Aviator: Raspberry Blonde
Crooked Fence Brewing

Aviator: Raspberry BlondeAviator: Raspberry Blonde
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From:
Crooked Fence Brewing
 
Idaho, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
4.9%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.23 | pDev: 20.12%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
13
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 23, 2016
Added:
Aug 10, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by JoelClark:
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Rated by JoelClark from Idaho

3/5  rDev -7.1%

Aug 03, 2014
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Rated: 3.5 by NickThePyro from Washington

Nov 23, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

2.77/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
22 oz. bottle from Winco. Poured into flute, cloudy golden with average white head, but long lasting . Aroma of raspberries right up front, smells like jelly. Taste is malt and with raspberry flavor much more subdued than the aroma. Finish is abrupt and dry, slightly chalky. Different take on the fruit beer style.
Feb 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by Beardo from Washington

Jan 19, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.22/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Appearance : Pours an iced tea colored body with 80% opacity, with a pink 2 finger head on top. As it recedes it leaves delicate thick lacing.

Smell : Raspberry seeds, toasted grains, spices, light hop.

Taste : It clashes a bit here, with the raspberry showing up but then a strange hop twist, ending on a bread-dipped-in-vinegar note. It's not really that great, it's off-tasting.

Feel : Large body with creaminess and appropriate carbonation, ending dryly.

Overall : It's a cool can with cool label art, but simply another raspberry beer that fails to deliver.
Oct 19, 2015
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Reviewed by spamtrapmail from Oregon

1.44/5  rDev -55.4%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
I never looked at this beer, I drank a six pack of it out of cans. And it was truly horrible. The blonde ale flavor clashes with the weak raspberry flavor. Imagine putting mustard on vanilla ice cream. Something like that.
Mar 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Varls

Sep 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by xMRxEx from Oregon

Aug 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by IDABEERGUY from Idaho

Jul 25, 2014
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Reviewed by TheFlern from Idaho

3.41/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Had this on tap at Pre-Funk after enjoying Table Rock (the place not the brewery) on a hot spring day. I picked up a can today at Bier:Thirty for a buck-ninety. I'm reviewing the can.

The can looks cool. A cartoon picture of a hot blonde on a bomb. ABV is clearly marked at 4.9%.

This beer smells sweet. I'm drinking it from the can and I can tell you it smells like a fruit flavored soda from a can. Very "obvious" but in a kinda refreshing way.

The taste is what you'd expect from the smell. Pretty sweet but enjoyable.

Not to heavy but also not thin.

Overall I enjoy this beer. it's nice on a hot day and out of the can. I say pick one or two up for the river!
May 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Juno_Malone from Idaho

Mar 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by ginuwin794 from Idaho

Jan 26, 2014
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Reviewed by JohnGalt1 from Idaho

3.42/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Picked this up at the COOP last night ... Poured now into my HotD goblet... nice foamy half-inch white head.. the brew is slightly hazy golden.

The nose shows pretty big berry essence.. but it seems sorta artificial.. almost "TOO" clean if "that" can actually be a bitch... light pale malts push the fruits and actually magnify it... but again, it just doesn't seem real with the aroma.

Flavor is dead on expected... nice fruity profile that jives with the lower ABV... pale maltiness is there only to deliver the fruit... not much else to report... decent/good beer that I would never pass off.

Body is spritzy medium... nice, but not for me.... I though think this will be a big winner with the "Non-Geeks"... How do you get the word out there???

3.5/3.25/3.5/3.25/3.5
Aug 10, 2013
Aviator: Raspberry Blonde from Crooked Fence Brewing
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 13 ratings