Shock Top Raspberry Wheat - Anheuser-Busch

Lisa_Dill

Georgia

4.49/5  rDev +62.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 5

For sitting and watching sporting events at home this is a wonderful beer. Great chic beer! Even a few guy friends like it but wouldn't admit it to anyone. Not too sweet and doesn't really taste like beer. Once again your girlfriend might like it.

There a lot of craft beers I have been trying & this site was recommended so here I am. If I had known I would had reviewed much sooner. Look forward to UFC this weekend and more beers to try.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 19:32:58 | More by Lisa_Dill

Kastler

Washington

3.65/5  rDev +31.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Bottle poured into a frosty beer mug.

Appearance - looks similar to apple cider; very light and goldenrod; a thick foamy head

Smell - raspberry aroma is slightly overpowering, but it smells delicious

Taste - very sweet, strong raspberry taste; a little bit overpowering for the beer but still easy to drink

Mouthfeel - excellent feel for any wheat beer; minimal carbonation

Overall - a great beer; i honestly really like the taste, especially for the amount of ABV that it holds; a lot of people criticize it for its strong raspberry influence but that's what it is: Raspberry Wheat. Not "Typical Wheat Beer with a hint of raspberry"

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 04:12:44 | More by Kastler

jrnichols

Missouri

2.16/5  rDev -22%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.25

I've been sampling and reviewing some of the beers left in my fridge after a party. Sometimes it's nice to try beers I wouldn't ordinarily buy on my own. This is one of those kind of beers.

Appearance: Pale golden in color and cloudy. Had a nice foamy head on it when poured but it soon dissipated.

Smell: I can smell the rasberry scent, but not much else. Not a stong smell or very complex. Certainly not yeasty, or wheaty like many wheat beers.

Taste: The raspberry flavor is the first thing to hit you. However it is kind of artificial tasting, more like raspberry candy. I do taste a hintof citrus and a bit of a coriander flavor, but the taste as a whole is not very complex. The wheat ale base does not stand out above the raspberry. Kind of a strange aftertaste which reminds me of cough drops.

Mouthfeel: Effervescent and light. Goes down smooth.

Overall: Not a very complex beer. A mediocre wheat beer which is not improved by the addition of raspberry flavor. It is a smooth drinking beer, but the raspberry leaves a kind of cough-drop-like aftertaste which does not leave me wanting another. Kind of a letdown since I am a big fan of raspberries as a fruit.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 01:25:54 | More by jrnichols

merc7186

New York

2.74/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

12 bottle into pint glass.

A: Hazy Golden Hue, Passes Some Light, White Head Ring, Mild Lacing

S: Wheat, Sweet Raspberry

T: Jolly Ranchers, Mildly Watery

M: Average Carbonation, Light Bodied, Semi Sweet

Overall, the nose wasn't that bad but the taste is so fake.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2013 01:40:05 | More by merc7186

smakawhat

Maryland

2.44/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2

Poured from the bottle into a wheat ale glass. I stole your beer from your fridge!!

A very soapy but good retention head, bleach white and three fingers tall. Body color is a hazy classic looking wheat beer yellow with some bronze and slight gray edges. Good carbonation rising nicely. This is quite nice looking and solid.

Nose is pure raspberry syrup, and extremely dominant, with a very large candy sweetness. There's nothing else to even hint at any esters, malt or other beer like flavors. It is a raspberry beer, so it's delivering so far so I'll give it that.

Palate is extremely wet. Large thin watery raspberry dominates the palate, no beer backbone to this at all. Tight carbonation with no malt presence. Thin. Seltzery, quite gaseous. Slightly strangely alcohol warming for such a normal abv.

This is nothing but sugar water. Overall this is exactly like those raspberry seltzer-y bottles of water you can buy at the supermarket. If that's what you want in a beer for taste, then this is your thing. Unfortunately this hardly tastes like beer let alone some sort of wheat brew. Pass.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2013 22:51:28 | More by smakawhat

fischerking

4.25/5  rDev +53.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Shock Top Raspberry Wheat from St. Louis, MO.

This beer has a great raspberry smell and an equally good raspberry flavor. Refreshing raspberry wheat.

