Cranpire Christmas
Pipeworks Brewing Company

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From:
Pipeworks Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Berliner Weisse
ABV:
4%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 10.58%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
64
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 29, 2015
Added:
Dec 11, 2012
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by emerge077:
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Served in a wide-mouth chalice just for fun, closest I had to the traditional Berliner Kindl Weisse glass.

Color is an electric kool-aid reddish pink, with a finger of foam that melts away quickly, fading into an island of patchy skim, and a crescent shape of bubbles clinging to the opposite side of the glass.

Tart cranberry and vague wheaty aroma, some cranberry juice.

Crisp and puckering sourness, seems a touch more intense than Blue Lady & Well Read, but in the same ballpark. Simple and clean, more tart cranberry up front, finishing dry with some fleeting aftertastes of cranberry and sourdough yeast. No off flavors to speak of. Would make a nice apertif or sunny day quencher. Made a milkshake by blending half cup of Cranpire, half cup of cranberry sauce, 3 tbsp cream cheese, and 1/2 tbsp of strawberry vanilla sugar, and it tasted like cranberry cheesecake.
Dec 13, 2012
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

3.12/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
Been holding onto this bottle for awhile as it was gifted to me and frankly I didnt want to open it because one of the other berliners ive had from this brewery was pretty bad. 750ml bottle into a matching Pipeworks berliner bowl. The brew appears a clear light peachy pink color with a white cap. A second pour looks like someone threw up cream corn in the glass.

The aroma has some lactic tang and pleasant fruitiness about it that isnt quite identifable but I assume it to be the cranberry inclusion.

The taste is tart with a bit of wheat and quite a bit of carbonic bite. As it warms up, it doesnt get any better, this tastes like club soda more than a berliner.

Light in body with modest carbonation. In comparison to the pipeworks blue lady berliner, this was ok. Im glad the experience is over, I dont need/want to have this again.
Dec 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by VerticalLiturgical from Illinois

Sep 05, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by cnbrown313 from Illinois

Jun 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by beersdmf17 from Illinois

Apr 24, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by dcguitar from Connecticut

Feb 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by mocar from Illinois

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by iatethecloudsfor from Vermont

Nov 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by mrebeka from Michigan

Oct 12, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by dedbeer from Illinois

Sep 13, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by CityofBals from Illinois

Sep 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Thorpe429 from Illinois

Sep 05, 2013
 
Rated: 2.25 by Kaveman from Illinois

Aug 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by jaminjohnson from Canada (YT)

Jul 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by ThePorterSorter from Oregon

Jul 21, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois

Jul 15, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by SourinQns from New York

Jul 09, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by bradner from Illinois

Jul 03, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by savagepm from Pennsylvania

Jun 06, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by FievelGoesWest from Illinois

Jun 04, 2013
Cranpire Christmas from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 64 ratings