Bog Sauce
Toolbox Brewing Company

Had this back on tap in May 2017 at the taphouse.

Pours an amber color with a hint of red to it, makes sense given the fruit additions. 1/4" off white head. Aroma seemed to go harder in the paint for the cranberries than it did raspberries. I'm not a fan of cranberries in beer generally. Soft sour mash wheat notes are not perceptible.

Taste is similar to a lot of Toolbox beers, has a pretty clean, pretty strong sourness of lacto like origins as opposed to say some funky spontaneous stuff. It also is similar to a lot of Toolbox beers that it comes off just as much, if not more like a wild ale than it does a berliner (or in other examples from Toolbox, gose or saison). I'm still struggling with the raspberry here, just seems like cranberry and lemon notes rule the day, also doesn't have that dry of a finish, something raspberry usually excels at. Body was slightly thin but appropriate for purported style.

I'd like to try this without cranberries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap at Bishop's Arms in Malmö.

Pours a deep red color, little head, but great looking nonetheless.

The smell is very big for a Berliner, a big dollop of sour raspberries. Very nice.

Taste has just the right level of acidity, plenty of raspberries, and a hint of cranberry. Finishes with a youghurt note. Gets a little bit samey and unbalanced towards the end.

Light bodied and plenty of carbonation. Could use a bit more bulk, to avoid becoming a bit one dimensional.

Overall, a really tasty beer, refreshing with great raspberry taste.

 

Poured from a bottle into a Dogfish tulip

L: Cloudy dark raspberry colored pour. 1.5 fingers of foamy pink head. Reasonable lacing.

S: Raspberry.. dark fruits and a bit of tart funkiness.

T/F: Lots of tartness... mixed with some fruity sweetness. The raspberry flavor comes over nicely. The cranberry is a present but more subtle. A bit acidic... some lemon but very much in the background. Well carbonated. Finish is sticky... sweet and sour.

O: A tasty and fruit forward Berliner Weiss. Very drinkable... and tart without being an all-out pucker. First beer I've had from Toolbox, and hopefully not the last.

Pours an opaque pink color. Thin white head dissipates steadily leaving a ring of white foam around the outside of the beer.

Smell is a pungent aroma of raspberries, cherries, blackberries, with notes of wheat, and a bit of tartness. The berries smell like a mixed berry yogurt - a bit sweet and fake, but very appealing.

Taste has those strong raspberry, blackberry, cherry notes, but they are more watery than you'd expect given the nose. Strong wheat presence on the back end. More tart than sour. Bit of citric acidic notes. The berry flavor comes across watery which detracts a bit from the overall beer. Otherwise the addition of the berries with the berliner base is very nice. The berliner base in this beer isn't the best which I think also doesn't help.

Feel is light, tart and easy drinking. Mild carbonation. Thin beer bordering on watery.

Overall the description of this beer sounds excellent but the execution is less than stellar. Its just about a middle of the road offering that I'd drink again, but it could use some work.

This brew is a pinkish, reddish liquid. No head, and a tart aroma, with a lot of fruit (berries) underneath. Light and spritzy flavor....lots of cranberry and a little tartness. This is a fun and flavorful beer.

 

 

500ml bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sticky rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of tart berry fruit with lemon and toasted caramel. Nice tart flavor with lots of different berries and cracked wheat.