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Not a beer that I would normally go for or buy, but given New Glarus's 25+ year record of excellent fruit beers, this deserves at least one 4-pack of attention. Paid around $11 for 4, 330 mL cans in Madison, WI. Color is an extraordinary, raspberry...
16 oz can. File under, "I'll drink anything once." An astonishingly clear, golden-yellow body. I might even say alarmingly so! Head is there briefly, and there's even a little lace. Nose is mostly a striking combination of artificial fruit esters....
The usual Bon Secours presentation with the "Grolsch" flip top. best Before End 12/25. Mid-brown, relatively drab colored body, but a lovely fluffy, well-retained head with good lace. Nose and initial tastes definitely give up some level of...
Look, if you know what you're getting into here you're likely to be fairly content. A beer from Van Steenberge with that classic, huge, sweet cherry note is only going to end one way. This doesn't surprise or shock in any way. Slightly clouded,...
A relatively new Lindemans lambic blend (2023). Also see D'OR. Classic Lindemans cassis type pour with a dark red body and a pinkish hue on the head. Head is really well-retained and provides some good lace. The nose has a plenty of dark berries of...
A relatively new Lindemans lambic blend (2023) that wears their traditional, high sweetness as a badge of honor. I mean there's no two ways about this, it's extremely sweet and if that's not what you appreciate you'd be better of staying away from...
Dark brown/purple pour with a head to match. Aroma is all raspberries but without an overwhelming element. Moderate head, lace and retention are what we would expect - minimal. Very fruit forward without being medicinal. It is sweet, but it has a...
Blended in 2015. Pretty familiar with this beer, been drinking it on and off for the best part of 20 years. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this beer feels a lot - I mean a lot - like Goudenband, one of my favorite beers of all time. The pour is...
550 mL bottle in the usual Sam Smith's fruit series presentation. This bottle came from Horrocks in Battle Creek, MI. Aggressive pour serves up a pitted white head that is not too well retained, on top of a pretty, bright orange body. Tiny amounts...
Much the same as its sister beer, Two Rivers Noir in many respects. After cracking the cap there is an intriguing foam that protrudes out of the top of the bottle, as if it is fermenting - it is bottle-conditioned. Poured head is that of a soda....
Well this might be interesting ... 33cl bottle. Pour gives a cherry-red, brownish body with a pink tinge to the effervescent head. Bubbles fade fairly fast to yield some lace and thin film on the surface of the beer. Nose has mainly an artificial...
Well … it is what it is. Various shades of red in the body that range between dark burgandy to alarmingly red, depending on the way that the light hits the beer. The moderate head is slightly pink - again dependent upon the light source - and it...
I suppose if all the hate directed at Leffe is really deserved, this is the beer that ought to take it on the chin to the greatest extent. As a fan of several Leffe beers (that gets me lots of stick), even in my sympathetic eyes, this is a weak...
I love several Logsdon beers, I generally enjoy a wine influenced beer, and farmhouse funk is certainly part of my ‘favorite style’ profile. All good, things seem set fair here, then … or is it? Head is that of a soda. Fizzy but disappeared...
Second in the 25th anniversary series. Collaboration with Gigantic. I do like a Mezcal barrel. I've come to learn that. Tangerine colored pour (appropriately enough) with a modest white head. Retention a little below average. Nose and tastes do...
330 mL, 11.2 fl oz. Orange mid amber pour with better than expected head, retention and lace. Strong fruity nose. Very sweet - no surprises there, but at the same time quite clean. Apricot as much as peach for me. Peach juice added and it’s very...
Actually didn't read the notes on this properly and thought it might have been a Flanders Red or dark Belgian - whoops! Still, not so bad! Brownish red pour with a nice, frothy well built head. Some lace. Woody cherries in the nose are not...
22oz bottle, Gose with Yuzu juice added. Bottled 12/18/13. First to greet the senses is an extremely odd smell. I guess that's the juice?! Clouded yellow body. Nice frothy head. An obvious light ethanoic acid note in the nose as well. This tastes...
From notes. Purchased as a 12 oz single form the beer store a few miles north of the Dogfish Head brewpub (Atlantic Liquors?) in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Anyway, interested to try this. Apparently so-named because it will appear 'between' their other...
