 fata2683 (835), Panama City, Florida, USA
Oct 30, 2009 bottle shared with my wife, pours deep ruby with a tall frothy light tan head. Aroma is tart raspberry with some cherry and sugar. Flavor is nice and sweet raspberry jam with just a hint of tart cherry in the finish. Very nice for a fruit beer, I think the sweetness is balanced with a mellow tart dryness.
CH47 (5), Kansas, USA
does not count  Oct 28, 2009 Nose is quick with fresh raspberries and crushed apple however the yeast doesn’t talk much. The palete intro is of bubbly champagne followed by a rush of fresh raspberries. This beer shows proper earthiness for a fruit beer mid palate. I can even taste the little crunchy bits! Finish is proper and tart leaving you wanting another sip. Overall, a delightfully bubbly beer for sure to please anyone who is so lucky.
cking (1001), North Canton, Ohio, USA
Oct 28, 2009 Ruby red body with a small filmy head and little to no lacing. Tons of real raspberry aroma, granted it’s fairly one dimensional but it’s done really well. Easy going, mildly tart and sweet. A refreshing and spritzy body. Some biscuit is picked up on the flavor, but it’s primarily a showcase for the wonderfully fermented raspberry taste. Fresh, lively and tart with a nice sweetness. Top shelf fruit beer, I would love this on hand all year long.
ksurkin (354), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Oct 24, 2009 750ml bottle thanks to gandgkevin, crushed with LJ! pours a bright, ruby red color with a light pink, bubbly head and very nice lacing. aroma is wonderful with huge, fresh raspberries and light touches of candied cherry, red grapes, and vanilla flowers. flavor is fantastic as well with juicy, sweet raspberry notes up front backed by mouth puckering berry tartness, vanilla, sweet caramel notes, and a touch of spice cake. palate is bright, crisp, and medium bodied with a tart, fruity finish. overall, another wonderful fruit beer from New Glarus.
nickd717 (1265), Palo Alto, California, USA
Oct 18, 2009 Bottle via trade. This is just as good as the Wisconsin Belgian Red (i.e. it’s f&%@ing awesome). Pours a brilliant ruby color with a lasting off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is intense raspberries. That’s just about all there is to it, but it’s great. Flavor is loads of fresh raspberry, oak, and vanilla, with maybe even a hint of chocolate. Both sweet and mildly tart. Body is medium and palate is incredibly smooth and creamy, with an amazing long finish.
punkrkr27 (606), Berkley, Michigan, USA
Oct 15, 2009 Sampled at the Metro Detroit October 09 tasting. Ruby copper pour with a short lived white head. The aroma is sweet raspberries and brown sugar. More of the same in the flavor with a long, juicy, berry finish, a little chocolate, some tartness on the finish with lingering nutmeg and cinnamon. Awesome balance and complexity! Sticky, medium full body.
coyotehunter (542), , Michigan, USA
Oct 11, 2009 Bottle thanks to Dalezale. Raspberry and more raspberry. Aroma and flavor are all raspberry and Im lovin this. It borders on cloying but never quite gets there. Its just damn good. Very creamy smooth finish.
andersand (271), Malmö, Sweden
Oct 11, 2009 Nice deep red with a small pink head on top. Sweet cookie’ish raspberry aroma with somewhat odd yeast notes. Flavour is obviously raspberry but with earhy notes, cookies and other dessert related sweet flavours. The beer ends with a nice light bittersweet and rather tart flavour that reminds me of the seeds in freshly picked raspberrys. Body is quite full with very finetuned carbonation.
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