Framboise's scare me, I've had a few great ones in my time (like Hornbeer springs to mind), but I have also had some true howlers as well. Fingers crossed this Amsterdam Brewery Framboise is a good one. Quick bit of background for you all, Framboise mean Raspberry, so it's a raspberry beer; simple.
For my own personal taste a Framboise needs to taste like jam and have the perfect mix of sweetness and tartness. Get one element wrong and you can end up with a poor tasting lip balm and an undrinkable beer.
Details
Name: Framboise
Brewery: AmsterdamBrewery
Country: Canada
Price: $10.95
ABV: 6.5%
Commercial Fluff:
"Brewed with un-malted wheat and aged on Canadian raspberries with an intense fruit flavor and brilliant ruby red colour"
Own Opinion
Sight: A deep red colour with a light foamy pink head, looks inviting.
Aroma: Raspberries (no surprise), slight sourness which is what I'm hoping for.
Taste: Raspberries, tart, slight sourness, sweet with a syrupy mouth feel. Easy drinking
Would I buy it again? Yes.
Now for the buy it again, I did said yes. Though I have to be honest and say fruit beers aren't my preferred choice (Stout/Porters all the way). If I felt the need to have a fruit beer, this would be my first choice for a local brew. I enjoyed the tart raspberry of the beer, along with the fuller mouth feel given by the wheat. This brewery hails from Toronto and no lie next chance I get to visit there, I am heading to their brewery.
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