Pour is a black-cherry colored affair with a bright pink head. Obviously not much retention or lace on the froth. Nose is pretty rich on the raspberry note (hardly shocked) but it is comforting that it's rich. The tastes are totally dominated by a...
The latest in the Midnight Project Series (brew four) from the Left Hand and Terrapin collaboration. More, somewhat juvenile naming. Label describes this as "Ale with Peaches added'. Brewed with peaches form Georgia and Colorado. They grow peaches...
22 oz bottle, somewhere between $7.99 and $8.99 in most Atlanta retailers. The gold foil and the vivid blue of the label make this an attractive package externally. The pour (a rich, almost black color with a super head and some nice lace) match...
This isn't complex but it is insanely drinkable. The pour offers light, pinkish hue to the head, but a decidedly copper/garnet body. Head isn't that well mainted, scant lace. Light berries hit the nose and this is carried into the tastes. At 8.9...
12 oz can as a single from Mac's. New style can with different colors from the first time I had this (used to be green, orange and white, now baby blue is the dominant color). Hazy but VERY bright orange color. Poor head and retention, and the beer...
OK, the cap for this beer has "The Perfect Summer Beer" emblazoned across it so it is certainly not afraid to declare where it thinks it is in the grand scheme of things. I like the confidence, I wonder if I will like the beer. As folks that are...
12oz single, courtesy of Kevin - thanks mate. A clouded, "orangey", copper colored pour with some scant white head but a lack of much presence or lace. A somewhat attractive blueberry based fruit aroma comes off the beer, even when quite cold. This...
12oz bottle in the usual New Belgium presentation. 20FEB11 is dot-matrixed on the label. New Belgium has been in the GA market for sometime, but this beer is a relatively new entry. Single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a really...
12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Kraig tried to talk me out of this, but I KNEW that I would like it and I was glad that I went with my gut on this one. The beer pours a hazed, peach/pinkish color with a better than expected head....
Thanks to Kevin for the 12 oz stubbie bottle. In a nutshell, one of the nastiest beers in recent memory. The pour is a surprisingly dark orange, almost marmalade color with a HORRIBLE fizzing associated with it. Pours like a soda with no head or...
11.2 oz bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. My bottle is the "Framboise" that I'm pretty sure is the US version of "Rose". To be honest, I'm NOT against this kind of beer as a matter of principle, but having tasted this beer it's not something...
Arrived in GA a few days ago so this is my first engagement with the much, much hyped Bruery. In many cases it's not possible for the brewery to control the hype-train, but I'm really not sure how much good all of the hysteria ultimately, actually...
22 oz bottle, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Side Project #8. Dark garnet pour with an minimal amount of lace and head. Very nice color and excellent depth. Nose is typical for the style with plenty of poorly defined spice but also lots of cinnamon...
12 oz single as part of a recent haul in Virginia. Stubbie bottle as per Founders presentation. A difficult to describe color; something between a mauve, hazed purple and the skin of light colored plum. Head is minimal, lace follows suit. Nose...
22 oz bottle with the same basic artwork as the bottled DP but with a blue & white theme rather than the red & white. $5.79 from Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. I agree that the associated text on the bottle in relation to the name has...
12 oz can. Poured into the Tücher Weizen 500 mL glass, the beer produces a light straw-like color, clouded appearance and a lack of much head at all. Lace is pretty much non-existent. Nose reveals something fruity, although frankly it is difficult...
On Tap. Seasonal special with 17(?!) IBU's and 5.0% ABV as advertised on the blackboard behind the bar. Murky, pink appearance with a good head and excellent lace. Drinks almost exclusively like a fruit beer so I categorized it NOT as a Hefe,...
12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Light orange pour with a soapy, thinnish head that fades quickly. Despite this the head imparts some decent, sticky lace - better than I was expecting. Nose is a fairly strong, summer fruit aroma. It...
22 oz bottle, Total Wine, Perimeter, Atlanta, GA, USA. The usual Rogue, screen-printed presentation. Very difficult to believe that I have not yet reviewed this brew, but here it goes. Pour is a mid-orange with some nice soapy head. Head is...
Another pretty dreadful effort from the sham of a "brewery" that is Hilton Head Brewing Co. An extraordinary beer in many ways. Firstly the color is essentially that of a Pale Ale or perhaps even an IPA. It has a mid-amber hue which would be fine...
