Wild Raspberry Ale
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
5.96
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Great Divide's mantra is that real fruit makes real beer, so Great Divide ferments Wild Raspberry Ale with hundreds of pounds of real red and black raspberries. Wild Raspberry Ale is a truly effervescent, ruby red ale that achieves the almost impossible balance between malted barley and tart raspberry fruitiness. Its naturally tart character makes Wild Raspberry the ultimate accompaniment to spicy Mexican food or on its own as a stand-alone session beer.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
I always have a bit of trepidation when dealing with fruit beers because so few are particularly good. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark salmon color with a huge pink head. The aroma is sweet berry. The flavor is sweet berry without much to back it up. There is no real beer flavor. It tastes more like a wine cooler. The body is immensely carbonated which makes the beer a bit hard to drink. The only plus side is that the berry flavor itself is rather pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2005
at 23:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Attractive ruby color, although a less than impressive fizzy fading head tinged pink. Weak aroma, but hints at a nice true raspberry character. Somewhat bland though. A clean, vaguely sweet leaning beer with just a hint of raspberry flavor. Empty semi-dry finish. At best, its a drinkable fruit beer, not cloying. At worst, its a boring sissy beer.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2005
at 18:18
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottled. Dark red colour, small white head. Strong raspberries and weak hoppy notes in aroma. Like watery raspeberry lemonade in flavour along with malty hints. Raspberryish aftertaste. Not a very good mix...
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2005
at 14:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled
Bright red color, small white head. Strong fresh rasberry jam aroma. Malty, dry with strong presence of rasberry. These two (malt&rasberry) don’t mix very well together.
Bright red color, small white head. Strong fresh rasberry jam aroma. Malty, dry with strong presence of rasberry. These two (malt&rasberry) don’t mix very well together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2005
at 14:06
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Bottled. Hazy reddish brown. Raspberry aroma. Sweet with clean hard mouthfeel. Besides the raspberry flavour there is not really much to this beer. It is too sweet bo be drinkable, and has nothing ejnjoyable to offer flavourwise. Why does a respectable brewer like Great Divide bother to bottle this?
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2005
at 08:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a very attractive hazy ruby color with a fluffy light pink head. Aroma is very nice light malty and moderately raspberry-ish. Rather inviting actually. The flavors are a bit of a let down. The raspbery is there, a bit, but woody and rough. More like saw dust than raspberry. Interesting but somewhat dissapointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2005
at 22:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark, cloudy reddish copper pour with thin, white head and small-bubble carbonation. Fruity aroma of berries and malts, but not overpowering. The flavor is definitely raspberries with a malt overlayer. Nicely fizzy, though a bit watery.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2005
at 15:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Reddish-purple colour. Bright raspberry aroma. Flavour has a distinct malt underpinning with slightly juicy fruitiness playing lead. There is a slight bitterness that gets in the way during the middle of the beer, but it also adds an appetizing dryness to the finish. The overall concept has limitations, but they’ve done a good job with it.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2005
at 21:54
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
[At the brewery] A clear red beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with slight fruity esters and notes of raspberries. The flavor is dominated by raspberries and very carbonated, so that it reminds me of a sodapop. The end is dry, but the body is thin.
Tried
on 29 May 2005
at 02:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark amber with purple-ish hue, off white lacing - light raspberry aroma with a bit of wheat - very light and refreshing, a bit of tartness with the raspberry - mild sweetness accompanies a somewhat bready finish.
Tried
on 15 May 2005
at 19:09