Low alcohol fruited Berliner Weisse by Stroom, the local microbrewer in the Heirnis quarter of Ghent and one I have been following since its beginnings. Can from the Delhaize supermarket at the Sterre in Ghent. Audibly crackling, pale off-pinkish, moussey, small-bubbled, quite dense and creamy, very slowly breaking and eventually dissolving head over a hazy tangerine-amber robe with rosy tinge. Aroma of a ton of fresh red raspberries, raspberry juice but homemade from actual raspberries, red apple, kefir, homemade fruit yoghurt, a very vague background touch of Camembert past its prime, rosehip, raw cucumber, pitaya, roses in spring, hint of raw oysters faraway at the back. Crisp, fruity onset filled to the brim with red raspberries in a most 'fresh' and natural way even for a brewery I expected this from - in this case even lacking that tangy tomato-like flavour I usually get in any beer made with real raspberries; prickly carb running through a rounded body, feeling more 'full' than what one tends to expect of a beer at this ABV. Nevertheless very thin cereally 'ground' under sweetish-tart, fresh raspberry juice effects backed by a lactic, yoghurty effect of lactic acid, which remains altogether very soft and mellow, only accentuating the natural tartness of the fruit without overly sharpening it as is so often the case. Ends with both tartness and sweetness of the raspberries in perfect balance, light-footed with a mild chalky note, even something lightly salty and raw seafood-like. The inspiration was clearly drawn from the 'Himbeere Berliner Weisse mit Schuss', a tradition in Berlin, but the end result is very different, offering real raspberries in a soft yet entertaining, tasteful way. Not my personal cup of tea - I do not even like 'full' Berliner Weisses or Goses with fruit all that much - but in its intended genre, no one can deny that this is very well done.