St. Ambroise Framboise

Brown bottle in a tube, 341 ml, best before 31JAN08, savoured on November 16 2007; eye: grape juice, hazy, no effervescence, nice creamy pinkish head that lasts, lots of lacing; nose: raspberry, caramelized malt, lightly stale, caramel, light acidity; mouth: creamy, light malt, raspberry, start to become quite sweet but that is fortunately stopped by the acidity of the fruit, finale in malt where the raspberry is becoming more and more present, lighstly sweet and acidic, medium body, creamy but a bit thin of a texture, average carbonation; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune dans un tube de carton, 341 ml, meilleure avant 31JAN08, savourée le 16 novembre 2007; œil : jus de raisin, voilée, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse rosée crémeuse qui perdure, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : framboise, malt caramélisé, légèrement éventée, caramel, légère acidité; bouche : crémeuse, légèrement malté, framboise, commence à devenir très sucrée mais l’acidité du fruit arrive juste à point pour contrer cette vague de sucre qui s’en venait, finale en malt mais où la framboise devient de plus en plus présente, légèrement sucrée et acide, corps moyen, texture crémeuse mais un peu mince, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : correct

Gorgeous tube packaging, 5% a/v from the LCBO Pours a very deep ruby red colour with a nice pink head. The nose is obviously raspberry but also some other berry scent too. The taste is just fantastic with a nice raspberry jam flavour (trust me, it works better then it sounds) with a nice light body and a great palate with an excellently long reminder of the sweet beer you’ve just drank. Ive always liked St Ambroise and this is definetly the best raspberry beer Ive ever had.

Bottle from the LCBO in fancy and expensive packaging. I poured it into a champagne flute because I was feeling pretentious, and it looked fantastic! Rocky white head and a cloudy dark pink body underneath. The aroma definitely contained raspberries, but I also thought I smelled blackberries. Either way, it was exceedingly fresh. Thick raspberry taste, married to a light carbonated body. I imagine that this is very much a summer beer because of its freshness, and lack of complexity. A good thirst quencher and a good beer.

341ml Bottle in a Sexy Tube: What tremendous packaging, you almost can’t help but purchase it! They figured out a way to make me buy another fruit beer after having swore off them. The pour was cloudy and a pinkish-red, low level of foamy head. The aroma is heavy in raspberry, which is good, with hints of yeast and some spicy elements. All downhill from here - this is heavily carbonated and thick in berries. I’d hoped they’d treat it more like their Apricot Wheat with some subtle fruit and decent hopping, but instead the fruit is more at the forefront with little to find elsewhere. Not my thing.

nice beer, dark almost purple color, some decent foam but didn’t last long, nose is not overpowered by the fruit but well balanced with some good malt and some woody smells, not too thin has good berry flavor but also can taste some mild hops and decent malt, good beer.

Normally I wouldn’t bother giving a fruit beer a 2nd look, especially at 4 bucks. But for some reason I decided to give er a try and was not disspaointed. Not a sweet or sour beer by any means, there is a pleasant berry tartness that really quenches a thirst. Also, impressive deep red colour with short lasting head...mild berry aroma. Overpriced but a winner nonetheless.

Bottle: Murky dark copper-red with a small off-white cap...aromas of berry fruit over the destinctive aromas of a dark ale....hoppy/malty Tastes pretty much like it smells. Richer ale base than any fruit beer I have encountered..nice dry tart finishg with a metallic twang in the after taste. Decent enough but over hyped and not worth 4 bucks a bottle.

Cloudy red amber brown. Pink tan head... really cool looking. Raspberry aroma with faint matls lingering on through... Flavour is light raspberry with lingering malt... They balance out quite well with each other with a very light bitter hint hanging off my tongue. Over all finish was slightly dry with a medium body. Not bad!