Braaaaaaaains - Raspberry, Raspberry, Raspberry
Drekker Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

Good. Tons and tons of raspberry as promised. Not complex, but tasty. Lemon lingers on the backend with a touch of grain and a bit of marshmallowy sweetness. Medium full bodied and pulpy.

 

Review 1691
Brains Raspberry
Drekker Brewing
Date: 04 August 2021
Style: Kettle Sour
My last sour from Drekker. I used a tulip glass; the temperature was 44 degrees. A frothy and airy light red one head was created from the pour. The quick dissipation left bits of fruit on the glass. The color is reddish with a touch of light purple. This beer is thick, and I cannot tell what else is going on within. Typical appearance for Drekker's sours.
The aromas are vanilla, raspberries, lightly toasted malty, raspberry tartness, fruity sweetness, and a touch of floral. The raspberry aromas are just fragrant and delightful.
The flavors are tart raspberries, salt, vanilla, fruity sweetness, and lightly toasted crackers.
The mouthfeel is thick and coating. The body is medium, low carbonation, and long finish.
The beer is loaded with raspberries. It is more tart than a sour beer. Tasty beer nonetheless; should try at least once.

 

 

Drekker Raspberry/Raspberry/Raspberry BRAAAAAAAAins Double Fruit Smoothie Sour, 6.5% ABV. Pours thick and murky medium red with a one-finger pinkish head that left puree residue. Nose is Raspberry and vanilla, with salt on the close, moderately tart, slightly sweet. Excellent thick mouthfeel with good carbonation. Overall extra-excellent to outstanding-adjacent.

Since I'm such a huge raspberry fan and I really like fruited sours, I thought I'd give this one a whirl too. Triple raspberry? You know I can't resist that.
16 oz can, canned on 8/3/21, at 10:02 AM, into rastal glass.

Pours a soupy, chunky burgundy color with no head and some chunks floating on top. Never have been a fan of this style of appearance. Puree residue adorns the sides of the glass where the beautiful lacing should be. Surely you can create a fruited sour beer that actually looks like a beer with a head, lacing, all that jazz? This one didn't explode over the top of my glass thankfully.

Aroma is raspberry yogurt and pink nerds candy, with elements of what I'd call raspberry 7-up - it has that mineral soda character to it; and then a hint of raspberry preserves. I'd have liked a little more natural raspberry aroma - a la NG's Raspberry Tart or St Arnold's Raspberry AF, but this'll do.

Raspberry is here, but it's more in the realm of thick melted raspberry sherbet, with hints of raspberry cotton candy and maybe raspberry gas station slushie. There's notes of apricot and other stone fruit, and I'm not sure where that's coming from. Notes of floral sangria buoy beneath the surface. It finishes on heavily sugared vanilla beans which seem to fold over the top of any raspberry trying to peek through. It drinks fairly easily, but I'm really missing the wow factor. Does not taste natural, and perhaps that's the lactose and vanilla beans getting in the way creating an artificial milkshake vibe. I'm simply shrugging my shoulders. It's basically okay.

Feel is probably the best part about this beer for me. It's super thick, thicker than many stouts, but avoids being gross by having a decent amount of CO2 and acidity underneath the mudslide. Drekker once again does a fine job of covering up the alcohol.

Overall, I was hoping this one would really blow my skirt up. Triple raspberry, can't go wrong, right? Unfortunately that didn't happen here, and the raspberry has trouble being itself. A mediocre trial, and definitely not worth its lofty price tag. I still do not understand the sugary milkshake hype. What happened to real beer?

Tonight I also bought 2x Rye On Rye bottles. Both bottles cost about the price of this one can. On one hand we have a world class rye beer aged in barrels, on the other hand we have this fruited disaster. It can’t even be considered a sour. I hope this trend fades or they open up a new style for beers like this to fall into (because it’s not a sour).

I’d be fine with that…then I can just say I’m not a fan of “that style” or at least be able to rate them to their own separate style without having to compare them to real fruited kettle sours.

Regardless, this is candy in a can (gross) and I may cool it for a long while on Drekker again.

$6.49 / Taylor's

Pours you guessed it raspberry thick and murky. Smell is raspberry vanilla . Taste is the same fresh and tart raspberry with a dash of vanilla . This is 3X on the fruit and very fresh. Mouth feel is fresh and thick with lingering tartness.