Upland Raspberry Lambic

Brewed by Upland Brewing Company
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Bloomington, Indiana USA

One oddity. The label indicates strawberries in front, but the fine print on the side indicates raspberries. Accidents happen. Bottle from bulldogp04. Thanks a bunch Dean. Sharing this one with Marcus. Pours a hazy orange color with virtually no head. Soft raspberry aroma. Near medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is mild raspberry. Very mild funk. Very pleasant. Finishes nicely tart.

Pours a hazy muddy color with a small almost no head. Aroma is slightly funky with a clear raspberry flavor. Sweeter taste. Slightly thin body and has a nice efervescence to it. Not overly complex but still nice to drink.

Another word of thanks to MrBunn for sharing this. Pours a dense milky orangewith a frothy head. Aroma is big of fresh raspberries and maybe a touch of tropical fruit. Very tart with a touch of sour.Taste is raspberries all the way. Low carbonation, finishes smooth.

Hazy rufous. Off-white head noisily fizzles into nothingness. Faintly lactic on the nose, but notably vegetal and sulfuric with merely a whiff of raspberry (puree). Scant carbonic prickles. Opens with restrained raspberry tones which fade into a short-lived lactic twang. Quickly loses structure as the body takes on an overwhelming flabbiness akin to apple jelly. Oak vaguely dusts the palate but is otherwise a non-factor. Little, if any, brightness to speak of, and the raspberry vibrancy or focus is curiously nonexistent. Sorely lacking depth in all aspects. Perceptible notes of plastic further compound the flatness of the structure and dull monotony. Finishes slickly, cloying, and flabby with lingering plastic and apple jelly. Not only is this beer utterly lacking in focus, structure, and brightness, it is truly uncanny how dirty it is. What little raspberry character is detectable, comes off as dull and artificial (cosmetics). Not much character to this. Basically a bland fruit beer timidly inoculated with sour cultures.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy and slightly pinkish orange. Aromas of raspberry, apricot, and other fruit. Flavor is a little punch of tartness up front, and then a bit of raspberry before fading back into a sour finish. It’s not quite sour enough for my tastes, but this is good stuff.

2008 batch, 750ml bottle. Mobile rating. Mostly clear pour white head cola carbonation. Nose: creamed lactic sharp semi-tart cherry syrup. Not completely natural. Spritzy somewhat sharp acidity, bile like lactic acid in the back. Smells like charcoal and old fireworks. Strange. Needs more body, more natural fruit an more natural carbonation, lacks softness. Lacks depth.

750 ml bottle shared by notalush, thanks Brandon! Pours a cloudy orange gold with a slight pink blush. Very pleasant aroma filled with tart raspberries along with a bit of barnyard funk. The flavor is equally enjoyable with tart raspberries abounding and just a bit of funk. Bright and lively on the palate.

Bottle at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Gathering. Pours a hazy bordering on opaque brownish amber. Raspberries abound, with a nice little touch of funkiness. Light crisp bright sourness. Light lactic, and light bitterness at the finish. Very tasty.