Raisin Hell
Trails To Ales Brewery
- From:
- Trails To Ales Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 3.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 15, 2025
- Added:
- May 31, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Belgian-style dark strong ale brewed with raisins, brown sugar, & molasses.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by 2beerdogs from California
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can courtesy of the esteemed Ozzylizard.
Gorgeous deep brown with an amber edge. Initial head formation launches just shy of 3 inches, slowly retreats to a thin, dense film that is khaki on color. Good retention with a dripping curtain of lacing that slowly spreads into gossamer tears.
Nose is rich. Deep date, candied sugars, and raisin notes with gentle hints of herbal phenols.
Flavor follows the nose. A tad sweet but still really enjoyable. I find the herbal notes quite nuanced and pleasing. May come in a little light for some devotees of this style but to me, it's quite approachable.
Mouthfeel carries a medium heft with light carbonation.
Nov 15, 2025Gorgeous deep brown with an amber edge. Initial head formation launches just shy of 3 inches, slowly retreats to a thin, dense film that is khaki on color. Good retention with a dripping curtain of lacing that slowly spreads into gossamer tears.
Nose is rich. Deep date, candied sugars, and raisin notes with gentle hints of herbal phenols.
Flavor follows the nose. A tad sweet but still really enjoyable. I find the herbal notes quite nuanced and pleasing. May come in a little light for some devotees of this style but to me, it's quite approachable.
Mouthfeel carries a medium heft with light carbonation.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.53/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Raisin Hell from Trails to Ales Brewery. 16 fl oz can. Reviewed 01/06/25 (Review 3532). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated can but no more than a week old. Stored at 39 degrees F at home; served at 53.5 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature is 60.0 degrees F.
Appearance – 4
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Ruby Brown (SRM 24), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, ruby and clear.
Head – Average (Maximum three cm, aggressive center pour). Initially wheat, high density, short retention, oxygenating to almond as it decays to a 0.3 cm crown and a cap resembling yeast on top of fermenting beer.
Lacing – Excellent! A blanket of tiny bubbles covers the inside of my snifter. This eventually begins to devolve to torn curtains.
Aroma – 3.5 – Not particularly strong but distinctly raisins. No yeast, no alcohol, no hops, no malt.
Flavor – 3.5 – Marginally sweet, little raisin flavor. Very mild phenolic spiciness. No alcohol (9.2 % ABV, according to the label). No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium: vaguely syrupy: soft carbonation.
Style: Follows the loose style guidelines as condensed by BA.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 (After deducting 0.25 point for an undated personal container) Uncredited label artist. I had a couple of these with my haddock rice bowl 29/05/25 and bought a four-pack so I could give a proper review at home under controlled conditions.
Jun 01, 2025Undated can but no more than a week old. Stored at 39 degrees F at home; served at 53.5 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature is 60.0 degrees F.
Appearance – 4
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Ruby Brown (SRM 24), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, ruby and clear.
Head – Average (Maximum three cm, aggressive center pour). Initially wheat, high density, short retention, oxygenating to almond as it decays to a 0.3 cm crown and a cap resembling yeast on top of fermenting beer.
Lacing – Excellent! A blanket of tiny bubbles covers the inside of my snifter. This eventually begins to devolve to torn curtains.
Aroma – 3.5 – Not particularly strong but distinctly raisins. No yeast, no alcohol, no hops, no malt.
Flavor – 3.5 – Marginally sweet, little raisin flavor. Very mild phenolic spiciness. No alcohol (9.2 % ABV, according to the label). No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium: vaguely syrupy: soft carbonation.
Style: Follows the loose style guidelines as condensed by BA.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 (After deducting 0.25 point for an undated personal container) Uncredited label artist. I had a couple of these with my haddock rice bowl 29/05/25 and bought a four-pack so I could give a proper review at home under controlled conditions.
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