I drank it from a bottle from Food City in Knoxville, TN on 12/19/2012 from a create your own 6-pack.

Yes.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2012 01:04:48 | More by fischerking

jjamadorphd

Florida

3.95/5  rDev +42.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

I was very pleased and surprised by this beer considering the pumpkin wheat version was good and I had some reservations about the raspberry working as well, from a taste perspective.

Its appearance was nothing spectacular - it was your run-of-the-mill yellow-orange ale look. It was even cloudier than I expected. The head was almost non-existent and there was no lacing to mention. Smell was what surprised me - a very appealing scent of raspberry that I thought mixed well with the hops - very appealing. Taste was just as good, if not better than the smell. Mouthfeel was nothing memorable - like most of the beers I've partaken of lately.

Overall, I think it deserves it score due to its strong and mouth-watering odor of raspberry with a taste to match.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2012 02:03:53 | More by jjamadorphd

lwillitz

Florida

2.68/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

12-oz bottle into weizen glass

A - 2 fingers of bubbly ever-so-slightly-off-white head over a cloudy yellow body with sediment and a small amount of carbonation bubbles; head dissipates quickly into nothing

S - mostly raspberry (seems artificial) with a hint of wheat

T - sweet raspberry and wheat, citrus, touch of spice

M - thin body, low/average carbonation

O - not much to the smell or taste; overly sweet; like drinking a soft drink

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 20:51:41 | More by lwillitz

CurtisPeacock

2.45/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A: This beer pours a hazy light gold with a moderate 1 inch head. On the thinner side of lacing with just a little sticking around after the initial pour.

S: Light wheat smell with a rich burst of raspberry. Very pleasing smell, really gets you excited to try

T: Fail. Not a fan in any sense of this beer's taste. The first sip is not bad. A good amount of your typical wheat beer taste and a strong punch of raspberry. Unfortunately, after the first drink it's out with the good and in with the bad. The raspberry is overwhelming. One of the sweetest beers I have ever had. If you do enjoy really rich, sweet beers than this may be worth a try. The smell drew me in but the overwhelming sweetness drove me away.

M: A little on the watery side. Not very wheat beer like.

Overall: This beer is just too sweet for myself. If you are a fan of beers such as Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy or like wine coolers than this may be for you. Otherwise I would suggest looking elsewhere.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2012 20:04:49 | More by CurtisPeacock

boilermakerbrew

Indiana

3.48/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A- Pours a hazy, light gold-yellow hue. Typical wheat beer look. Good retention on a medium 2 finger head. Remnants of the head persist for a good while, but lacing is barely present.

S- Light wheat and grassy notes are present. Sweet, somewhat artificial raspberry flavoring dominates the nose after the wheat notes.

T- Starts off with a solid wheat beer flavor profile and quickly transitions to a semisweet raspberry flavor. Raspberry flavor is fairly artificial tasting, but still a pleasant flavor. Nothing complex here, just wheat and raspberry.

M- Light and refreshing. Crisp with high levels of carbonation. Wheat is rather light, and mixed in with the raspberry, the weight of the liquid is adequate. Could easily drink these until your heart's content.

Overall, this is among my favorite, everyday wheat beers. Despite the artificial raspberry flavoring, it is enjoyable, cheap, and easy to find.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2012 21:30:34 | More by boilermakerbrew

TheSixthRing

California

2.15/5  rDev -22.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Appearance - Pours a hazy straw yellow with a 2-finger head. Average retention. Thin, spotty lacing.

Smell - Predominant notes of wheat and raspberry. Simple, but I love the smell of raspberries.

Taste - Ugggh! How do you screw up raspberry? Wheat, then a bit of raspberry sweetness upfront, followed by a jumbled, dirty mess on the back end; watery... dirty water with a splash of raspberry tea. Good God!

Mouthfeel - Watery body, with very little carbonation.

Overall - I thought this was gonna be the best of the Shock Top offerings, based purely on the raspberry factor, but like the crew of the Prometheus, I was wrong. So wrong. This one takes "The Razzie" award, pun intended.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2012 22:24:33 | More by TheSixthRing

weekendwarrior

3.85/5  rDev +39%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bored with your normal cheap/on sale beer? This beer is a fun drink. The thick raspberry taste is great! A sweet tasting beer for around $7.00 a six pack. Wheat beer is always creamier and thicker than the normal on sale beer. Add some raspberry flavored sweetener and you've got Shock Top Raspberry Wheat! Stronger buzz at 5.20% compared to 5.00%! A good time for sure!

