Notes from October 2009 3.59/5 rDev -12.4% look: 3.5 - smell: 4.5 - taste: 3.5 - feel: 2 - overall: 3.5 A pallet-load of thanks & positive karma goes out to Avalon68, DrinknDrive, & even Mr. Doug McMinn himself for making the 3 hour drive there & back a little less hostile. It was my fault we left later then we wanted. Me & my lack of direction. Shared twice over with the some of the local guys & gals, some that were just a little too pregnant or overburdened to take the trip down with us. Tight cork. Each experience, slightly different. Tulip, snifter, slurping dregs directly from the bottle. Faded strawberry & cider vinegar color. First time settled, second stirred up a bit on the express train over. Thin, rusty, filmy head, but lots of agitation below. Smells of sour raspberries, dusty wheat, green apple, lemon, & just a little more sweat & musk then that. I didn't dig the intense carbonation. It made me work that much harder. Tart & semisweet. Raspberry jam & apple cider vinegar. Pitty fruit bitterness & a little tangy radish bite. Drying wood. Yeasty. Sadly, I didn't get any vanilla. I like vanilla. Thin body, harsh bubbles, very acidic. Biting. Not anywhere close enough to something like a Raspberry Tart, lambic, or any wild ale that I've had. Maybe something like a 70/30 mix of Liefman's Frambozen & champagne. Refreshing, but not what I thought I was paying $20 for.

Bottle shared at RBWG 2014 Late Night tasting - Asheville. Thanks for this one! I love it when generous RBians pull out the big guns. Very good beer. Great snout of juicy, jammy raspberries. Light sweet flavor with decent sour berry twang, general fruits. Medium bodied with fine, spritzy carbonation. Great balance to finish with further tart and lightly jammy raspberry. Solid.

Bottle @ Beer Fart Dunegeon Aloft. Pours a hazy reddish apparency with an off white head. Heavy raspberry and acetic aroma. Oak. Vinegar. Big juicy raspberry / cherry, vanilla, moderately tart, dry flavor. Thanks Derek!

Ausgewogen herb-fruchtiger Beginn mit späterer geringe Süße. Konstant säuerlich, angenehme Himbeernoten, dann bitterer. Zum Ende milder, gleichwohl gelungen säuerlich, erfrischend, sehr süffig. Gut! 11/12/11/12/12/12

750ml Bottle with a big thanks to ditmier for sharing this. Pours out a nice scarlet topped with a puffy white head. Aroma was nice lots of dark berries, light funk, and some belg yeast. Taste was more of the berries, along with some oak, vanilla, and sweetness.

Bottle. Pours a reddish pink grapefruit. Nose of tart raspberries. Taste of semi sour tart raspberries and oak. Dryish raspberry oak finish. Light sour. Tasty.

750ml C&C bottle shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Reddish amber with a small off-white head and some lacing left in the glass
Aroma: Tart raspberries and woody
Taste: Tart berries and sweet malts, finishes dry
Very nice, clean and crisp.