Peanut Butter Jelly Time Ale (Raspberry)
Catawba Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.40
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Cloudy, light brown with an ever so faint pink hue that’s nearly visible. Medium head. Aroma and flavor is exactly like the name. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Taste like peanut butter, jelly and bread. Actually not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Amber pour with a thick white foam. Aroma of tart berries. Flavor is dominated by raspberry, but with an unripe fruit bitterness. Also an earthy and nutty subtle undertone aroma and taste under the berries. Would be much better with more sweetness from the fruit like true pb&j.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hmm, to much jelly and not enough peanut butter. This beer’s too sweet, can barely pick up on the Brown ale qualities.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
So if you buy a peanut butter and jelly beer, I guess you can’t be shocked when your pint tastes exactly like a damned peanut butter and jelly sandwich, right? Brings up the old question: how do you rate a beer that fits its description well but you still don’t really like? Hard to feel fair in such a scenario: yes, Catawba Peanut Butter Jelly Time fits the name, offering up a solid dose of peanuts in the nose, maybe a little fruit mixed in as well. And the taste is right in line with the title: peanut butter and raspberry, semisweet and surprisingly restrained. If peanut butter and jelly beer is your thing, then Catawba’s got your cherry ’57 Chevy. But If you’re like me--curious and now a bit regretful--eh. Tastes like peanuts. Tastes like jelly. Doesn’t taste much like beer. 3 seems about right.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a murky brown with a small white head. Aroma is a nice fresh raspberry. I don’t get much of the peanuts but the strong raspberry makes up for it. Flavor is more of the peanuts and the raspberry is barly noticeable. For a gimmick beer this is fine. The ingredients don’t all come together at the same time but separately it’s as advertised. Raspberry aroma with a peanut flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Cheers! Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Novel beer - definitely evocative of a raspberry PB&J, actually. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Moderately sweet on the finish, with wholegrain bread, raspberry jam. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a murky orange-amber color with a thin and fluffy white head that diminishes gradually to a wispy film. Sticky small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted nuts, malt and fruit. Light to medium body with flavors of peanut butter, roast malt and mildly tart berries. The finish is roasty with a nutty and malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at RBWG grand tasting! I’m not generally a fan of gimmicky beers. The aroma had more peanut butter than jelly. The taste had more jelly than peanut butter. So there.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at RBWG 2014 grand tasting, thanks! Pours a hazy light amber with a light brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice peanut note with a light fruit and grain backing. Flavor hits the PB&J right on with rich peanut butter up front with a jam fruit finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg on the RBWG bus
Cloudy golden with a big off-white head and good lacing. Aroma of toasted malts and nutty. Flavor is nutty and caramel
Decent