Raspberry
(has 1 batch)
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.39
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(Previously labeled Raspberry Lambic). Raspberries have a sweet tartness to them already, so they make a perfect pairing with sour ales. Our Raspberry fruited ale has a fresh berry aroma with a touch of floral and wine-like notes, followed by a rich raspberry flavor. Reddish in hue with a pink foam appear upon pouring, with zesty amounts of carbonation. Finish is dry, with mouth-watering tanginess and raspberry flavor.
(Old description). In the spring of 2006, I brewed 300 gallons of top-fermented beer using wild yeast to create a Belgian-style Lambic. We conditioned the beer in oak casks and then initiated a secondary fermentation in the casks using whole fruit from Huber’s Orchard in Starlight, Indiana. You should experience a tart, almost sour taste balanced by the aromatic and richly flavorful addition of whole raspberries - perfect to share with friends, and a platter of good cheese and fresh fruit. - Caleb Staton, Head Brewer
(Old description). In the spring of 2006, I brewed 300 gallons of top-fermented beer using wild yeast to create a Belgian-style Lambic. We conditioned the beer in oak casks and then initiated a secondary fermentation in the casks using whole fruit from Huber’s Orchard in Starlight, Indiana. You should experience a tart, almost sour taste balanced by the aromatic and richly flavorful addition of whole raspberries - perfect to share with friends, and a platter of good cheese and fresh fruit. - Caleb Staton, Head Brewer
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4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5
Bottle shared. Pours murky red purple with no head. Aroma is big lactic and tart raspberry. Flavour is light sweet and heavy sour. Light to medium bodied with a harsh acidic burning palate, melting it’s way straight though my body and giving me a second asshole. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2015
at 07:35
9.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Thanks! 750 ml. split / sampled @’t Schooltje. 10.9.13 Vintage. Deep dark raspberry, vibrant, no head. Nose is insane raspberry, puckering, strongly lactic, lemon sourness quality to the fruit but very vibrant, real fruit, all the same, touch mineral,… Taste is same amazing, vibrant lactic, touch vinegar, lemon puckering raspberry, very tart & puckering but the fruit is immense, lingering sourness with some raspberry pits in the back,… Body is puckering ,drinks amazingly well despite the sourness. Really awesome.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2015
at 15:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle, 11/20/2013, corked and capped, from shrubber85, poured into a tulip. Translucent deep red with small pink head which dissipates quickly. Aroma is sour raspberry, medium body, medium/light carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is sour raspberry, oak, and rich raspberry. A shade not quite as sour as the persimmon, but very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 20:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Batch 3/10 bottled 11/20/2013. Aroma is rather fruity with quite a bit of jammy raspberry aroma. moderate acidity. Light oak notes and tropical fruit hiding in the background with medium light citrus. A touch acetic. Pours a slightly cloudy, bright, vibrant, red with a bit of a purple hue. Small pink head recedes quickly to the edges. Faint lacing and no legs. Flavor is exceedingly acidic; I should have saved some of the Tartuffe to cut this with. Moderate raspberry upfront with hints of oak and tropical fruit. As your palate adjusts the acidity becomes a bit more tolerable and you can pick up citrus fruit and more raspberry. Low bitterness, also a bit acetic. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Medium low acidic astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, this beer is way too sour. The acidity is really dialed up and somewhat chemically and acetic. Would make a nice raspberry vinagrette.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2014
at 20:36
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thnx to geoffrey . Pours rather dark pink . Small , fast fading-to-nothing white head . Smell is pure raspberry , sour , with a herbal aspect . High carbo . Taste is very sour , raspberrys-to-the-maximum , bit sweetness even . Feels very natural fruity . Very sharp sour ending . Just like all other Uplands in the tasting ( 5 bottles ) this was very extreme, and probably not balanced at all - if you compare with the ’real’ lambics , yet I do love this one . Nice , but very simple ( sour bacteria added rather than a complex mixture of different Brettanomyces - species ) .
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2014
at 04:10
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample during the Secret Barrel Society tour on 05/24/2014: The beer is a dark purple-maroon color with a thin pinkish-white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Spots of lace. Aroma of raspberry, oak and yeast. Light to medium body with a tart raspberry character and flavors of oaky vanilla, sherry and doughy malt. The finish is oaky and tart with a lingering raspberry aftertaste. Overall a very good "base" Lambic from Upland.
Tried
from Draft
at
Upland Brewery Bloomington Brewpub
on 01 Jun 2014
at 16:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 750 ml bottle from Upland, 5/16/14, Bottled 10/9/13
Aroma: The nose is full of raspberry and yeasty funk
Appearance: It pours a dark red color with a fizzy, quickly dissipating beige head
Flavor: The flavor is rather tart and funky, quite sour, with only a minimal sweetnes
Palate: The body is medium, it has a fizzy carbonation, and a dry, mouth puckering finish
Overall Impression: This is a really nice raspberry lambic. It doesn't get even close to being sweet, just a really enjoyable, well-made lambic. Nicely done here.
Aroma: The nose is full of raspberry and yeasty funk
Appearance: It pours a dark red color with a fizzy, quickly dissipating beige head
Flavor: The flavor is rather tart and funky, quite sour, with only a minimal sweetnes
Palate: The body is medium, it has a fizzy carbonation, and a dry, mouth puckering finish
Overall Impression: This is a really nice raspberry lambic. It doesn't get even close to being sweet, just a really enjoyable, well-made lambic. Nicely done here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2014
at 11:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Lee. Pours a cloudy red and small off pink head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong raspberry, oak, and funk. Thick mouthfeel with strong tart raspberry, funk, and oak with nice sour finish. Very impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 14:47