Raspberry Wheat Ale
Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyFruit Beer Regular
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Score
5.46
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Sea Dog Raspberry Wheat Ale is a dry, crisp refreshing ale with the added essence of raspberries.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Taste like raspberry juice in beer. Though, not overly sweet. Smells like raspberry juice in beer. Ok, I am not a fan of fruit beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:09
6/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
7/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2016
at 14:05
5.5/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 07:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 5/5/2016. Pours fairly clear golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lightly tart raspberry, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of raspberry, bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart raspberry, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light herbal/grassy bitterness and fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of raspberry, wheat, cracker, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Nice robustness and balance of raspberry, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from carbonation and bitter/tartness as well. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/grainy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very good fruited wheat ale. All around good robustness and balance of raspberry, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, and clean to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2016
at 20:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a vibrant golden color with a minimal foamy white head that left no lacing. The aroma was sweet and tangy raspberry. The flavor was tangy raspberry although a bit artificial. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2015
at 11:07
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Deep gold with a small tan head. Nose is soft raspberry. Taste is light, slightly wheaty, mild raspberry. Tasty, just very light, in a wine-cooler way.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2013
at 18:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Kinda tastes like watered-down blue raspberry slushie. The local Buffalo Wild Wings had these on special for $1 per bottle. Me and some friends ended up playing "landmines" on the table with these and the blueberry ones. I just remember it being a great buzz for pretty cheap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2012
at 20:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Ironically, from PA, I went to fla to finds this beer. Decent somewhat artificial raspberry aroma. Not as sweet as I would like it to be tho the raspberry makes it tolerable; I like anything raspberry - especially lindermans framboiuse. Look is fairly like any ubiquitous ale or lager. Had these fruit sea dogs beforeq; you know apricot & blueberry and they are all about the same in manner. Finish is average fruit beer experience but not fru-fru-fruity fer sure, or I would like it.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2012
at 14:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear golden color, small off white edge head. Aroma of fresh fruit and a bit of lemon. Taste is sweet and bubbly and easy to drink. Slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 17:33