Additional notes 07/06/23 (pictured) 14 years on the notes and experience are basically identical. Sam color, same nose and tastes, same attitude. Original notes 07/02/09 550 mL bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Poured into a wine glass. Pour...
Additional notes 06/20/23 (Pictured) Now $7.99 for the 550 mL bottle, from Horrock's Market, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. Fourteen years on, and almost identical thoughts to those that are given below. Strong raspberry seed on the nose, and still...
Be afraid, be very afraid! I would imagine that many Germans are utterly appalled by this! Interesting purchase; $0.99 for this bottle, and $0.99 for the lemon and the orange versions, BUT I purchased all three along with a Stone RIS! I was...
Be afraid, be very afraid! I would imagine that many Germans are utterly appalled by this! Interesting purchase; $0.99 for this bottle, and $0.99 for the cola and the orange versions , BUT I purchased all three along with a Stone RIS! I was...
Be afraid, be very afraid! I would imagine that many Germans are utterly appalled by this! Interesting purchase; $0.99 for this bottle, and $0.99 for the cola and the lemon versions, BUT I purchased all three along with a Stone RIS! I was wondering...
$1.35 from Green's on Buford as a single. Well, it is what it is, no more and no less so in that respect one cannot be too disappointed. Twist-off cap yields a strangely colored, orange/pinkish body with a light, fizzy head and some very light...
Extraordinary, pale pink clear liquid that looks like a few drops of blood have been added to a macro lager. Carbonation is on the high side with a white head and some lace. Crisp in the mouth, the beer offers little in the way of taste. VERY macro...
$1.50 for the 12 oz single from Green's, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a bright orange affair with a slight cloudy character and some haze. A few floaties too. Head is a simple, 1/4 inch affair with decent retention but a lack of any lace. Aroma has an...
Having been mightily impressed with my first Baird Brewing beer that I tried last week (Natsumarkin), I was delighted to find this 22 oz bottle at Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. $7.99 for the bomber. Pour is a magnificent, hazy, dark orange...
Picked this 22oz bomber up from Green's, Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA for $8.99.Tangerine pour with a high head and nice lace in the Duvel tulip. Head fades quite quickly to yield a spotty lace and collar. Nose offers a soft citrus note, but not very...
Delighted to get this in a recent trade with Brad007. Sparing the details, he went to a lot of trouble to get this to me so major thanks go out to him. Delighted to have the opportunity. Thanks man! 32 oz mini-growler. I like the smaller size....
Right out of the box, I think it would be really interesting to do a blind taste comparison between this beer and something like Lindemans Cassis. I think this beer would do better than one would anticipate. 12 oz single from Tower on Buford,...
12 oz single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. Bottled on 02/12/08. Pour is a lacklustre, perfectly clear golden pour. The film of head that form on the surface of the beer is light and there is no lace. Nose reveals a strong, sherry like liquor...
$1.00 for a 12oz single from Trader Joes, Sandy Spring, Atlanta, GA, USA. Best Before May 2009, screw top. BA mmmbeer makes the following useful notes in his review of this beer; "It says Kennebunkport Brewing Co., yet the beer (as per the label)...
22 oz bottle from Josh as part of a recent trade - nice one, thanks man! Surprisingly dark pour. I was expecting a blueberry wheat affair along the lines of a Sweetwater Blue. Instead I got an amber body and a decent head. In fact, on reflection...
Additional notes 08/13/23 (pictured) Not as sweet or cough syrupy as one might think, it's still as drinkable (on rare occasion) as it has been over the years. The fruit is prominent, but it has a light, tart cherry edge. has a lot of the 1970s and...
12 oz bottle as a single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. Pours a distinctly urine colored body with zero head and zero lace. Nose is a fruity alcohol with the emphasis on an acidic cider like angle. Drinks in a similar fashion to the nose with...
12 oz single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. I didn't know that this was made by Thomas Creek before I bought it, and to be honest, had I known I would have probably passed. Almost everything from them has been a HUGE mess. Ho Hum, let's try...
12oz single bottle from Mac's Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Part of the mixed sixer for $7.99. Not a big fan of Abita in general, so coupled with the style, I did not have high hopes. The beer turned out to be marginally more drinkable than expected,...
12 oz single. Sam's Blue Light, Durham, NC, USA. The third time I've had this - first time review. Pour is as black as night with (after the fizzing carbonation of the initial pour) no head or lace to speak of. Dead looking. Thinnish body with an...
