Monsters - Heavy Rauch With Raspberries
Torrside Brewing in New Mills, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series|
Score
7.37
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Rauchwine, this time with a 3-hour boil for extra richness and ooomph - then we added 2kg fresh raspberries to 40L. So this one's in very limited quantities.
2019 version was 11.5%
2019 version was 11.5%
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 09/09/2026.
Mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is smoked malts, dried fruit esters, good raspberry blast, brown bread.
Taste comprises subtle smoke, toffee, fruit rinds, raspberry puree.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a lick of booze.
Tidy sipper with the smoke levels pretty subtle and masked in raspberry goodness.
Mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is smoked malts, dried fruit esters, good raspberry blast, brown bread.
Taste comprises subtle smoke, toffee, fruit rinds, raspberry puree.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a lick of booze.
Tidy sipper with the smoke levels pretty subtle and masked in raspberry goodness.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2026
at 15:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8th August 2026
Clear deep amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, not quite flat but, very very mild carbonation. Soft caramel malts, not too sweet. A pleasant light smoke, rounded soft smoke, no black ashy grit here. Dominant raspberry, a rich rounded ripe raspberry. Soft finish. A pleasant affair despite the flatness.
Clear deep amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, not quite flat but, very very mild carbonation. Soft caramel malts, not too sweet. A pleasant light smoke, rounded soft smoke, no black ashy grit here. Dominant raspberry, a rich rounded ripe raspberry. Soft finish. A pleasant affair despite the flatness.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2026
at 18:40
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep reddish orange, nose is huge raspberry up front, with smoke and caramel in the background, taste is tart raspberry, quite sweet, caramel, toffee, smoke is a bit too muted here. Still seems thin like the cherry version. --- Beer merged from original tick of Monsters: Heavy Rauch + (Raspberry) on 12 Dec 2019 at 11:43 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2019
at 09:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Torrside (via Eebria) consumed at Mum and Keith's in Kempsey, Worcestershire Friday 6th April 2018, Loz in Hastings with Jude and Isobel for the weekend. Pours dark brown with a little hazy compared to the standard version.There is light film across the surface. The smokiness in this is a little more subtle as the raspberries muscle in with their zappy fruitiness. It has a nice light smoke, raspberries offers up a good light zappy and fruity tang. caramel and with a meaty edge. It's a very good version of this beer the raspberries work really well in the this. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2018
at 04:42