Where is the line between fruit beer and alcopop?

I guess it would just be some bad craft. Seriously though, I'll try fruit styles from brewers that I trust. Seems that some great brewers never mess with fruit, but occasionally some do work well. I remember sucking down some RJ Rocker's Son of a Peach on a hot day of golf.

 

fruit beers are for women and alcopops are for teens.

 

I'm a lazy, ignorant bastard but I'd guess it has to do with the malt/fermentables base (or should). Once it goes over a certain threshold of grain malt (50%?) I'd consider it beer. But I have no idea what "alcopop" is made from, so I could be talking completely out of my ass.

 

one is brewed.
but yeah, I get you. anything fruity sweet is an alcapop to me.

 

Fruit beer is brewed in Belgium. Its really all that simple.

 

Schell's Schocked Radler = borderline alcoholic soda. So sweet. Not a huge radler/shandy fan in general though.

 

Cantillon Kriek might be a fruit beer, but it kicks ass. But I know what you mean.

 

Also by New Glarus.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/blue-moon-variety-pack-question.115110/

Hmmmm...

 

It kicks ass because it's technically not a "fruit beer".

 

True enough, but those cherries sure are strong.

 

Speaking of New Glarus, I managed to get my hands on a couple bottles the other day from a kind BA from Wisconsin--the Strawberry Rhubarb and the Serendipity. In reading the labels, I saw that they talk about wild fermentation and the like, so I was confused at the classification on here as "fruit beer" rather than "wild ale".

But then I opened my Strawberry Rhubarb a few nights ago and got none of the elements that I would expect from wild fermentation--no tart or sour elements whatsoever.

Can someone who is more in the know about NG enlighten me? Will the Serendipity that I have get more tart if I give it some time to cellar?

Seeing as how the NG website describes the beers as either "wild fruit ale" (Strawberry) or "fruited sour ale" (Serendipity), I'm a little confused at why the beer didn't taste at all tart.

 

Can on confirm this? Source?

 

Good.. no kriek for you.

 

I thought Rose de Gambrinus tasted like a 1:1:1 blend of cider, white zinfandel and Lindemans Raspberry, so I don't even think it's a universal rule that it depends on who's brewing it. My only Cantillon and boy did that not taste the way I expected it to.

 

Why not?? its technically beer and brewed with fruit. It might work better with fruit than most styles out there... but that does not change those facts.

 

I did find their Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart to be tart, but that was before trying actual sours. They are definitely on the sweet side, and I don't find Serendipity to be tart whatsoever.