Well Read Temptress - Pipeworks Brewing Company

CooperEllis

New York

3.6/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From Preismj in a blind 12 bottle shipper (which showed up w/ 13 selections) filled with a number of excellent Pipeworks bottles! 750ml split two-ways, into wine glasses.

So much of this is amazing. The brite, vibrant color; fluorescent raspberry capped with egg-white head. The aroma is robust and faintly sour.

The flavor, in comparison, is flat. There is a strong raspberry flavor that muddles anything else. I'm a huge fan of berliner-style thanks to healthy doses of advocacy from StakeM and crew and having had a better than decent sampling of the styleI would say this is better than average but not top-tier.

Excellent mouthfeel but the one-dimensional flavor negates all of the other excellent qualities.

(199th)

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 18:27:53 | More by CooperEllis

Hoozierdaddy

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

05-24-2013 05:22:02 | More by Hoozierdaddy

Rand_ale_Thor

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-23-2013 01:35:24 | More by Rand_ale_Thor

smartassboiler

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-19-2013 00:58:28 | More by smartassboiler

jakeox

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-18-2013 23:31:27 | More by jakeox

prender1482

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

05-18-2013 00:36:47 | More by prender1482

yourefragile

District of Columbia

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-13-2013 02:12:24 | More by yourefragile

weonfire

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-02-2013 17:52:39 | More by weonfire

drummermattie02

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

04-29-2013 13:58:26 | More by drummermattie02

APreacher

California

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

04-26-2013 04:21:29 | More by APreacher

dcguitar

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

04-22-2013 18:58:34 | More by dcguitar

ehammond1

California

4.15/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle (2013)

Acquired via trade
Thanks, AJDePaul!

A murky light raspberry in color. Small pink head. Leaves the glass fairly clean on the way down. Looks delicious.

Lots of bright, fresh raspberry character. Just the tiniest bit of cheese as well. Nice.

The flavor is perhaps the most thirst quenching, gulpable beer I've had. This just goes down so incredibly smooth. Raspberry, light wheat, and just a bit of sour character make for a fantastically delicious low ABV gulper.

Medium bodied with low carbonation.

Crushable.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 05:09:47 | More by ehammond1

Rainblows

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-18-2013 16:10:44 | More by Rainblows

mobius387

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-15-2013 03:15:43 | More by mobius387

mpetersen

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-12-2013 14:33:00 | More by mpetersen

cadaugherty

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

04-12-2013 04:00:56 | More by cadaugherty

ShanePB

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-11-2013 18:57:28 | More by ShanePB

JohnnyChicago

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

04-11-2013 13:45:10 | More by JohnnyChicago

VaTechHopHead

California

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

04-10-2013 14:56:30 | More by VaTechHopHead

Duff27

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

04-06-2013 04:36:20 | More by Duff27

t0rin0

California

3.25/5  rDev -17.5%

03-28-2013 03:59:40 | More by t0rin0

pmoney

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

03-25-2013 14:14:59 | More by pmoney

Sparky44

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

03-23-2013 18:48:35 | More by Sparky44

Etan

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml bottle (batch 83) into a Maine Beer Company tumbler.

A: Pinkish-red grapefruit flesh colored body with a small white head.

S: Sweet raspberry flesh, light wheat, a bit of lactic acid in the nose.

T: Taste brings dry, tart raspberry, a quick wave of puckering lactic acidity, pleasant and slightly sweet cereal grain and wheat in the finish. The fruit is much drier and less sweet than it is in the nose.

M: Light-bodied with moderate carbonation.

O: I actually like Blue Lady a bit better than this, but this is still tasty and worth picking up when you can find it.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 00:27:38 | More by Etan

inlimbo77

Delaware

3.99/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml, Batch 83
Hill Farmstead wine glass

A: Cloudy blush pink color. Basically no head. Just a collar of bright white that sticks around. Doesn't leave much lacing.

S: Smells I sweet tart raspberries. Some lactic yogurt notes. Smells light and fruity.

T: Nice light raspberry tartness on tip of tongue. Tickles the tongue. Lots of sweetness from those berries. Almost a creamy aspect. Finish is dry.

M: Light leading to medium due to malts sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2013 14:25:11 | More by inlimbo77