Pictured 07/20/24 Original notes 04/18/08 Thanks go out to brickstoredave (and Lucy Saunders) for the chance to try this beer - something I've been waiting on for some time. 750mL with the usual wax-dipped neck presentation. Having had the Belgian...
12oz bottle as part of the Longshot mixed sixer, $7.99 at The Wine Shop, Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA, USA. Notched July 2008. Poured into the Sam Adams glass the beer has great clarity and initially a light, frothy head. The head fades quickly...
12oz single as part of CEO/Old Farts BIF - thanks go out to BA Vancer. Oh dear. Insipid pour reveals a worryingly pale, cloudy yellow body. Small head leaves quickly and the lace is non-existent. Aroma is a strong Peach one. Mouthfeel is pretty...
12oz single from Mac's Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Part of a mixed $7.99 sixer. I hated the regular UFO (thought it was AWFUL on draft and in the bottle), so I was worried about this. Poured into the Sweetwater Pilsner glass it has a pretty good...
12oz bottle as part of a recent trade (Bleedingshrimp? Sorry I forgot). Dirty, rust colored pour, very murky. No head retention - little lace. Not attractive at all. Mild sour notes. Not much aroma to speak of. No distinct cherry flavor, but a...
12oz bottle. From a recent trade - not sure who, but thanks a whole bunch. Bright red color - a bit like that artificial sweet and sour sauce that you sometimes get with Chinese takeway (take-out for the Americans amongst us). A really genuine...
Well, well, well, you never know what's going to happen, do you? I pop into Taco Mac in Douglasville, GA, USA for a quick beer on a Saturday afternoon, and they are giving out 16 oz cans of this stuff for free - being a true BA, I felt I HAD to a...
Pictured 06/09/24 Definitely black cherries, and this doesn't seem anywhere as sweet as it has in the past to me. Changing palates I suppose. Original notes 10/26/07 I've enjoyed the Kasteel range in the past because they have been really quite...
This had been on my Wants list for a long time and I eventually caught up with it on my recent trip home to England. A few weeks after returning from the UK, up it pops in GA! I'm pretty sure this is a new addition to the USA, let alone GA. Anyway,...
At The Jerusalem Tavern with one of my closest friends - could it be any better? St. Peter's does it for me all the time, and this is no exception. Simple looking brew with an darkish, amber body the looks a little thin. Decent head, some lace and...
12 oz single for Mac's, Atlanta, GA, USA as part of the $6.99 mixed sixer. OK, let's be quite clear about the problem here. The original Shandy is made with a mixture of mediocre beer of some desciption (either lager or bitter) and ENGLISH...
Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. Extremely attractive pour, especially the golden, crystal clear body. Good head, but lace is scant and quickly gone. Aroma has obvious fruit, but to me it's a little more like a mild, low alcohol,...
A re-review in June 2006 since new owners now have the brew pub but have kept the Raspberry Wheat on. Having given this a 3.45 (overall score) back in 2004, this is now a completely different beer. It pours ridiculously dark (as did all of the beer...
$6.99, Rollers, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. 375 mL paper wrapped bottle, corked & caged. Brownish, tea like pour with a cloudy body and some chill haze. Some figs in the nose. Aroma is VERY tart and sour with raspberries, almost like a...
750, capped. Classy label. $10.99 from Jax, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. Poured into an over-sized wine glass. Definite light reddish hue, and looks fine (thin). Classy color as the light catches this on an early summer evening on a deck in...
$1.99, Michaels, Marietta, GA, USA. Interesting, but not very good. 2.7% ABV according to the label. Nice looking pour with lemon yellow colored pour and plenty of carbonation. Nice head and some lacing, looks promising. Dreadfully weak aroma,...
Thanks to Matt, BA SilentSabre for the opportunity to try this. At first glance this appears to pour jet black with a small coffee colored head with some garnet hues, but a closer look reveals a dark raspberry red/brownish color. This color is...
Updated notes 07/19/24 Pictured Less turbidity and cleaner than the original 750, it's impossible to know if the beer has evolved since then, or if draft versus bottle makes a difference. Either way, this was more drinkable for me in 2024 than it...
$15.99, Brawleys, Charlotte, NC, USA. 750 mL bottle, bought in Jan 2006, consumed September 2006. Dark orange pour with an initial small head but obviously this fades really quickly. Aroma has the advertised raspberries which are certainly evident...
