Raspberry Tart Ale
Tröegs Brewing Company
- From:
- Tröegs Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #771 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #25,281 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 7.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 19, 2025
- Added:
- May 11, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
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Rated by Danzifer from Ohio
4.32/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
When I read "tart ale" I thought it would be sour but god damn they nailed this one. It's perfect!
Aug 04, 2021
Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz can into a Dogfish Head tulip
L: Nearly clear bright raspberry pink pour. 2 fingers of fizzy pink-tinged head. Modest lacing.
S: Raspberry jam. Berries, fruit, and a bit of funk.
T.F: Light bordering on watery. Tart raspberry and a dash of funk. A bit of lemon rind/citrus. Simple and a bit 1-dimensional. Zesty carbonation. More raspberry and a dash of salt at the finish.
O: An easy drinking low-abv tart raspberry brew. Just like the Boysenberry Tart this is a solid summer/lawnmower beer. Went down well enough after a 7 mile hike with the hound.
Oct 13, 2019L: Nearly clear bright raspberry pink pour. 2 fingers of fizzy pink-tinged head. Modest lacing.
S: Raspberry jam. Berries, fruit, and a bit of funk.
T.F: Light bordering on watery. Tart raspberry and a dash of funk. A bit of lemon rind/citrus. Simple and a bit 1-dimensional. Zesty carbonation. More raspberry and a dash of salt at the finish.
O: An easy drinking low-abv tart raspberry brew. Just like the Boysenberry Tart this is a solid summer/lawnmower beer. Went down well enough after a 7 mile hike with the hound.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.04/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tröegs Brewing Co. "Raspberry Tart Ale"
12 fl. oz. can, "BEST BY 08/31/2019" but not sampled until 09/20/2019
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: Beautiful pinkish amber body and massive head of pinkish foam. I'll let it settle for a moment and then top it off. Great, it looks perfect. Being a sour beer I'm a little surprised the head has held for so long but I certainly don't expect it to leave much lacing beyond a few small spots here and there. The aroma is of a light raspberry and something that I can't make out, but it seems like something leafy. Maybe it's coming from the coriander, maybe it's coming from the salt, maybe its coming from the hops, maybe it's coming from something else - I don't know what it is, but it's not unpleasant. In the end I'm going to go with the coriander. I'm not sure it's needed, but it does give it a little more character. The flavor is bright with a bit of tartness and that same light raspberry note found in the aroma. I'm not getting the odd thing that I couldn't figure out though, nor am I finding the salt. It's really nicely balanced between a slightly sweetish malt base and a soft acidity with the raspberry flavor as the main component. Ahhh, there is a little bit of a coriander flavor in the finish which is nice. In the mouth it's light-medium in body and slightly sharp with acidity and carbonic acid bite but not by much.It's a rather delicate beer all around, and I'd imagine at just 4.5% ABV you could drink a few of these over the course of a hot day.
Review #6,703
Sep 20, 201912 fl. oz. can, "BEST BY 08/31/2019" but not sampled until 09/20/2019
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: Beautiful pinkish amber body and massive head of pinkish foam. I'll let it settle for a moment and then top it off. Great, it looks perfect. Being a sour beer I'm a little surprised the head has held for so long but I certainly don't expect it to leave much lacing beyond a few small spots here and there. The aroma is of a light raspberry and something that I can't make out, but it seems like something leafy. Maybe it's coming from the coriander, maybe it's coming from the salt, maybe its coming from the hops, maybe it's coming from something else - I don't know what it is, but it's not unpleasant. In the end I'm going to go with the coriander. I'm not sure it's needed, but it does give it a little more character. The flavor is bright with a bit of tartness and that same light raspberry note found in the aroma. I'm not getting the odd thing that I couldn't figure out though, nor am I finding the salt. It's really nicely balanced between a slightly sweetish malt base and a soft acidity with the raspberry flavor as the main component. Ahhh, there is a little bit of a coriander flavor in the finish which is nice. In the mouth it's light-medium in body and slightly sharp with acidity and carbonic acid bite but not by much.It's a rather delicate beer all around, and I'd imagine at just 4.5% ABV you could drink a few of these over the course of a hot day.
Review #6,703
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.93/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours an effervescent honey color with a thumb of cream colored head. Alright head retention and lacing
S: Grassyness and tart berries
T: Raspberry tartness and dryness up front. Dryness, mostly tart Raspberry as this warms. Finishes tart, dry with raspberries and a little pear
MF: Light/Medium body, fairly firm carbonation
Pretty decent tart ale, no New Glarus, but not far from
Aug 29, 2019S: Grassyness and tart berries
T: Raspberry tartness and dryness up front. Dryness, mostly tart Raspberry as this warms. Finishes tart, dry with raspberries and a little pear
MF: Light/Medium body, fairly firm carbonation
Pretty decent tart ale, no New Glarus, but not far from
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Medium carbonation with just under average body
Aroma is raspberry jam,grain,malt, raspberry vinaigrette
Taste is really very similar to aroma, not too sweet. Definitely low on the tartness but had a little dry cranberry taste
Overall it was a decent attempt at the style and would try again
Aug 04, 2019Aroma is raspberry jam,grain,malt, raspberry vinaigrette
Taste is really very similar to aroma, not too sweet. Definitely low on the tartness but had a little dry cranberry taste
Overall it was a decent attempt at the style and would try again
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