Brewery: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Country: USA
ABV: 4.5%
Style: American Wild Ale
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Wild ale aged in oak with raspberries.
My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.06
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9
Intro: A 375ml bottle with surprisingly no bottled on date (not sure when they removed the date from the back label). Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A very nice ruby candy red colour with a two finger pinkish head that dissipated fairly quickly and left sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart and candy raspberry with hints of grape and oak.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour raspberry, raspberry jam and apple cider with a hint of oak. It’s not as fruity as expected as the base wild ale is quite noticeable.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This looked great and as I poured it out, I had high expectations. However it’s taste fell a bit flat and one dimensional compared to other sour and wild ales with raspberries. It’s still quite good, but just not as complex as it could be.
Brewery: Mikkeller ApS
Country: Denmark
ABV: 3.7%
Style: German Berliner Weisse
Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij
Brewer Description: (from can) Berliner-style Weisse beer brewed with raspberries.
My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.22
My ratebeer.com rating: 4
Intro: A 500ml can with a best before date of 1st March 2018. Poured into a stemmed Mikkeller tasting glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy light ruby cherry red colour with a just over one finger light pinkish colour head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Wheaty, sweet candy raspberry with a hint of tartness.
Taste: Tart-ish, lightly sour lemon and sweet candy jammy raspberry.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and refreshing beer especially for the summer. A good raspberry Berliner.
Brewery: Almanac Beer Co.
Country: USA
ABV: 6.8%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Farm to barrel
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Sour blonde ale aged in wine barrels with raspberries.
My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.22
My ratebeer.com rating: 4
Intro: A 375ml bottle, bottled in Fall 2016. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy orangey pink (salmon-ish) colour with a one finger white head that dissipated quickly and sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet raspberry jammy, oak with a hint of mustiness.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, raspberry jam, oak and lemon.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light to medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: A nice crisp, relaxing and enjoyable drink.
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