 jaymobrown (1298), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 6, 2008
There’s something that is quite difficult in rating fruit beers. Most of the time it’s, "Yep, it’s a raspberry wheat. What else do you want me to say?" That’s the case here. If you’ve had a raspberry wheat beer ever, you know what to expect and this is it. A fairly decent nose of some raspberry type. A thin feel with some vague raspberry and no wheat flavors. Not much to chew on. Well, there you go.
brewcrew2002 (17), USA
Aug 22, 2008 Nice beer has a refreshing rasberry taste. pours light brown with little to no head.
phishpond417 (1418), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 12, 2008 I tried to rinse my mouth of the awful taste of Blue Dawg, before i tried this one. but this too was dissapointing. Poured a clear brightly coloured golden with a thin white top, more like a white ring around the glass. Aroma was of sweet overly ripe raspberries and yogurt. Slightly grainy mouthfeel, taste initally is sweet but slowly morphs into watery body. 0 for 2 in fruit beers this evening.
unclemike (349), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Pours with a deep golden body with reddish highlights. The head is thin and quickly disappears and no lace is left on the glass. Strong raspberry aroma with a malty wheat background. Strong raspberry flavor with hints of maltiness. Tastes like a raspberry soda. I guess if I wanted to get drunk on raspberry soda I would drink this stuff. Smooth and light bodied with a soda like feel
GarrettB (410), Seattle, Washington, USA
Aug 1, 2008 I absolutely loved the Sea Dog Blueberry beer, and had high hopes that the Raspberry Wheat would live up to its brother’s good reputation. It begins with the thick white head and the light orange body, blushed with a little rose red. It’s more decorous than a wheat beer, but still plainly adorned. The aroma will be very familiar to drinkers of New Belgium’s Frambozen for some odd reason, though the Raspberry Wheat itself has a faint spritz of sugary raspberry that adheres well to the beer’s wheaty grain base. All this is quite lovely, except that crystallized sugar raspberry taste may be a little cloying. A sip or two and you can the impression your in a bath and beauty store. The raspberry flavor tries to push against the heavier, oppressive grain taste, but only enough to hint at the taste of extremely artificial, affected raspberries. It’s light and it’s floral, but chemically, and ultimately ends up tasting like a fruit scented shampoo. Once this industrial tap dance on the tongue is done, the flavor suddenly shifts to a dry wheatiness and then to a quick, effervescent aftertaste. I am sad to say that this in no way parallels the quality or applicability of the Blueberry beer from Sea Dog.
BrewDad (1657), Olympia, Washington, USA
Jul 31, 2008 12oz Bottle - Bier-One Bottle Shop - Newport, OR
Aroma – Nice malt and fruit aroma this was decent.
Appearance – Reddish amber in color, clear with a light head.
Flavor – A decent fruit beer had the flavor and the what malt was very nice A good beer.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, nice texture with a dry finish.
Overall – A nice fruit beer. I would like to have had more fruit flavor for this style but it worked. Great for the hot night.
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