Light amber color. Massively intense raspberries jump from the nose. Massive intense mouth with tons of raspberries. Moderately sweet and boozy, but for the ABV it is so impressive. Wow. Interesting stuff but definitely a sipper.

2005 bottle at Brewdown. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of raspberry jam, alcohol and honey. Full body. Too much alcohol.

I picked this up at the DFH Alehouse in Virginia. Poured into a Harpoon glass at fridge temp. Shared with 4 friends which is essential for a 750ML

A - Looks like very faint raspberry / strawberry juice. Absolutely no head at all. Solid alcohol legs on the edge of the glass on swish.

S - I get a VERY faint raspberry scent. It’s nothing like a frambois lambic beer. this is faint strawberry but smells just like raspberry juice and grape juice. Hint of apples as well.

T - Whoa. The booze is upfront incredibly strong. This beer hides none of the alcohol at all! So first sip is total booze borderline the burn you get from drinking straight vodka. The middle of the tongue is blackberries and grape skins. The finish is a mellow and tart raspberry. It’s very interesting.

M - 90% carbonation on the mouth swish. Light body. Boozy raspberry juice finish.

O - This is a very high-alcohol beer! It’s insane how boozy it is. The fruitiness is SO cheap! It’s a beer fermented up to 18% then fruit juice was added. Not the way I’d like to enjoy a fruit beer. I want it fermented with fruit Maybe it was but the bottle appears to lead on that fruit juice was added. I paid $19.99 for this and it’s a 4 year old bottle. Interesting but whatever.

750 mL bottle. Pours a clear darker shade of amber with a white head. Sweet raspberry aroma that hints at the high alcohol content. Flavor is very sweet with the strawberry, some caramel, alcohol is surprisingly restrained. Kind of wine-like with the raspberry flavors tending a bit toward darker fruit. I’m quite enjoying it, though I’m still sober enough to say that 12 oz bottles would be much more appropriate for this beer. Ask me again in half an hour, though.

750 ml bottle into tulip, shared with Brenn79; thanks bro. Pours a cantaloupe hue with a medium white dissipating head. Aroma is very alcoholic--almost port-like. Raspberries are here in abundance--it’s almost pungent. Taste is almost cloyingly sweet. Carbonation is medium-high, body is full. Hard to choke this down, but I recognize the quality represented here.

Bottle @ private beer tasting, Denver. Thanks to Adnielsen. Pours reddish golden with a white head. Aroma is very strong raspberries, sugar, oak, sweet fruit. Taste is very much like aroma, with loads of sweet raspberries, other sweet fruit, sugar, heavy alchohol. Full body, low carbonation, sweet sugary and fruity sticking finish. Very nice fruitbeer, a sipper that im sure would go well with ice or sweet fruit deserts. 090311

Pours dark pinkish color with thin pink head. Aromas of raspberries and alcohol. Sweet and tart raspberry flavor with loads of alcohol. Too much alcohol. A couple ounces was all I could drink. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

750mL bottle, pours hazy amber with a tiny white head. Aroma of berries and strong alcohol. Flavour of berries on the beginning, with a lot of sweetness, very brandy/sherry like, and the alcohol punches you towards the end - but not overburdening.

Draft, repeatedly, at the Haze. Pink-orange color with a thin oily head. Pronounced raspberry aroma somehow shows itself over the big ABV. The raspberry taste is certainly there, but right alongside a barleywine-like crushing sweetness. Dangerously drinkable for the strength, could easily pass for 11% or so. Bold and rugged, certainly pushes the envelope for a Fruit beer.