Raspberry In Founders Imperial Stout

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  1. bgold86

    bgold86 Pooh-Bah (1,836) Apr 1, 2015 New York
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    2014 bottle, definite raspberry in the nose and a strong raspberry taste on the tongue. Thought I was making it up, had a buddy taste it (for the record he has had FIS only once) and he agreed and said whoa that's crazy. Has this happened to anyone else? I have been drinking FIS for some time and have never experienced this. Also, glass was completely clean, no previous beer or soap residue.
     
    #1 bgold86, May 21, 2015
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  2. esetter

    esetter Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2014 Tennessee

    May have been a bottle / label mix up. They did a raspberry stout called big lucious or dark lucious or something like that.
     
    #2 esetter, May 21, 2015
  3. bgold86

    bgold86 Pooh-Bah (1,836) Apr 1, 2015 New York
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    Oh no, those two beers are BIG raspberry bombs, I have had both. The one I'm drinking is much lighter. Also, those two beers were only released in bombers, this is a 12 ounce.
     
    #3 bgold86, May 21, 2015
  4. bgold86

    bgold86 Pooh-Bah (1,836) Apr 1, 2015 New York
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    Also, this is too heavy a beer in color and flavor for it to be a mislabeled Rubeus..
     
    #4 bgold86, May 21, 2015
  5. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    I get notes of slightly tart, sometimes dark, fruit in many imperial stouts. I usually associate it more with red grapes than raspberries.

    Drinking a FIS at this moment, in fact. There's a touch of that same tartness, but less than in many other stouts. I wouldn't personally call it raspberry, or even think that it's all that noticeable, but I could see where you're coming from.
     
    #5 Roguer, May 21, 2015
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  6. elektrikjester

    elektrikjester Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2008 Georgia

    A bottling date might help. My FIS, dated 12/15/2014 and 12/22/2014, didn't exhibit this particular quality. I will say that it seemed less hopped than in previous years, only adding to its "drinkability." Mine were very chocolate and licorice forward with a hint of smokiness.
     
    #6 elektrikjester, May 21, 2015
  7. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Never got that from FIS.
     
    #7 Greywulfken, May 21, 2015
  8. esetter

    esetter Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2014 Tennessee

    Interesting. Im gonna try one myself now. This is why its fun to taste beers with others. We all pick up things a little different . I can't stand a massive IS that all you taste is alcohol.
     
    #8 esetter, May 21, 2015
  9. FaradayUncaged

    FaradayUncaged Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2014 Michigan

    Very interesting, and distinct, flavor to pick up. I've also never tasted that in a FIS, and I'm all too familiar with Founder's raspberry brews.
     
    #9 FaradayUncaged, May 21, 2015
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