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 06:06:19 | More by weekendwarrior

twiggamortis420

Texas

2.33/5  rDev -15.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

12 oz bottle pours a hazed gold color with a bubbly white head that fades super fast to a small collar. No lacing at all.

Whoa...that is raspberry pungent! Sweet and candy-esque. Kinda artificial smelling, but not all that bad.

Taste is mildly repulsive...it is kind of jammy tasting with a metallic twang. Leaves a bad aftertaste, like sucking on a rusty nail. The flavor is full of artificial raspberry and does not leave much of the 'Belgian Wit' in it's wake...which is not such a bad idea in the case of the original Shock Top. I was waiting to find this as a single to find out how bad it was...and while it is worth the 1.50 for the experience, Id be hard pressed to finish a sixer of this in a year-long span.

Serving type: bottle

10-11-2012 23:32:13 | More by twiggamortis420

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

2.23/5  rDev -19.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Shock Top Raspberry Wheat
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
ABV: 5.20 %

LOOK: Pale malts spiked with a kool-aid reddish color.

SMELL: Sugary raspberry, wheat, and then more berry.

TASTE: Sweet raspberry flavoring, sugary malts, very small presence of wheat. It does not really taste like beer, much more akin to a raspberry smirnoff or other fruited/flavored malt beverage. Not much of a beer, but the flavors are unoffensive nonetheless. A fruit tinged malt beverage is all this is.

OVERALL: Every so often, you drink a beer that doesn't resemble beer at all. This was one of those times.

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2012 19:12:33 | More by Stinkypuss

jwc215

New Jersey

2.9/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours hazed golden yellow with a white head that quickly becomes a thin, lasting cover. Minimal lacing sticks.

The smell is of raspberries with a wheat tant, some citrus and some yeast.

The taste is of sweet - almost sticky. It's a shame that the taste doesn't really stand up to the aroma. There is a little dry yeast and some mild citrus and coriander, but the sweet raspberry dominates, and hangs on in the aftertaste. Overall, the taste is of the typical artificial-ish fruit syrup with just a little more underneath.

It is pretty creamy, but has an odd thickness to it. Still, it is pretty smooth. Not crisp, though.

Rasberry syrup dominates. Still, there is a little more to it - in the aroma, anyway. There are both better and worse American fruit wheat ales out there. It doesn't even come close to the standard Belgian fruit beers, but being what it is - it is what it is.

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2012 22:26:49 | More by jwc215

Jadjunk

Georgia

2.9/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

I'm finally getting around to the next entry in AB's rapidly multiplying Shock Top series. Brewed in the style of an American Pale Wheat Ale, the label states it as a "Belgian-Style Wheat Ale brewed with citrus peels and coriander with natural raspberry flavor added". It seems quite similar to their original Belgian White with the addition of Raspberries. Let's see how well they blend.

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle to a pint glass. Served at 42º Fahrenheit.

(Appearance) Pours a thick crisp fizzy head that recedes at a quick pace, over a hazy golden yellow body, surprisingly with no raspberry-esque hues. Surface cover is light and there is no lacing. Carbonation is lively. Appearance isn't particularly impressive overall. 2.5

(Smell) There's certainly a lot of tart raspberry aroma first, followed by some cracker wheat malt and a very subtle hint of spice. Any hint of orange peel is largely overshadowed by the raspberry, but subtle hints of citrus peek through when you try hard enough. A heartier wheat malt base would better accentuate the fruit additions, but it's not a bad aroma, likely inviting to most and the potency is nice. Raspberry isn't overdone by this step. 4

(Taste) Big sweet raspberry syrup flavor over an equally sweet wheat malt base. The tartness is much more subdued, a bit more sweet than tart which is disappointing. I was hoping the flavors would be more subtle like the aroma suggested. Ultimately, it's cloyingly sweet which drops the drinkability significantly. The flavors are just too muddled and there's no distinct points to the flavor. At times I feel I'm drinking raspberry pancake syrup, and all of those nice subtleties that were in the original Belgian White are lost in a sea of raspberry flavor. Should you like a level of sweetness that equates a raspberry cheesecake, you may have found a good match, but this certainly doesn't function as a sessionable beer. 2.5