Another interesting and very drinkable beer from this increasingly impressive brewer. 22oz, $4.95, Greens Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA. Aroma is lots of malty alcohol, really rich. This beer has a certain fruitiness about it, but to call it a...
Pretty much as you would expect. Very clear golden color with no head or lacing. Smell and tastes are a mild, artificial blueberry taste with little else except a slight bitterness in the finish. Not much taste or character. Refreshing on a very...
I'll try anything once, and although I was grateful to have been given the opportunity by Travis (aka BigLove), I must admit I was a little hesitant. Brown pour with a distinct initial cherry aroma. The cherries continue into the first sips, but...
Orange pinkish body with an impressive head and nice lacing. The lacing has a pink tinge to it. Massive strawberry nose. Is this good or bad?? It's very, very sweet with an alco-pop taste, but a sufficiently tart finish to make you take notice....
Essentially this is, acts and drinks much like a low quality Porter. It has all the appearance, aroma and taste characteristics of a watered down version of the classic English brew. Some creamy head remians after the initial pour, but not much. A...
Orangey, peach body, with clarity, but a little chill haze. Some good carbonation, but the initially slightly pinkish head disappears almost instantly and consequently no lacing. Acidic fruit flavors in the nose, but the specific blackcurrant smell...
650 mL (22 oz) bomber. Decent looking light amber/orange pour with some chill haze, good head and some very, very nice sticky lacing. Unfortunately the lacing was the best part of this beer. There is *something* in the nose other than 'beer", but I...
Pale yellow, macro lager like body with a slight pink tinge. Some nice carbonation and as a result a pretty decent head and some surprisingly good lacing. Taste has a refreshing fruit tartness with a little tiny hop bite in the short finish. The...
OK, not your everyday kind of beer, and it does have a somewhat artificial flavor about it, but despite that it remains drinkable. Good looking beer on all fronts. Nice burned gold coloring, decent head and some definitely better than average...
Great head with impressive carbonation. A Russet apple color to go with the the mildly sweet apple aroma. I was expecting this to be like so many apple based alcohol products, that is, just a glorified cider where the apple flavor often tastes very...
Light beer with a bit of a macro feel except the very nice head and good lacing. Very mild raspberry aroma and flavor, but not pronounced. Pretty average all around, but at the same time refreshing and non-offensive. A little bitterness in the...
Hazy, orange wheat style appearance, with a small head that disappears quickly and no lacing. A bit flat. Some very faint fruit in the aroma, but not much smell at all. A little bit tinny and acidic on the taste. Quite thin in the mouth, with a...
At last, a well balanced Rogue beer - strange that it comes in such an unusual brew. Deep golden orange pour with a substantial head. Lacing is good, but the head fades quickly. I would describe this as a "malt IPA", meaning it has hop IPA...
Very, very interesting beer experience. This is different in the extreme and a very brave brew from Unibroue in my opinion. Deep brownish red color, with no sign of a head. My wife described it as flat iced tea, and that is a pretty accurate...
Nasty. Very artificial cherry aroma and flavor is all you get here, and coupled with the alcohol it reminds me of kids cough medicine. That image and sense, are ones that I simply could not get past. Only one redeeming feature - a good, attractive...
Cloudy, yellow pour with a lovely, substantial head and that obvious apple aroma. I didn't find the apple smell overpowering; don't get me wrong it was strong and noticeable, but it didn't take over the beer for me. This is an amazingly drinkable...
If you take this beer for what it is - a fruity extravaganza - and don't ask it to be what it's not - a standard pale ale - then you are likely to be very happy with it. To me, the apricot thing is not that strong. Don't get me wrong, it's an...
For the life of me I can't really work out why a small brewery would attempt to brew a non-mainstream beer like this. It pours with a standard smallish head that disappears quickly, and has a distinct pale green/yellow appearance. Although this...
Not really my favorite style, so this review may be somewhat biased. Very noticeable raspberry hightlights in both the aroma and the first taste. The raspberry flavor is very dry and sort of floral. I don't really go for the fruit beers very much...
Wow! I was waiting to be disappointed by this, but what a shock, I really enjoyed it! Not being a big fan of fruit beers in general, I was expecting something quite different. Instead I got a crystal clear, lucozade colored, orange nosed,...