Dark Horse Raspberry Ale - Dark Horse Brewing Company

chilidog

Ohio

3.45/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Without many fruit beers under my belt, thisone was a nice change of pace. Thanks CJRMellor for the sample. The brew poured a cloudy, hazy orange/copper with a average size, slight fiz, to its eggshell colored head. Lace was good and stuck around. The aroma was faint with a berry malt on the nose. A taste rush of flavored citrus, berry, and of coarse raspberry. Its followed by a watered down wave toward the finish. Just a hint of hop and raspberry leave the mouth dry and tart. A very drinkable fruit beer. Id like to try a cold one on a hot summers day.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2004 02:51:28 | More by chilidog

CRJMellor

Arkansas

3.63/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a murky, light maber color with small ring of head that deposits itself on teh side of the glass and stays.
Aroma is fairly innocuous for a fruit beer. Raspberry is lighter aroma than most but this is very delicate note. Caramel, grain and pale malt shine through.
Flavor is mild malt, followed by semi-tart raspberry back note and hint of bitterness. Little stronger raspberry and this would be a really tasty beer.
Mouthfeel is somewhat "shortened," refreshing offering but nothing special.
Drinakability is pretty good given a fruit beer but I would like to see more powerful raspbeery kick here.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2004 18:02:24 | More by CRJMellor

granger10

Wisconsin

3.6/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The pour showed a light copper color with a decent sized head. The smell was strongly of wheat malts with some raspberry. The taste was equivolent of the smell. Good mix of wheat and raspberry flavor. It had a pretty dry texture to it also. This was a nice easy drinking beer, not real complex or deep, but I don't think it was meant to be that way.

Serving type: bottle

10-31-2003 20:38:01 | More by granger10

marburg

Michigan

3.68/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Just had this on-tap at Ashley's... A pale, yellowish copper in color with light hints of pink. Broad, loose head. Aromas of raspberries and grain. Pretty big raspberry taste -- but somehow thinned or diluted. Tastes like the berries are drowning in water and losing their flavor a bit. Very little backbone and not a very crisp finish, so it feels a bit thin. But this is a supremely easy summer refresher -- went down so, so fast. Works well for what it's supposed to do -- which is provide an easy-drinking summer brew, I'd imagine.

Serving type: on-tap

08-05-2003 12:55:20 | More by marburg