bodied with sweet malt and raspberry flavors along with a touch of caramel in the background. The finish is short with tart raspberry flavor. Overall this beer is pretty one-dimensional and uninteresting.