(Mouthfeel) Medium thick, chewy syrup texture. Carbonation isn't effectively utilized in this step, and seems far too low to appropriately carbonate this beer. Alcohol presence is also low, masked by the raspberry syrup. Body is low/medium, heightened only by the syrupy texture of the thick malt and fruit blends. It should have a much more crisp texture to be a good pairing. 2.5

(Overall) I found quite a few flaws with the taste and texture that kept this beer from drinking like a crisp summer raspberry wheat ale and more like a thick, chewy raspberry syrup in a glass. The fruit flavors should be more subtle, the carbonation amped up a lot, and darn it, why was there such little raspberry tartness? They may have just as well eliminated the spice blend and orange peel from the original recipe as it was a near impossibility to find amongst the dominant malt and raspberry flavors. I was expecting a bit of flavor diversity here! Consider trying it if you liked the original Belgian White but be prepared to pass up your desserts. 3

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.'s
Shock Top Raspberry Wheat
2.9/5.00

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2012 16:02:27 | More by Jadjunk

razordm

3.1/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On occasion I like to try different fruit flavored beers. Raspberry smell/flavor comes thru on this bear quite nicely. I also enjoy wheat beers as well, but I rank beers by asking myself if I saw a 6 pack of this beer on sale, would I buy it. Answer is no in reagrd to this beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2012 22:21:12 | More by razordm

AlCaponeJunior

Texas

2.28/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

looks pretty good, a bit cloudy, tannish yellow, decent white head with some staying power, so-so lace.

Smell is pretty good, quite raspberry with a bit of wheat beer character.

Taste does not follow the expectations of the smell. It's a syrupy mess, cloying and not full of fresh raspberry flavors like you might expect from the smell.

Body is OK, kind of thick like a wheat beer. The cloyingly sweet aftertaste detracts from the overall experience though.

Overall I think budweiser needs to try a real raspberry beer like New Glarus or DFH to see what raspberry beers can actually taste like before dumping a bunch of sugar and cheap raspberry syrup into a cheap wheat beer and then spending billions on marketing. Better beer sells itself due to the self-evident quality of the product. I'm damn glad that this was a single bottle given to me just to review, because had I bought a sixer of this I would have finished about half of one, cooked with the rest of it, and given the other five away to someone with no real concept of what good beer is.

Serving type: bottle

08-11-2012 17:05:17 | More by AlCaponeJunior

AleWatcher

Illinois

2.98/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Part of a mix-a-six I selected the other day... I'm a sucker for fruit beers though I don't expect a lot from this beer.

12 oz bottle into dimpled mug.

Hazy orange body with a rather large head. The whitish head stuck around for 3 or 4 sips before dissipating to a thin wispy collar. No lacing.

Smells of grainy malts and sweet cracked wheat. Oranges and raspberries are more prevalent, but if I focus I can detect some coriander/grains of paradise. Surprisingly pleasant. The nose really works well.

The taste is much better than i had expected but it's a bit too sweet overall.

The raspberries taste like raspberries!

I honestly expected to type the words "artificial raspberry flavor" in this review, but I really can't say that. I'm actually quite impressed by how well the fruit is used here. The finish holds a little "grape chewable Tylenol" note, so points will be docked accordingly. And, like I said, the beer comes across too sweet-- but I understand I'm not the target market for this beer and I can see why this beer tastes as it does.

Feels watery and thin. Pretty bubbly. That medicinal aftertaste hurts here as well because it feels as though that's what is
Left coating my teeth after a sip.

