 CharlesDarwin (1407), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
May 31, 2008
750mL Bottle. Faint fruitiness. A touch of caramel. Subtle and mild. Pours an ambered haze, with a golden fringe. A rim in whitish. Flavor is sweet and piquant in alcohol, strawberries, and spice. Fruity. A bit chewy. Not as complex as I would have expected. Salty. A little jam in the flavor. It’s not bad. A little dry and bitter. Dry and clean for a fruit beer. The seedy bitterness puts me off a little bit. A nip alcoholic. Middle of the road. In the end it’s just a little too plain for something that’s supposed to be so intense. And it’s not that I’m not appreciating subtlety or nuance, this beer just doesn’t get that deep and doesn’t really have any other attractive non-flavor qualities. Thanks Sean!
joergen (6529), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Oct 5, 2008 Bottle.
Clear red brown coloured with a small off white head.
Light acidic aroma of berries especially raspberries and blackberries.
Flavour of berries, especially raspberries and blackberries with notes of hops.
Hoppy and berryish finish.
Mette (146), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Oct 2, 2008 Shorts smagning med klubben. Mørk ravfarvet med et lille råhvidt skum. Lidt sød saft, spicy, masser af blåbær og jordbær (marmelade)
sunevdj (1472), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
Oct 1, 2008 Shorts tasting with The Club +a few. Pours a very hazy amber. Sweet and quite bitter with a berrylike sourness. Smells of fruits of the forest. Strong berry aromas especieally blackberries. Too much jam.
Theis (2212), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Sep 30, 2008 Bottle at home. Cloudy reddish - white head. caramelm berries, strawberries, black berries, fruity, malty sweetness, high sweetness, light nutty. Ok - Nice but onedimentional.
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 23, 2008 Updated: Sep 28, 2008Bright red pour, and a frothy white. Mostly a blackberry and blueberry aroma, with some papery acerbic character and a whiff of leafiness, and a dry rye woodiness. Minerals on the fruits, and some grass. Its somewhat raw earthiness is good and endearing.
Dry and soft on fruit flavor. Generally, the heavy vinous sweetness of the dark sweetness blends with the subtle rocky and basic tannin bitterness to make for a bland, merlot-like impression. Still, the textures imparted by the yeasts, and possibly the seedy qualities of the fruits, are kindly dry and detailed in earthiness and darkness, enough to make this a very pleasant experience. Main flavors are blueberries, and strawberries, and a grassy, honey-like sweetness that’s quite heavily influenced by earth and still, minerals.
Medium, calm texture; soft carbonation, and a reserved alcohol presence that only shows in a soft basic flavor in the finish; never any heat, but the tannins and the alcohol make for a somewhat boring, basic dry red wine ending; certainly a pleasant sensation, but just a bit simple.
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