Raspberry Beer For Golf
Off Color Brewing

The pour is gem clear and slightly ruby red. A short-lived, pink head falls from one half inch to a veil within less than a minute. No lace or apparent carbonation are visible through the thick walls of a seidel mug.

Fruity jam is filled with raspberry as expected. Light lemon also comes through. The aroma is simple, crisp, clean, and mouth watering.

The aroma explains the flavor, although, on second thought, the citrus is more lime than lemon. It is sweet with light tartness and a long, fruity finish that quickly becomes mildly astringent.

This has a thin body and neutral texture against a light, fizzy carbonation. No alcohol is perceptible.

This would make a great poolside drink. There is not much to say, other than, it is enjoyable and worth finding again in the future.

7/25/25 - (Home) (Chicago. Illinois) Can Notes: Purchased a single 16 oz can at store temperature on 5/22/25 at Beer on the Wall Park Ridge for $3.98 with tax. Refrigerated at home until opening this evening. 4.8% ABV Wit style beer with lemon juice, raspberry juice, and black tea added canned 4/8/25. Malts: Pils, Flaked Wheat, Wheat, Oats, Honey Malt. Hops: Nugget. Secret Ingredients: Raspberry Juice, Lemon Juice, and a Blend of Fancy Black Teas. Brewed and canned by Off Color Brewing, Chicago, Illinois.

Appearance: Poured about half the 16 oz can into a tulip glass, yielding a violet purple unfiltered base, a few inch white purple head straw which leaves no trace beyond a white ring around the rim and light cover over half the base. 4.25

Aroma: Strong clove banana flavors uber alles. Greeting faint raspberry but that’s it in terms of complementary flavors. Clove strong and generally pleasant. 3.75

Taste: Much more in line with ingredient expectations, with raspberry with the leas, clove and lemon battling for silver. Enjoying, nice fruit flavors. 4.0

Mouthfeel: Gentle sustained carbonation, drinks light and easy even below the 4.8% ABV. Nice fruit blend, though no excess sweetness. Can’t get tea flavor, but perhaps adding to a slightly dry take, tartness more pronounced. Raspberry clove with a twist of lemon the nice finish. 4.25

Overall: This is a nice fruit witbier. Retains the style backbone, which I prefer, but like my fruit beer by North 5th last week, the fruit adds more enjoyment and compliments well the base which still comes through. Another solid effort by Off Color, which I try with confidence. 4.25

Pours a cranberry reddish color with a thin foam head that disappears pretty quickly. Aroma barely exists, surprisingly. I thought there’d be fruit but not really. Taste is fresh, tart and sour, and raspberry is there, when a hint of cranberry, but there’s also lemon, which I wish wasn’t there. Very thin on the mouth. Decent for summer. It takes a few sips to grow on you.