Prickly Pear
Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
5.74
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This small batch brew is the third in our Limited Edition Brewer’s Pride Craft Brew Series. A combination of Citra and US Golding hops gives this refreshing lager its citrus flavor and floral aroma. The brew’s signature tartness comes from the fruit of the prickly pear, a cactus native to our brewery’s landscape that’s hearty, rugged and unmistakably unique - qualities we surely appreciate. Prosit!
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled on draft at the Rivertowne Pub this beer poured a dark bronze color with a medium sized foamy white head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was sweet and tangy with a strong fruity presence. The flavor was sweet with pear, apple and artificial sugar. Long finish. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2016
at 23:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours another fizzy head, but it does stick around longer than the soda pop heads of the other two beers. The smell shows some fruit sweetness. The smell has a fruity note, almost like a perfume, in fact. The taste brings in that perfumey fruit with a very slight tartness on the back of the throat. This may go well as a dessert beer; although most such beers are pretty strong, this 4.9% abv brew would suit a lighter palate.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 23:42
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample at Hattiesburg fest. Clear golden amber color, white head. Fruity aroma. Taste is sweet fruit. OK.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2016
at 20:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. I was pretty hyped to try this one after having Oso’s rather excellent Prickly Pear Infection Groove. While this has some unique kiwi-agave tones, this pales is comparison. The base beer is sort of sweet, not really complementing the fruit so well. OK for what it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2016
at 23:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
(bottle) clear, bright orange colour with a medium tall beige head; aroma of candy, jam; light, simple, soda like flavour with a long, very light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2016
at 22:06
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Pours a clear dark amber from a bottle with a thin head. Fruity aroma, kind of like juicy juice. Not that good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2016
at 22:28
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 oz bottle. Clear copper in color with some spotty white head. Aroma is light fruits (grapes and berries) Some sugar. Almost like a Kool- Aid berry flavor from the 1980’s.
The pear and grapes come through in the flavor. This beer is mildly sugary with the body and texture on the thin / watery side. The carbonation is a bit too high and it really reminds me of what a carbonated Kool -Aid would taste like. Is this even beer? A pear cider? It’s not awful but I’m not ever going to drink it again.
The pear and grapes come through in the flavor. This beer is mildly sugary with the body and texture on the thin / watery side. The carbonation is a bit too high and it really reminds me of what a carbonated Kool -Aid would taste like. Is this even beer? A pear cider? It’s not awful but I’m not ever going to drink it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2015
at 18:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Raspberry, perfeumey nose, some melon rind. Clear copper, thin head. Drier than expected, malt prominent. Raspberry at midpalate and beyond. Light body, moderate carbonation. Eh, it’s a fruit beer, kind of artificial tasting.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2015
at 21:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours gold into a shaker. Off-white head with good retention craters as it recedes. Fruity, tart prickly pear aromas. Mild, tart fruit upfront turning to marshmallow in the medium length finish. Tastes like a white Smartie.... and I never know what thats supposed to taste like. My favorite that I have tried from Shiner.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 17:12
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Sweet artificial fruit / Jolly Rancher aroma. Clear copper with a small off-white head. Watery artificial fruit flavor with a faint bitterness in the finish. Light watery body, soft carbonation. Blech.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2015
at 19:22