Raspberry Lager
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guesthouse
- From:
- Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guesthouse
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 2.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 26, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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A generous dosing of fresh Tulameen raspberries grown at Michells Farm on the Saanich Peninsula gives this clean, crisp, cold fermented lager the unmistakable juiciness of perfectly ripe berries!
17 IBU
17 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonCorbett from Canada (BC)
3.77/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Slightly hazy ruby raspberry colour - quite beautiful actually, the initial carbonation bubbles giving lots of twinkling effects in the sunshine. Head doesn't really build up, it is made up of fast rising bubbles that pop as they reach the surface. Little to no lacing in this revised version, and not much of a surface either, but the carbonation is ever-present in fine streams.
Aromatics: Crisp clear water and raspberries. Not much else in there - barely a whiff of malt or hops - the barley shows through as an undertone of muted biscuit. But as the raspberries are the stars her its easy to overlook.
Taste: Hmmm... raspberries? go figure! and the aquifer water is very noticeable, especially if you are used to municipal tap or treated waters that have been stripped of their minerals. Its fresh and clean and there is a slight rock-metallic and saltiness taste in the finish. If you ask any good geologist about licking rocks, they should be able to give you a low down on identifying rocks and minerals through their taste so I'd love to hear what a geologist says about the aquifer's contents here.
Mouth: Fairly light body, maybe approaching medium, but it's thin water character really puts it in with the lightweights. Good carbonation finds its way around the palate and that metallicy rock-like flavour sits in the finish. Not sure how to describe it, but lick a fine grain igneous rock like basalt and that dusty mineral feel is what it is like.
Overall: A great refreshing and sessionable beer. If you like a little touch of fruit, and can forego the more typical lager-type identifiers like the malts and hops then this is actually quite pleasurable. The aquifer water flavour does take a bit of getting used to if your palate is used to filtered and/or bottled waters. And because it does have a profile that is invested more in the water and raspberries, this could easily make an awesome gose.
Pairing: Due to it's light and airy body, I'd love to have this with a raspberry cheesecake, making sure that the cake has a good dollop of fresh raspberry sauce. This beer will support the rich and firm creaminess of the cheesecake without competing with it, and of course complimenting those existing raspberry notes.
Sep 26, 2016Aromatics: Crisp clear water and raspberries. Not much else in there - barely a whiff of malt or hops - the barley shows through as an undertone of muted biscuit. But as the raspberries are the stars her its easy to overlook.
Taste: Hmmm... raspberries? go figure! and the aquifer water is very noticeable, especially if you are used to municipal tap or treated waters that have been stripped of their minerals. Its fresh and clean and there is a slight rock-metallic and saltiness taste in the finish. If you ask any good geologist about licking rocks, they should be able to give you a low down on identifying rocks and minerals through their taste so I'd love to hear what a geologist says about the aquifer's contents here.
Mouth: Fairly light body, maybe approaching medium, but it's thin water character really puts it in with the lightweights. Good carbonation finds its way around the palate and that metallicy rock-like flavour sits in the finish. Not sure how to describe it, but lick a fine grain igneous rock like basalt and that dusty mineral feel is what it is like.
Overall: A great refreshing and sessionable beer. If you like a little touch of fruit, and can forego the more typical lager-type identifiers like the malts and hops then this is actually quite pleasurable. The aquifer water flavour does take a bit of getting used to if your palate is used to filtered and/or bottled waters. And because it does have a profile that is invested more in the water and raspberries, this could easily make an awesome gose.
Pairing: Due to it's light and airy body, I'd love to have this with a raspberry cheesecake, making sure that the cake has a good dollop of fresh raspberry sauce. This beer will support the rich and firm creaminess of the cheesecake without competing with it, and of course complimenting those existing raspberry notes.
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Spinnakers Brewpub 'Raspberry Lager' @ 5.2% , served from a squealer purchased for $6
A-pour is almost raspberry from the squealer to a funky clear amber in the glass with a small thin off-white head leaving a spotty lace along the pint
S-raspberries
T-clean tasting lager , tart bitter raspberry finish
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-ok lager & summer beer
prost LampertLand
Nov 22, 2015A-pour is almost raspberry from the squealer to a funky clear amber in the glass with a small thin off-white head leaving a spotty lace along the pint
S-raspberries
T-clean tasting lager , tart bitter raspberry finish
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-ok lager & summer beer
prost LampertLand
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