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Forbidden Fruit
The Vermont Pub & Brewery
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- From:
- The Vermont Pub & Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 12.57%
- Reviews:
- 30
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 17, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 10, 2002
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
A light, refreshing fruit beer fremented with over 500 pounds of real raspberries! At 6.2% ABV it is in the early reaches of the strong biére category! This ruby red, sour mashed and oak aged weiss beer is for everyone. Maybe some oak, cherry and vanilla come through? Try mixing it with our currently offered stout, on tap. It is real, it is right and it works. The freshest framboise on tap in town, no question.
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Ratings by Brad007:
Reviewed by Brad007 from Vermont
3.28/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours a mild red color with a one finger head into my glass. Appropriate color for such a beer.
Aroma is lush with the essence of rapsberry. It's surprisingly not overpowering.
Raspberry greets the taste buds in a lukewarm manner. Not cloying and not bland either. It's just, well, there.
Mouthfeel has a bit of sourness and lingering rapsberry. Nothing out of the ordinary.
I believe my taste buds have changed. It was mind blowing years ago. Still a good beer.
Dec 04, 2010Aroma is lush with the essence of rapsberry. It's surprisingly not overpowering.
Raspberry greets the taste buds in a lukewarm manner. Not cloying and not bland either. It's just, well, there.
Mouthfeel has a bit of sourness and lingering rapsberry. Nothing out of the ordinary.
I believe my taste buds have changed. It was mind blowing years ago. Still a good beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: crystal clear; bright red in color; 1 finger pale pink head that receded quickly to a thick collar; no lacing;
S: sweet and tart fresh raspberry;
T: not as good as the aroma; somewhat artificial raspberry; minimal tartness - balance clearly toward sweet; there's a pithy bitterness in the aftertaste that doesn't match raspberry;
M: light to medium bodied; moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;
O: the aroma was awesome;
Sep 17, 2021S: sweet and tart fresh raspberry;
T: not as good as the aroma; somewhat artificial raspberry; minimal tartness - balance clearly toward sweet; there's a pithy bitterness in the aftertaste that doesn't match raspberry;
M: light to medium bodied; moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;
O: the aroma was awesome;
Rated by Fireandwatervt from Vermont
3.9/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Great fruit beer. 18 IBU
Feb 08, 2018Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the brewpub. This was poured into a pilsener glass. The appearance was a nice looking hazy dark amber, almost pink color. Nice frothy white head. Slow dissipation. The smell had some tart cherries, semi-sweet yet sour. Underscore of citrus. Sweet to sour grapes. The taste was mainly the same bringing together the tart and the sweet and the sour. Citrus to sour cherry aftertaste. Semi-smooth wet sour cherry finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light. Sour harshness hits my tongue just right. Overall, fruit beer or sour beer, doesn’t really matter too much to me as I’d say this was very good and I’m sure to come back to.
Jun 15, 2017Reviewed by BranfordBound from Connecticut
3.79/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.79/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had at Vermont Pub & Brewery into a snifter glass, comes out a dark ruby color, clear, with a fizzy head that drops out completely.
Sweet fruit upfront in the aroma, backnote of some grains. Flavorwise is dominated by the raspberry flavor, some tart notes combine with the sweetness, you can detect some graininess every now and then, but it's pretty much raspberry on display.
Still a light body, finishes wet and lingering in the mouth. Very tasty for a fruit beer!
Aug 10, 2016Sweet fruit upfront in the aroma, backnote of some grains. Flavorwise is dominated by the raspberry flavor, some tart notes combine with the sweetness, you can detect some graininess every now and then, but it's pretty much raspberry on display.
Still a light body, finishes wet and lingering in the mouth. Very tasty for a fruit beer!
Rated by founddrama from Vermont
3.56/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Mildly sour, prominent raspberry notes. A pretty decent fruit beer.
Mar 21, 2015
Forbidden Fruit from The Vermont Pub & Brewery
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
83 ratings
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