Mishawaka Raspberry Wheat

Served a pinkish/vermillion under wispy white (not offensive to look at, but what ’’beer’’ looks like this, really?) Strong berries off the top, nutty late. Weird grainy fruit flavor, Trix/Frankenberry combo. I can’t approve of this.

<font size=-4>Draught sample, October 2008, <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/indiana/mishawaka/mishawaka-brewing-company/1031.htm>Mishawaka Brewing Company, Mishawaka, IN 46545</font>

Courtesy of stfun. Pours amber and hazy with a white head. Smells of raspberries. Tastes of tarte fresh raspberryes. Not much else to say. The raspberries are at the forefront and taste like fresh raspberries in a wheat beer. Very nice!

12 oz bottle from party chalet in goshen, IN. First question out of GF’s mouth, "why is my beer orange?". That was a farely accurate description of the color, but with a pink tinge and with small lasting white/off-pink head. Very candy raspberry aroma with still a solid malt backbone, not as bad as people have made it out to be, maybe a fresher bottle/newer recipe. Cough syrup flavor though with rich raspberries, malt and some spice. Nice medium creamy body. Surprisingly nice and not grainy like a lot mediocre fruit beers, I ALSO think it has a beat and you can dance to it.

Pours red with small fizzy head and slight spotty lacing. Banana and raspberries on the nose. Nice fruity flavor, slightly watery.

Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

hazy dark yellow, creamy white head, lots of tiny bubbles, plenty of drippy lace, strong tart raspberry aroma with a touch of sweetness, light tart flavor with a good combination between wheat and raspberry tartness, just a hint of raspberry other than the tartness, dry finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Appearance: Pours a hazy, bright yellow body with a fizzy, pink-tinged head. Smell: Raspberry extract aroma. Taste: Raspberries with a light, sweet graininess. A cloying, candyish finish, but thankfully it goes away quickly enough. In both the aroma and taste, the raspberry flavor seems conspicuously artificial. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Watery and oh-so fizzy. Drinkability: It was a chore to finish, but I won in the end.

Pours a transparent effervescent bronze with an airy white head. Aroma of fresh, sweet sugary raspberries and a touch of pale malt. Body starts with s light malty sweetness and decent fruity raspberry character with some tart fruity balance toward a fairly clean, bittersweet finish. The raspberry flavor is pretty well done here.

bottle - Pours hazy orange with lots and lots of raspberry in the aroma and very little head. The flavor is sweet and full of berries. The body is light and a little watery. All in all this beer is quite mediocre.