Selins Grove Framboise

Brewed by Selins Grove Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania USA

Hey, this is actually a little tart. I didn’t expect that. Has a snappy tartness and a sweet, sharp, dry raspberry fruit syrup flavor. Punchy and tart and prickly on the tongue. Resembles somewhat New Glarus Raspberry Tart, but less complex and less deep. Finishes pasty and mildly dry. Surprisingly good.

On tap at brewpub. Poured a deep ruby, slightly cloudy, under a pink fluffy head. Nose is huge fresh raspberries with underlying malt trying to peek through. Tart raspberry fresh off the vine taste over a sweet malty base that resembled maybe a light Brown Ale. Medium to full bodied with an almost still fine carbonation, great velvety finish. Gets a little cloying by the end of the glass, definately a 1/2 pint selection. They do good things with fruit here, this stands up to young New Glarus Raspberry Tart.

Draft @ Selin’s Grove. Pours a deep, red raspberry color; light pink head that fades to a thin perimeter of bubbles. Solid, sweet red raspberries and red fruit syrup in the aroma; basic legitimate fruitiness. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of dense, red raspberry and red fruit character; a slight viscosity, almost syrupy, and reminiscent of strawberry / raspberry jolly ranchers; a mild cranberry-like tartness and acidity; relaxed carbonation. Medium, raspberries and sugar in the finish; a very slight stickiness.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours purplish red with lasting pink head. The aroma is intense raspberry and not a whole lot else. The flavor is fresh raspberry juice with a bit of a dryish malt finish. I don’t care for this type of over-the-top fruit beer, but the fruit is reasonably well done in this one.

On draft at the brewery. Pours a dark cherry red with a medium sized creamy pink head. Aroma of fresh raspberries and raspberry puree. Taste of tart raspberries and raspberry puree.

had on tap @ brewpub during 2nd visit. Half pint. Odd looking fungus like white collections of sud atop a raspberry puree body. Served not cold, more cool. I did not find this over-the-top or overly intense as some have mentioned. A medium sharp rasp tart bite, smooth and enjoyable. Actually I thought it was a tame in respect to Phoenix Kriek. Definately some overlap between the two, which is a good thing. These guys really nail fruit beers.

On draft at the Brewpub. Pours a dark hazy ruby red with some sediment. Great lacing. Aroma is tart raspberry. Flavor is sweet, fruity raspberry, and a mild tart finish.

A very, very berry beer. Sorry, couldn't resist. This was fruity and somewhat tart above all. Refreshing, but not in a beery way. Pleasing, but not something I'd order regularly. A smallish malt backbone and regular carbonation. Pleasing red in the glass. This would actually be better in summer when it would be more refreshing.