Sly Fox Black Raspberry Reserve

Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: Fruit Beer
Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Name: Raspberry
Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!

dark red, wispy pink head, overly tart yet sweet raspberry aroma, huge carbonated raspberry flavor, light tartness, not much complexity

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(22oz bottle) Hazy purple body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, inviting raspberry. Taste is medium sweet, raspberry, some raspberry astringency, light wheat, seltzer. Light body, alcohol well hidden.

On tap at the Royersford locatoin. Poured a dark and hazy purple color with the same colored head. Aromas of, drum roll please, raspberries. The raspberry taste was less intense in the flavor and some wheat came out in the tastes as well. Lighter tart finish. Alcohol content hidden. I enjoyed this one.

750ml bottle-pours a bubbly purple head and deep red color. Aroma is raspberry. Taste is raspberry, seltzer carbonation , malt. A Smirnoff on steroids. Nice, but is it beer?

Very dry cork was difficult to remove, but greeted with a satisfying pop. A dark, cloudy purple pour. Small, fading off-white head. A surprisingly appealing nose. Perfumey raspberry nose with a fair dose of sugar, but focused, rich, inviting. I do not get much outside the fruit from smelling, but I love what I get, it still feels fresh and never artificial, never syrupy. A faint wheat undertone shows up in mouth, where the raspberry intensity loses some of its juiciness. It would have kept its high scoring potential for me if the finish was not so abruptly short. Without being particularly dry, the taste just cuts down immediately after swallowing. A great fruit beer is a rare thing. This one is very close to me.

Pours a murky dark mahogany ruby with a spotty, light pink head. Aroma has a big, fresh fruity raspberry character. Body starts a little thinner with an authentic, fresh ripe raspberry flavor and a touch of pale malt toward a drier finish with airy carbonation. An interesting raspberry beer, but a little thin.

Bottle from Doclock. Pours red with a pink head. Smells metallic with some pronounced raspberry notes. Taste is crisp and dry with raspberries there but not overwhelming you. Some hoppiness present as well. Very drinkable and enjoyable.

Deep red-purple colour with a bright red head. Great blackberry aroma, sweet fruity with a touch of peppery character in the back. Flavour is also quite fruity with peppery/wheaty notes. Lacks a lot of the acidity that I feel a beer like this needs to brighten up the flavour. Not bad, but could be better.