Red Raspberry Milkshake
Bare Hands Brewery

Pours kind of a pinkish-red color with ample, pink-tinged white foam. Appearance kind of reembles a murky fruit punch. Not bad looking for a pink beer. The aroma is mainly a very delicious raspberry. The taste has a lot of raspberry, but it is not nearly as sour or as bitter as I was expecting. There is a slight grassy hippiness, some tartness, and a tiny bit of sweetness on the finish. For my taste it falls a bit flat. Tastes a bit like a jolly rancher, but not nearly so sweet. Fairly easy drinking though, and tastes pretty good. The mouthfeel is a bit spritzer-like and dry. Overall not bad, but not something I would revisit.

 

L - 2.5 finger frothy pinkish head atop a maroon body.

S - strong, tart raspberries with some citrus.

T - tons of tart raspberry. Very little hop presence besides a bit of citrus. Vanilla, with just a tad of earthiness. Low bitterness. Low sweetness. Low booziness.

F - medium body and carb.

O - this strikes me more as a dry-hopped sour than a milkshake ipa. Which I’m all for.

Pours a pale raspberry red. Good raspberry flavor. I can taste a hint of the vanilla bean. First “milkshake”. The wife even enjoyed this one!

Pours partially see through red. Not clear enough or murky enough to be in an aesthetically pleasing spot. Thin film of head. Aroma-raspberries, hops, bubble gum, sugar. Taste- raspberry,vanilla, kind of a brown sugars little hop bitter hit. Mouthfeel is tingly. Overall- you know it delivers on the flavors it promises. So A on that. Just not a treat to look at or have in my mouth (that’s what she said)

 

 

Pours mostly translucent with a dark ruby tint and little head. Nice genuine raspberry sensations on the nose, with a good balance between tartness and sweetness. Does not come across like an IPA, with hoppy bitterness that only occasionally presents on the palate, when the vanilla and sugar sweetness take a short break from the action.

Not sure what is expected from an IPA that has been milkshaked, but this has more fruit and more milkshake than any omnipollo or tired hands beer that I’ve had. Not much going for the hops, but it might be the tastiest/most crushable beer I’ve ever had.

 

The pour is as red as raspberry gets, with a head that is tinged dark pink. The nose is obviously dominated by the juicy raspberry aromas, but there’s also a significant fruity hop component.

The taste is again dominated by the raspberry, and the hops are present, but not as much as they are on the nose. This is still a pleasure to drink, especially if you enjoy raspberries (which I do).