Pilot Series: Raspberry Wheat
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.51
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Alaskan Raspberry Wheat is an American-style Wheat Ale that highlights the bright flavors and inviting aroma of more than 3,000 pounds of real raspberries added during fermentation.
Years of local demand through Alaskan’s Rough Draft program of draft-only releases and a Silver medal from the 2008 Great American Beer Festival make Alaskan Raspberry Wheat the perfect brew to launch the Alaskan Pilot Series.
Years of local demand through Alaskan’s Rough Draft program of draft-only releases and a Silver medal from the 2008 Great American Beer Festival make Alaskan Raspberry Wheat the perfect brew to launch the Alaskan Pilot Series.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 10/1/2016. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/amber light reddish/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big juicy and lightly tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance of raspberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy and lightly tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness; and tangy fruit tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of juicy/tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great robustness and balance of raspberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/tart/tangy notes as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/creamy, and slightly acidic/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a great fruit beer! All around great robustness and balance of raspberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the lightly tart/tangy/bitter finish. Perfectly balanced fruit and pale/wheat malts, with just enough hop presence to balanced the sweetness. Never slick or syrupy from fruit notes. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2017
at 19:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On Tap at Growler Guys, Meridian Clear but rather amber for the style. Definitely not pink. Deep copper with a thin brief sandy head. Nice raspberry flavors, Clean light body betraying the almost amber character. Very tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2016
at 19:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft pour pint at the beer authority. Pours a clear reddish copper color with a quick fizz head. Fresh grape and raspberry aroma. Flavor closely matches. No suprises here. Tastes just how I expected, which is quite good. Nice, juicy, flavorful summer beer in my opinion. Good stuff. Update: 22 oz bottle brought back from Alaska. Thanks Wyatt! Same really tasty summer brew here. Love the raspberry touch. Will enjoy this beer again and again.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2015
at 20:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy fresh raspberry aroma. Fruity wheat malty spicy raspberry flavor. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy raspberry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2014
at 03:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from 65 cl. bottle. Hazy golden.amber colour with a thin, off-white head. Fruity aroma with raspberries, wheat malts and caramel. Taste is sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture. Finishes sweet and fruity. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2014
at 10:20
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
The appearance was a dark red color with a one finger white foamy head that dies within less than a minute, nice ruddy brown coloring on the sides, not much lacing.
The smell had a super large amount of raspberrries definitely comes out in the aroma in a nice fresh sweet yet tart way.
The taste was raspberry in the flavoring and is definitely backed up with the wheat to give it a fuller effect and to leave a raspberry deep wheat aftertaste. There was a slightly sticky sweet finish.
On the palate, it sat at/about a light to medium on the body, sessionable - hmmm....I’m actually going to say no and that’s due to the fact that the wheat just comes out pretty full for me. Carbonation is good for a raspberry wheat ale as its not overly done.
Overall, a raspberry wheat ale made by Alaskan Brewing Company, honestly not a bad beer, I was a tad skeptical at first but am thinking it could go fairly well with some plain cheesecake, but I’m thinking I would be pretty full given the wheat part of it could be toned back a bit.
The smell had a super large amount of raspberrries definitely comes out in the aroma in a nice fresh sweet yet tart way.
The taste was raspberry in the flavoring and is definitely backed up with the wheat to give it a fuller effect and to leave a raspberry deep wheat aftertaste. There was a slightly sticky sweet finish.
On the palate, it sat at/about a light to medium on the body, sessionable - hmmm....I’m actually going to say no and that’s due to the fact that the wheat just comes out pretty full for me. Carbonation is good for a raspberry wheat ale as its not overly done.
Overall, a raspberry wheat ale made by Alaskan Brewing Company, honestly not a bad beer, I was a tad skeptical at first but am thinking it could go fairly well with some plain cheesecake, but I’m thinking I would be pretty full given the wheat part of it could be toned back a bit.
Tried
on 04 May 2014
at 23:39