Big Briar Tart Raspberry Ale
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
5.99
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Keg at Draft Taproom. Hazy amber, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of sweet plum and cherry. Taste is tart cherry, sweet cherry, biscuity malt. Thin. Mediocre.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Yeasty berry nose. Cloudy salmon colored, thin head. Raspberry, fresh pressed linens. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Weird toast note, kind of artificial.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
Cloudy salmon colored pour with a light pink head and good retention. Very good lacing. Sour fruit flavor followed by more sour fruit. Why? Pass! This is a Berliner Weisse, not a fruit beer.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Harris Teeter, Hampstead, North Carolina. Raspberry-pink in colour with a thin head. Fruity ale with raspberry dominant. It’s slightly sour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft at Growler USA. Hazy pinkish red color. Light fruit aroma. Taste has slightly tart fruitiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tart raspberry and nothing but tart raspberry. So, you know, if you dig tart raspberry beer, go right ahead. I find it okay, a bit one-note and somewhat overbearing, but at least the fruits never grow sweet, and the El Dorados add a nice, if delicate, lemon-tinged hoppiness to the finish. Pretty pink color, pretty good beer.