 KAME (156), California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 14, 2009
Much more tart and sour than the Belgian Red makes this an equally fine beer. Pours a dark ruby red with a dark pink head. Aroma of tart raspberries and cherries. Flavor is solid and very tart, but still a little too sweet for my tastes. I wish it was dryer and less syrupy. I really enjoy the sour funk that is present, but I think it would benefit from being bottle conditioned with some live bacteria.
tokyogoat (567), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Pours medium red with a fizzy pink head.
Nose is heavy on natural fruits, smells like an organic fruit roll-up.
Taste is pure fruit juice, it actually reminds me of Manichevitz.
matt7215 (981), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 750 ml bottle aquired via negotiations with kw mat j. pours clear deep red with almost no head and minimal carbonation. the aroma is of tart raspberry. the flavour starts with raspberry but becomes much more. its complex and huge in the mouth. the spontaneous fermentation adds layers of flavour and this one takes a while to truly sink in. sometimes you just need to crack an amazing beer and today was one of those days. i wish i had more.
Block (379), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Red pour with minimal head. Flavor is very fruit and surprisingly raspberryish. Doesn’t have a cheap fruit flavor. Very easy to drink and a great beer to share.
bleeng (600), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 8, 2009 Shared with my girlfriend over Thanksgiving. Wonderful sweet, tart, and fruity nose-I had to sit down and stick my nose way inside the glass on this one. Very dark red with a foamy head. Taste is remarkable-fruity, tart, with the raspberries and nice ale flavors coming through. Easy to drink and the taste stays with you all the way through the beer. One of the best and easily equal of any Belgian fruit beers.
graham515 (430), Houston, Texas, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Pours a deep ruby red into the glass with a small reddish tinged head. Aroma is raspberry with a bit of an acid funk. Flavor is extraordinary with loads of raspberry coming through with a quenching quality to it. Phenomenal beer that has completely changed my mind about fruit beers!
weitz15 (77), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Very, very strong raspberry taste. Almost too strong. The aroma gives you a heads up on this. I’m not much of a fruit beer drinker, but this lives up to the hype.
madmitch76 (645), , Essex, England
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 9th September 2008. Dark pink beer with a pink head. Strong raspberry nose. Raspberry dominates throughout and treads a fine line between sweet and sour with sour just winning towards the finish. Refreshing and very very tasty.
SuzyGreenberg (1409), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 27, 2009 750 ml bottle - shared this w/ a few non-beer geeks after thanksgiving dinner; opens with a faint pop and pours a murky dark purple with faint purple bubbles along the edges; oh man, love the nose of pure raspberry pie and fruity goodness; just straight up, big raspberry with almost a chocolate note too; texture is thin with a creamy quality and fruity zing; hardly tart though IMO; in a way this is very one dimensional, but perfectly one dimensional and much more impressive to me than the 2 times i’ve sampled belgian red; having a big glass might have helped that though; the sweetness is muted and texture/flavor detail becomes much more complex as it warms; great stuff that really lets the raspberries shine and perhaps the best fruit beer i’ve had
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