Rosie
Great Lakes Brewery
- From:
- Great Lakes Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 9.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 18, 2026
- Added:
- May 29, 2017
- Wants:
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- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
4.34/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Part of their 7 Barrel Series brews.
Belgian fruit dubbel style with raspberry and cherry. Named after Mike Lackey's doggie, Rosie.
Appearance - Pours a blush pink with three fingers of light rose pink head.
Smell - dark cherry, raspberry,, candied sugar, raisin, earthy and leafy hops, bready malts, and earthy yeast.
Taste - dark cherry, raspberry, and candied sugar at the forefront. The raisin, and the hops come through next. The brew is finished off by the bready malts and earthy yeast.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes tart with the dark cherry, raspberry, and candied sugar lingering.
Overall - A pleasant fruit inspired Belgian dubbel that is quite flavourful. I like how the candied sugar blends well with the dark cherry and raspberry. Another winner from this fine brewery!
Jan 26, 2020Belgian fruit dubbel style with raspberry and cherry. Named after Mike Lackey's doggie, Rosie.
Appearance - Pours a blush pink with three fingers of light rose pink head.
Smell - dark cherry, raspberry,, candied sugar, raisin, earthy and leafy hops, bready malts, and earthy yeast.
Taste - dark cherry, raspberry, and candied sugar at the forefront. The raisin, and the hops come through next. The brew is finished off by the bready malts and earthy yeast.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes tart with the dark cherry, raspberry, and candied sugar lingering.
Overall - A pleasant fruit inspired Belgian dubbel that is quite flavourful. I like how the candied sugar blends well with the dark cherry and raspberry. Another winner from this fine brewery!
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.94/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance: Poured with a thumb of head that did not lace but had ok retention. Body is ruby read that shows modest carbonation.
Smell: Raspberry and cherry are dominant with a touch of biscuit malt in the background. This beer had good potency but it was certainly amplified by warming.
Taste: The raspberry and cherry permeates the beer, as it starts with a biscuit malt as then the yeast tries to make it's presence know, but sadly the berry notes drown out much of anything with only a pear note managing to make noise amongst the aggressively suppressing berries, before it comes to an end with a mild earth hop brush end.
Mouthfeel: The transitioning is good save for that pear and berry note conflict is just a bit too aggressive. The carbonation though helps out the entire beer and a pleasant and mild cherry and raspberry aftertaste is nice.
Drinkability: Refreshing and it's slightly higher 6.4 ABV is hidden very well here. It settles down nicely with it's medium body.
Final Thoughts: The fruit certainly ran away with this one. As with most fruit beers I must ask, why is this a beer, why didn't you make it a cider or wine? What beer elements did you need? In this case, the answer is I wanted a touch of biscuit malt and I wanted to try to make berry be dominant before fruity Belgian yeast, which is good reasoning. Too bad the berry drowns it out. Still good though regardless.
Jan 26, 2020Smell: Raspberry and cherry are dominant with a touch of biscuit malt in the background. This beer had good potency but it was certainly amplified by warming.
Taste: The raspberry and cherry permeates the beer, as it starts with a biscuit malt as then the yeast tries to make it's presence know, but sadly the berry notes drown out much of anything with only a pear note managing to make noise amongst the aggressively suppressing berries, before it comes to an end with a mild earth hop brush end.
Mouthfeel: The transitioning is good save for that pear and berry note conflict is just a bit too aggressive. The carbonation though helps out the entire beer and a pleasant and mild cherry and raspberry aftertaste is nice.
Drinkability: Refreshing and it's slightly higher 6.4 ABV is hidden very well here. It settles down nicely with it's medium body.
Final Thoughts: The fruit certainly ran away with this one. As with most fruit beers I must ask, why is this a beer, why didn't you make it a cider or wine? What beer elements did you need? In this case, the answer is I wanted a touch of biscuit malt and I wanted to try to make berry be dominant before fruity Belgian yeast, which is good reasoning. Too bad the berry drowns it out. Still good though regardless.
Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bomber thanks to Ian
May 29, 2017
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