Sweet Berry Wine
Aslin Beer Company

 

No canning date but I’m guessing about a month old. The description intrigued me as Aslin does a great job with adjuncts in most of their beers. I’m wondering if I missed something not drinking this super fresh. It has a nice color to it. The carbonation is there on the mouthfeel in a pleasant way, but there’s little bubbles sticking around after the pour. The smell is a huge let down for me given that it’s supposed to be berries. It’s there but it’s subtle at this point. I smell some booze and hops too. Drinking it, I get a nice tart berry with the bite of an IPA. The booze is too well hidden for such a strong beer. I don’t know how they do that or if the abv is accurate. Let’s see how I feel at the end of this beer for that verdict. Overall this was a fun beer to try but I’ll probably pass in the future.

Pours a murky reddish orange with some fine head.

Smell is very fruity and a bit sweet, with notes of raspberries, peach and blueberries. Smell like a hopped fruit salad.

Taste is milder and more mellow than expected with a nice, round fruitness full of oranges, raspberries and blueberries. Just a hint of booze and a moderate bitterness round out proceedings.

Mouthfeel is medium to full, well carbonated.

Overall, a very surprising beer. I was expecting an absolut punch in the face, but this is actually pretty subtle and way too drinkable for almost 13 % ABV!

 

Interesting brew. Very fruity (obviously) - definitely drinks like a double digit ABV so 1 is plenty :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Way boozy fruits going everywhere, utter madness. Charming and immediate senses blast. What will they think of next? No way am I spitting this stuff out - tastes like fruit!

 

 

 

 

Moderate to vigorous pour yields a one inch ever so slightly light pink head over a dark pink body with some sticky lacing. Nose of tropical fruit with high aromatics from the berries. Taste of tropical fruit and berries with a finish having very little bitterness. Feel is a tad thin and overall this would be a great dessert IPA (with cheesecake!) which hides the 12.8% abv very well.