Looking For Great Fruit Beers

Mad Michael Flying V Sour Lagrrr! by SingleCut Beersmiths is a great fruity sour.

UFO Big Squeeze by Harpoon Brewery is part pale ale and part grapefruit shandy. Very refreshing.

 

Founders Rubaeus is frequently compared to NG Raspberry Tart, but it deserves to be considered on its own merits. Fine beer. Consume fresh.

 

Founders Rubaeus is pretty solid.

Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout is very tasty as well.

 

have your tried any of the lambic's made in Belgium? Linderman are the cheap ones, but better than the really cheap ones(Boon).
and of course Cantillon, and Drie Fonteinen. (neither cheap) but world class.
with oude beersel not to bad.

 

This review of some fruit beers was just published in my local paper today.
http://jacksonville.com/entertainme...ves-if-you-think-fruit-beers-are-pits-you-may

 

New Glarus does indeed make some tasty fruit beers. I have only had the pleasure of drinking sample size pours at GABF but I thoroughly enjoyed them.

I am not typically a big drinker of fruited beers but some of my personal favorites are:

· Dogfish Head Aprihop

· Dogfish Head Festina Peche

· Bell's Cherry Stout

Technically pumpkin is a fruit (I know that most folks don’t view it that way): One of my favorite Pumpkin Ales is Dogfish Head Punkin Ale.

Cheers to Dogfish Head for making some tasty fruit beers!

 

For me, after drinking NG fruit beers, nothing from US craft breweries has come close

 

You are fortunate that you live close to Wisconsin and can buy New Glarus beers.

Cheers!

 

I'm guessing being in AZ you may have gotten to try some of the JK 500ml beers? I don't find them very sour, somewhere in between a sour and something like a NG fruit beer. Atrial Rubicite, Nocturn, etc.

Also the De Garde fruited Imperial Bu Weisses that I've tried haven't been very sour, more fruity.

But none of these are exactly easy to trade for.

 

Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus. Relatively easy to find (for Cantillon), and far better than any American-made fruited sour I've had. Your best bet is to order the from Belgium. Totally worth it. Some American fruit sours are pretty good, too. Russian River makes some excellent ones.

The only other fruit beers I've had that I felt were worthwhile are some of the saisons and pale ales at Tired Hands that incorporate fruit puree into the recipe, but that's not much help to you.

 

From what I've heard, NG fruit beers are kind of in a class of their own. Since I'm in Wisconsin a lot, I've never really branched out from them (so take my opinion with a few handfuls of salt). Goose Island's sisters are great too, but they're much more sour, and the fruit doesn't come through quite as easily (I find that pairing them with cheese/crackers tends to help). There are a lot of people on here that seem to have easy access to NG, so if you're not able to find anything else you really like, I'd recommend trading a BA (or 6).

 

I understand totally I am not a big fan either, but the wife likes them, and 1 never knows. I do not think we get New Glarus here, so I never had 1. Not that it matters, not a big fan of most fruit lambics.