Raspberry Picker
Center Ice Brewery

Had on tap. Not as sweet as a milkshake ipa, but definitely in the neighborhood. Still has some adjunct in the aftertaste to remind you it is a cream ale. Vanilla and raspberry fill the nose. Little sweet for my tastes.

 

 

brewed with raspberries, vanilla beans, and lactose, this is a unique brew, desserty but also more hoppy than i am used to in a cream ale, still tastes like beer. not much color imparted by the fruit, but a great nose of tangy sweet fresh raspberries, natural for sure, but made sweet by the lactose, which i may have left out of this one, i think the honey note from the malt and the vanilla bean complexion give it enough of a sweet character, although this does have a creamy sort of feel we may at least partially thank the lactose for. the vanilla is nice with the fruit, almost a melted ice cream flavor before a citrusy hop thing comes in out of nowhere, not a great fit, but it keeps this interesting. i think i liked the blackberry version of this a little better, but i like the natural fruit profile here and think this beer should have pretty wide appeal. some of the more creative stuff in here too, i didnt expect beer this ambitious in here for some reason, but they had some clever stuff on...