Overall-- this beer surprised me. Good use of fruit, bad in other aspects. I personally wouldn't buy this again, but this is certainly a step in the right direction from AB. This would be a great gateway beer I reckon.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 03:03:34 | More by AleWatcher

RonaldTheriot

Louisiana

3.93/5  rDev +41.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Shock Top Raspberry Wheat has a thick, creamy, cream-colored head and a hazy (which gets more-so when one swishes the bottom of the bottle), bubbly appearance. The aroma is of raspberry and light grain. Taste is very strong with the raspberry flavoring, and one also gets bread, orange, and sweetness. There is really no bitterness here. The mouthfeel is medium and a bit soft, and Shock Top Raspberry Wheat finishes crisp and refreshing. Drinkability is astronomical. Interestingly, as I drank it down, I did start to notice the alcohol coming through a bit. This is one of the better flavored beers that I’ve tried.

RJT

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2012 15:41:52 | More by RonaldTheriot

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.4/5  rDev +22.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from bottle into pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a hazy amber color with a medium white head. The head faded relatively fast leaving only a small amount of lacing.

Smell – The aroma was a mix of wheat and raspberry. The raspberry was the more overpowering of the two and created an overall very sweet smell.

Taste – The taste was as would be expected from the nose. It started out with notes of wheat and a lighter raspberry flavor. As the flavor advanced however the raspberry took over and dominated the taste, leaving a sweet berry flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer was on the light to average side with a carbonation level that was very middle of the ground.

Overall – A sweet brew with a good dose of raspberry flavor. It you want an affordable berry flavored beer this would be one to take on.

Serving type: bottle

07-22-2012 21:57:01 | More by Darkmagus82

estlinska

Arkansas

1.58/5  rDev -43%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Poured in a pint glass from bottle. Pours a nice, hazy orange with small head that dissipates quickly. Like most everyone else, this drinks like a raspberry soda. It has lots of raspberry flavor and a little bit of hay malt flavor in the background. Very fizzy and watery. It’s not terrible, but it’s just cloying.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2012 03:55:16 | More by estlinska

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

2.28/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

12oz Bottle from CJ's NY for 1.69$

Appearance – Hazy dark amber colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. I can't make out the amount of carbonation and there is some very faint lacing. The head lasted for around 2 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Grains/wheat, raspberries/cassis, citrus

Taste & Mouth - The beer has an below average amount of carbonation. I can taste grains/bread mixed with lemon and some very sweet raspberries/cassis. It ends with a sweet sugary artificial fruit aftertaste.

Overall – I actually don't mind the regular shock top all that much, so I figured I'd give this one a shot too. This is much worse than the regular version, the taste is way too sweet and artificial. It was really hard to finish this beer, and I really can't imagine drinking more than 1.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2012 17:34:14 | More by spinrsx

bigolbeerbelly

Texas

2.88/5  rDev +4%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Through one of these in the Albertsons make your own 6 pick deal they have. Poured into a sam adams pint glass.

a: Typical straw colored hazy wheat look. Although it is eerily clear.. Head disipated almost instantly no lacing was left behind

s: cant smell much of anything other then the faint odor of those blue raspberry sour straws candy.

t: Sweet raspberry taste. Im thinking it tastes similar to cream soda while I am drinking. Although nothing like you would expect a beer to taste, it isnt half bad.

m: Mouthfeel is what you would expect in this style of beer. Although I almost feel like it has high fructose corn syrup in it.

o: Not something I would drink again. I always felt like all the shocktops ahd artificial flavoring added to them, sort of like grape or orange soda. This one is no different. Although the flavor isnt bad, and I imagine young girls trying to break in the world of drinking yucky beer might enjoy it. So if your a freshman in college, you may want to stock up on this to get your date drunk *wink*

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2012 02:30:22 | More by bigolbeerbelly

shand

Florida

3/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Sam Adams perfect pint.

At the very least, this is a good looking beer. It's got a nice cloudy white-golden body with a large white head. The aroma is very heavy on raspberry with just a bit of grains and wheat in the back. The taste really isn't that bad. It comes on strong with a rush of raspberry that can't help but wind up tasting a bit artificial. Some more tartness would really help here, it's too sweet. The raspberry washes away to a toasty, grainy finish that is fleeting, but still rather nice. The mouthfeel is light and well-carbonated, with a bit of stickiness. The drinkability would be good, but the artificiality is wearing. A more realistic raspberry note over that finish would make this an excellent fruit beer. As it stands, it's just about average. I'd still drink them at a party or if offered to me.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2012 00:00:43 | More by shand