Wittekerke Rosé / Rosarda

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Fruit Beer
Harelbeke, Belgium

Gene says "Ugh - it’s awful but it comes in a pink can, she’ll love it" and I do, I do!! Pink can with a green neon nakkid lady. Belgian White Beer w/Raspberries/ Def just like a Boones or White Zin - pretty pink and served out of a soda glass. So embarrassed to be drinking at Mahar’s but I"m def going to look for it at Oliver’s. Thinking about ordering it for my case LOL!! Love it, love it, love it. Keeping the can for a souviener Yay - A happy beer/wine... whatever you call it.

Damn whatamyone else says I like this. It did make me slightly embarresed to buy it because of the pink can obviously marketted at women. Also I know the bottled version would taste better. While the can gives it a slightly tinny taste the quality still comes through. The flavor tastes natural, unlike Lenies which tastes like nutra sweet. However it is a little too sweet. If they water it down slightly they could challenge the Lindemans. All in all pretty good

Can at fest. Red and clear in color with a nice fluffy head. Very hoppy fruity aroma. Rasberries. Very fruity hoppy flavor. Sweet. Not one for fruit beers but this was very good. Smooth. Very nice. Drinkable. Decent.

On tap, the wharf Aalborg. Orange/red colour with a white head. Aroma is rasberry. Flavour is rasberry, wheat and malt.

Fresh, fryity aroma, strong Raspberry taste really surprising, positively.

I ran into the beer cooler at The Party Source one day a few weeks back to grab some beer and a small hot pink can at the bottom of one of the import singles racks caught my eye. At first I thought that it had to be a misplaced can of energy drink or something, but to my surprise it was actually a can of beer. More specifically, the can proclaimed that is contained a "Belgian white beer with raspberries - The fruity pink." In addition to the expected water, malt, wheat, hops, and raspberry juice (10%), it also contains fructose, aspartame, and artificial raspberry flavor! Upon finding this interesting cal of beer, I immediately thought of my wife and decided to get it for her. She isn’t a really a beer aficionado, but likes likes sweet, fruity, and low alcohol beers in small servings, so this one could prove to be the perfect for her...

3/17/2007: Wittekerke Rosé is a cloudy peach color with a white frothy head and subsequent crown. My wife descibed the color as being similar to the color of grapefruit flesh. There is ample visible carbonation that seems to shoot from the bottom of the glass to the surface in extremely fast blasts. The aroma is a refreshingly tart blend of raspberry and cherry that is quite alluring. The flavor is tart raspberries and very reminiscent of a lambic (similar sourness and yeasty characteristics). The flavor is sweet, sour, and tart all at once. It is quite good and refreshing. The body is medium-light and it doesn’t feel overly carbonated in the mouth despite the flurry of visible carbonation bubbles. Overall my wife really liked this beer and asked me to get more (if I can even find it again!). To my surprise I actually liked this beverage as well, but you won’t catch me drinking it regularly or in public!

25 cl (8.4 oz) can, $1.55 from The Party Source. 4.3% ABV. Codes from the bottom of the can: 07-11-2006/L2 52001-16:51.

Smells like raspberries. A little lambicish in texture. Mostly though, the can and the carbonation remind me of energy drinks. Hard to think of it as beer.