Forbidden Fruit
Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.17
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A light, refreshing fruit beer fremented with over 500 pounds of real raspberries! At 6.2% ABV it is in the early reaches of the strong biére category! This ruby red, sour mashed and oak aged weiss beer is for everyone. Maybe some oak, cherry and vanilla come through? Try mixing it with our currently offered stout, on tap. It is real, it is right and it works. The freshest framboise on tap in town, no question!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub.
Clear oinkish red pour, with no head. Aroma of well, duh, raspberries. But its quite fruity kn general, all sorts of berries, and quite a bit of funk. The description the in the bar also claims it’s aged in oak. That would explain the light hints of vanilla, and wood im getting also. The body is nice, but the carb is very low. The finish is like a boozy cranberry juice. Quite tart, with a lightly sweet finish, with a load of fruitiness. Nice stuff but some carbonation would have made it that much better.
Clear oinkish red pour, with no head. Aroma of well, duh, raspberries. But its quite fruity kn general, all sorts of berries, and quite a bit of funk. The description the in the bar also claims it’s aged in oak. That would explain the light hints of vanilla, and wood im getting also. The body is nice, but the carb is very low. The finish is like a boozy cranberry juice. Quite tart, with a lightly sweet finish, with a load of fruitiness. Nice stuff but some carbonation would have made it that much better.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours pinkish. Raspberry, tart, lemon, wet grain, raspberry jam. Light body, bit flat. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2024
at 23:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ the brewpub. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy orange. Aroma and taste are rich raspberries, little citrus, fruits, malt and has a light sour finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2023
at 22:41
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Vermont Pub, pours a hazy dark red with a small white head. Nose is cloying, with lots of artificially sweet raspberries upfront. Flavour is monolithic on the cloyingly sweet raspberries. Not getting much depth here. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2018
at 14:40
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Keg at Vermont Pub & Brewery, Burlington. Clear copper red, miniscule head. Aroma of raspberry jam. Sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Raspberries and strawberries. Not much else. Low bitterness. Not much going for it.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2017
at 20:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub.
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy dark amber, almost pink color. Nice frothy white head. Slow dissipation.
The smell had some tart cherries, semi-sweet yet sour. Underscore of citrus. Sweet to sour grapes. The taste was mainly the same bringing together the tart and the sweet and the sour. Citrus to sour cherry aftertaste. Semi-smooth wet sour cherry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light. Sour harshness hits my tongue just right.
Overall, fruit beer or sour beer, doesn’t really matter too much to me as I’d say this was very good and I’m sure to come back to.
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy dark amber, almost pink color. Nice frothy white head. Slow dissipation.
The smell had some tart cherries, semi-sweet yet sour. Underscore of citrus. Sweet to sour grapes. The taste was mainly the same bringing together the tart and the sweet and the sour. Citrus to sour cherry aftertaste. Semi-smooth wet sour cherry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light. Sour harshness hits my tongue just right.
Overall, fruit beer or sour beer, doesn’t really matter too much to me as I’d say this was very good and I’m sure to come back to.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2016
at 08:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
New England Bucket List Trip #131. Keg at the brewpub. Pours a clear vibrant red with a thin fizzy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of tart raspberry, concord grapes, pale malt. The taste is spice, tart raspberry, concord grapes, pale malt. Medium bodied, lingering tartness.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2015
at 01:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
blood red pink. Smells like a fruit bomb. lots of cherry, strawberry, hay straw. Tart, sour and refreshing. some sweetness at the start, little at the finish. Very fruity…girly.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2014
at 16:26
6.5/10
A nice acidic raspberry flavor with a relative clean finish. I`d call this a middle of the road ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2013
at 16:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Had at the pub itself. Pours a purple-red colour with not much lace. Beautiful raspberry aromas with some tart. Slightly watery mouthfeel. Taste is pretty much the same as the nose but a little milder with light sourness in the finish. Refreshing on a hot summer day on the patio.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2013
at 18:44