Throw Mama From the Train
Siding 14 Brewing Company

1L howler from Sherbrooke Liquor store - a raspberry Berliner Weisse (mit Schuss: Himbeere).

This beer pours a somewhat hazy, medium magenta colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and fizzy pink head, which leaves absolutely nothing in the way of lace anywhere near the glass as it quickly evaporates.

It smells of gritty and grainy wheat malt, juicy and tart raspberries, salty white crackers, a bit of musty yeastiness, and some very subtle earthy, weedy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is gently sour raspberries, grainy and bready pale malt, wet Wheat Thins, some estery yeast, and a super understated leafy, musty, and floral green hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-coating frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, after you get used to the sassy raspberries poking and prodding your tongue, that is. It finishes trending dry, the base mixed malt and fruitiness keeping the party going well beyond last call.

Overall - this is a rather enjoyable version of the style, with the traditional fruit addition all prefabricated and whatnot. And they sure as hell don't skimp on the raspberries, either, making for one refreshing and easy to throw back libation on another sunny and warm May afternoon.