Beaver Tail Raspberry Ale
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company

Beaver Tail Raspberry AleBeaver Tail Raspberry Ale
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From:
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.5 | pDev: 7.43%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
23
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 03, 2019
Added:
Dec 06, 2004
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
A light, unfiltered wheat ale with raspberries, this is a refreshing balanced beer.

The combination of tartness and sweetness derived from the raspberries create a light, crisp, yet fruity palate.

The rich golden colour is a combination of specialty malts and real raspberries added to the beer. The haze is a result of the yeast still lingering in suspension.

An enduring favourite, this is a pleasant beer that is enjoyable either on the patio or after skiing.
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Ratings by wertschy:
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Rated by wertschy from Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev 0%

Jan 03, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by rare_bird from Michigan

Dec 03, 2019
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Reviewed by mwilbur from Minnesota

3.52/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz can into cervoise.
A: Pours a slightly hazy orange hue with 1/4 white head that quickly recedes.
S: Loads of raspberry.
T: Raspberry, dry cracker malt, and a hint of hops.
M: Light body. Light fruit sweetness and tartness.
D: Decent fruit session brew.
Sep 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.64 by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

Jul 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.16 by R_Kole from Canada (AB)

Jun 10, 2018
 
Rated: 3.91 by cknoch from Canada (AB)

Aug 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by Derek from Canada (BC)

Aug 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.24 by Mlkluther from Canada (AB)

Apr 01, 2016
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Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

3.56/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer has come a long way, baby! Over the weekend, I got a chance to tour the new Grizzly Paw production facility and see the brewing process for BeaverTail. The switch to real fruit has made a huge difference in the aroma and taste. It pours cloudy, with a bit of white foam that lingers around the edge of the glass. The smell is gorgeous - real raspberry and a hint of wheat. The taste is full on wheat and fruit - perhaps a bit sweet, but that is to be expected for this style of beer. I am very happy for this brewery - they are making good beer and their pride in the craft of brewing shows!
Feb 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Corson from Canada (AB)

Feb 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by boszormeny from Canada (ON)

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by YamagamiTravis from Canada (BC)

Aug 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by WillAndSarah from Canada (ON)

Jun 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by schnarr84 from Canada (AB)

Sep 22, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Jun 04, 2013
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Reviewed by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

3.47/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
from notes, I believe at Ferguson Bix in Calgary
A - Cloudy pink orange, arrived with no head so tough to judge
S - Faint berry hint, bready grains, light leafy
T - Tangy creamy rasperry, buttery bread, slight crisp leafy hops, cream finish
M - lightish with a some berry tartness, mild hop dry finish
O - not a bad offering from this small Alberta brewer, definitely enjoyable on a warm summer patio
Sep 20, 2012
 
 
Rated: 4 by Baldpacker from Canada (AB)

Feb 25, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by EskimoDave from Canada (BC)

Nov 28, 2011
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.5/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Newly available in 12oz bottles, at least at Sherbrooke Liquor Store in Edmonton, for those of us not predisposed to stopping over in that southern Alberta mountain park area after a few leg-killing days of skiing in BC.

This beer pours a seemingly unfiltered, very cloudy burnt orange amber hue, with one finger of soapy, bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some sparse blots of remote islet lace around the glass in its brief wake.

It smells of tart, greenish raspberries, natch, bready pale and caramel malt, and a faint leafy hoppiness. The taste is definitely all raspberry up front, but the muted, earthy, vegetal sort, more like what you would get from a diluted mixture of ripe and unripe berries. This soon blends quite well into a semi-sweet grainy and bready pale malt, tempered more by a pleasant leafy and earthy hoppiness, since that raspberry essence is hardly the palate-killer of other 'framboises' of note.

The carbonation is quite low-key, just a wan frothiness, the body medium-light in weight, and a bit pithily fruity in its otherwise quotidian smoothness. It finishes with a minor bit of raspberry sourness, lingering bready malt, and earthy, vegetal hops.

While this is what a real, basic raspberry-infused beer tastes like, I still feel that I need me some more intense raspberry essence. Other than that, an easy drinking, summer-friendly brew, that much is certain - and it doesn't need any frozen raspberries floating in it to make it good.
Nov 04, 2010
Beaver Tail Raspberry Ale from The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 23 ratings