Short Shorts Raspberry
Origin Malting & Brewing

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square - strange time of the year for this sort of thing, but whatevs, that traditional trope has obviously flown the proverbial coop.

This beer appears a muddy, dark dishwater 'colour', with one skinny finger of wispy and bubbly pale pink head, which leaves some decent dense treeline pattern lace around the glass as things slowly progress.

It smells of fresh-picked raspberries, grainy and bready cereal malt, and very little else. The taste is raspberry cream pie, gritty and grainy pale malt, a hint of earthy yeastiness, and faint leafy, musty, and floral green hop bitters.

The carbonation is fairly restrained in its palate-satisfying frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and generally smooth, with nothing really getting in the way of a swell time at this particular juncture. It finishes off-dry, that raspberry puree goodness not letting its foot off of the gas in its lingering repose.

Overall - this comes across as a frooty offering where the brewer really, really likes the titular berry. Crisp, refreshing, and totally worth seeking out if you are of the same disposition, no matter the snow outside.