True Love
Martin House Brewing Company
- From:
- Martin House Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
Ranked #505 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,597 - Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 12.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 13
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 07, 2026
- Added:
- May 06, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 18
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Raspberry Sour Ale
True Love is our second sour beer that is now available year-round. Similar to the Salty Lady, it is kettle soured and very refreshing. Raspberries are added in the fermenter which provide a purple hue and slight sweetness. Give it a try. You'll fall in love with True Love, one can at a time.
True Love is our second sour beer that is now available year-round. Similar to the Salty Lady, it is kettle soured and very refreshing. Raspberries are added in the fermenter which provide a purple hue and slight sweetness. Give it a try. You'll fall in love with True Love, one can at a time.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Nov 19, 2025
Reviewed by whynot44 from Missouri
4.05/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Clear bright golden color with just a hint of pink and very modest white head that vanishes immediately.
The aroma is red raspberries.
The taste is sour/tart red raspberries with just a hint of light caramel malt. The finish is dry with a slightly herbal note and a touch of lemon zest, very mild bitterness.
The body is light, good carbonation level, crisp and very drinkable. Altogether, this is a tasty and refreshing brew, should be good with most food, especially lighter fare such as salads or seafood, great for any summer activities but I would drink it anytime, well done.
Sep 22, 2025The aroma is red raspberries.
The taste is sour/tart red raspberries with just a hint of light caramel malt. The finish is dry with a slightly herbal note and a touch of lemon zest, very mild bitterness.
The body is light, good carbonation level, crisp and very drinkable. Altogether, this is a tasty and refreshing brew, should be good with most food, especially lighter fare such as salads or seafood, great for any summer activities but I would drink it anytime, well done.
Reviewed by BeerEssentials96 from Texas
3.79/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours golden-orange with almost no head. Up front lots of brett on the nose with raspberry & hay. Lots of raspberry flavors up front; bright and punchy. Followed by some brett / barnyard funk as well as light lemon zest. Pretty tasty, nothing too special.
Sep 07, 2025Rated by wac9 from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Excellent
Apr 11, 2021
Reviewed by BiologyBob from Texas
4.5/5 rDev +20%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +20%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pour is a clear amber color with a thin white head that does not linger. It is a nice fruity and sour brew. The taste is tart and reminds me of raspberries. It is effervescent with a light-body.
Mar 19, 2021Reviewed by Noggleam02
4.83/5 rDev +28.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.83/5 rDev +28.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
I love this beer. Very drinkable sour with nice mouthfeel and color. At the time this came out there were very few sours on the market. If you consider Salty Lady a sour, that was on market even earlier.
Apr 15, 2020
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Today, I am CANcentrating on The CANQuest's (tm) problem children. They are those beers who do not know how to behave in (especially) warm/hot weather & decide to test the limits of their aluminum CANtainer. If I CAN identify them in time, I will move them up in the queue of the backlog & throw them into the reefer in the hopes of salvaging it. Other times, I only hear a metallic "TING!" followed by a gushing explosion. 8={} In those cases, the CAN is dumped, rinsed & placed in The CANQuest (tm) Bag o' Shame to be displayed whenever I go for a lecture.
From the CAN: "Imperial Raspberry Sour Ale"; "Made In Texas By Texans".
Once again, I had some difficulty in Crack!ing open the vent & when I did get it to go, it beCAN streaming out. 8={} I quickly went to an inverted Glug to get it directed into the awaiting glass & not onto the counter or worse, my laptop. Once things calmed down, I had just under two fingers of fizzy, foamy, bubbly, bone-white head that quickly devolved to wisps. Color was a cloudy Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose smelled like my late-paternal grandmother's raspberry bush, albeit with a tartness that caused my lips to purse. Mouthfeel was on the light side, not watery, but not far from it. The taste was more tart than sour, but definitely of raspberries & actually quite refreshing. Finish was tart, dry, refreshing & a nice interlude on a hot, humid Summer's day.
Aug 07, 2019From the CAN: "Imperial Raspberry Sour Ale"; "Made In Texas By Texans".
Once again, I had some difficulty in Crack!ing open the vent & when I did get it to go, it beCAN streaming out. 8={} I quickly went to an inverted Glug to get it directed into the awaiting glass & not onto the counter or worse, my laptop. Once things calmed down, I had just under two fingers of fizzy, foamy, bubbly, bone-white head that quickly devolved to wisps. Color was a cloudy Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose smelled like my late-paternal grandmother's raspberry bush, albeit with a tartness that caused my lips to purse. Mouthfeel was on the light side, not watery, but not far from it. The taste was more tart than sour, but definitely of raspberries & actually quite refreshing. Finish was tart, dry, refreshing & a nice interlude on a hot, humid Summer's day.
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