Raspberry Tart - New Glarus Brewing Company

stakem

Pennsylvania

4.3/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

25oz green bottle dipped in a color of wax that matches the fluid within...interesting.

Poured into a wine glass, it appears a somewhat hazy maroon, ruby, reddish-brown color with less than a finger of creamy slightly reddish stained head. Not much for retension outside the penline of white bubbles that has collected around the inside perimeter of the glass. Aroma of this beer is all raspberry sweetness with a faint touch of vinegar and some sourness in the backend. As it warms there is another layer of sweetness outside of the fruit, it is somewhat reminescent of caramel. Taste is about as close as one could ever imagine to drinking a modestly carbonated fresh raspberry juice. It is quite sweet upfront tasting obviously of raspberries and has a much more full mouthfeel than I have experienced with other fruit beers. The somewhat higher than expected carbonation really lets the flavors of the fruit come out in your mouth. The tartness of the raspberries is a bit exaggerated in the finish but it is to be expected considering the name of this beer...and it is quite enjoyable nontheless. There is a lingering sweetness left in the mouth tasting just like fresh raspberries.

Thanks to jojomdma for the trade at DLD for this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2010 23:35:23 | More by stakem

Derek

British Columbia (Canada)

4.6/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: Deep mohoganny, pink head, slight retention, good lace.

S: Raspberry and candy-floss fruity esters.

T: Raspberry, dry, slight acidity, candy-floss fruityness.

M: Light to moderate body, moderate carbonation, slight acidity, dry finish.

D: Very good.

I generally don't like raspberries or tartness, but this is incredibly well-crafted.

Serving type: bottle

07-20-2007 01:22:57 | More by Derek

Georgiabeer

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

What a beautiful beer! Pours dark ed with a really nice head. Massive raspberry in the nose with the fruit coming through loud and clear and some seediness giving some more tannic notes to the aroma. The taste is sweet/tart with laser-like raspberry fruit flavor and some sweet malt. Really amazing. Super creamy and smooth in the mouth, this is a joy to the drink. Although it is somewhat of a one-note wonder, that note is clean, pure, sustained, and brilliant.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2008 19:00:45 | More by Georgiabeer

mothman

Saskatchewan (Canada)

4.28/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured into my Lindemans campaign type flute.

Pours only 1/2 fingers of a dulled down pink colored head. Not the best retention or lace. Color is a very unique. The color is basically that of a raspberry. Red mixed with a magenta pink.

Aroma: Big surprise here, but I get a fresh raspberry aroma. A nice fresh fruity taste, but that is all I am really getting here. I like it, but I can't say I am too impressed.

Taste: This beer seems to be pretty straight forward to me: Raspberries and tartness, just like the bottle suggests. This beer really makes the lips pucker. Really can't taste any type of alcohol here. It tastes a lot like a juice.

Mouthfeel: Very sweet and tarty. This is a nice puckering beer. Medium bodied, surprisingly filling. Has a good amount of carbonation. Ends with a clean raspberry flavored aftertaste.

Overall, I am very impressed with this beer. It is surprisingly a big beer with a lot of flavor for how low the abv is. 4%??? That is crazy. I really like it, but I wish the nose would have been a little more flavorful. This beer is definitely worth a try. I had a hard time finishing the last 6 ounces of my bottle.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2009 21:15:31 | More by mothman

Dogbrick

Ohio

4.28/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Sample at the Super Terrific Stout Tasting on 02/16/08. This beer pours a deep ruby color with a medium and craggy white head that dissipates slowly. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Nice bouquet of raspberries in the nose with a touch of sweet malt in the background. Medium-bodied with a juicy mouthfeel and tart raspberry (go figure) character. Touches of malt and dark cherry flavor as well. The finish is lively and fruity with an underlying sweetness. New Glarus has found the secret to making Fruit Beers that I enjoy, which is no easy feat. Very good overall.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2008 15:53:13 | More by Dogbrick

tavernjef

Minnesota

4.83/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Hello raspberries, welcome to my mouth. Wow, what a nice little refresher of raspberry surprise. Another 1pint 9oz fancy green bottle from New Glarus with the neck dipped in red wax, very cool, unique, classy, and makes for a good conversational piece.
Color of this pours out of dark ruby red and settles to be very opaque but glowing deep of rich raspberry colors. No head or lace produced, not all that necessary, but a slight disappointment.
Quite a bouquet of prefumey raspberry joy, both red and black varieties, very dark and deep, super lucsious and just plain fresh like just picked from the bushes. Taste is just as lusciously fresh, a raspberry delight, I detect more black raspberries then red. Moderately tart and sweet, souring a bit, taken in fairly easily but the sour can get the lips a puckering if you drink to much to fast or at once. Its a sipper to settle down with, makes for a great dessert or capper. Feel is medium with lots of tartness in front and goes tangy and sweetly smooth to a raspberry drying much like the fruit itself would do, just take out those tiny yellow seeds that get stuck in your teeth, which they've already done for you here, so your set.
The tartness may be a little much for some but seems to fit perfect for what this brew is after. Yum! Yum, again!

Thanks to jeffboo for the bottle!

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2003 19:22:57 | More by tavernjef

thagr81us

South Carolina

4.58/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Massive thanks to shuajw (extra in past in-person trade) and sproser (Secret Santa '10) for bottles of this one! Served from bottle into a Stone nonic. Poured a deep dark red with a one and a half finger off-white head with a slight pink hue that subsided to a minimal amount fairly quickly. There was no lacing evident throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt and raspberries (duh!). The flavor was of sweet malt, raspberries, slight spices, and a nice tart note. It had a light feel on the palate with mild carbonation. Overall I opted to drink this one on Christmas Day to de-stress after spending time with the family. Had a very nice aroma and flavor going on with this one. Glad I have another bottle of this laying around so I can share this one some other BAs in my area. This is a must try of any fan of the style or those who are feeling a little adventureous. You won't regret it!

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2010 13:42:58 | More by thagr81us

Cyberkedi

Georgia

3.88/5  rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Pours a reddish mahogany that is barely translucent, and has a minimal head, which may be an artifact of how it was poured. Raspberry dominates the rich and sweet aroma. Flavor is mainly raspberry, fairly sweet and slightly sour, more like a raspberry liqueur than a beer but still tasty. Texture is tingly, fizzy and edgy so it fairly dances on the tongue.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2010 16:03:23 | More by Cyberkedi

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

4.55/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to Jon for sharing this.

A: Pretty ruby hue. Mild lacing.

S: Wow! Fresh raspberries. There's not much else to report. Summertime. Picking them right off the bush. Incredible aroma.

T: This is a masterfully crafted raspberry beer. The aromas hit you as you get the glass close to your mouth, then it's raspberry pie in the form of a beer. It is, however, pretty sweet. As good as this is, and I wouldn't want it to change, I prefer sour fruit beers.

M: Smooth, crisp, fresh, light.

D: The sweetness is formidable. A couple of ounces is the perfect amount for me. If you haven't had this before, I recommend sharing the bottle with a few other folks.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2010 19:13:55 | More by Huhzubendah

largadeer

California

4.47/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Murky, turbid purple with a frothy purple head and sticky purple lace. I find it hard to believe that there are raspberries in this beer.

Smell: Raspberries, both sweet and sour, and nothing else. Perhaps this is one-dimensional, but it's one highly enjoyable dimension.

Taste & mouthfeel: Fresh raspberries, syrupy sweet but never cloying. Juicy and thick, yet remarkably refreshing. The finish is puckering and mildly sour, but ultimately clean.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2008 21:57:16 | More by largadeer

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a pink-ish red color with a small pink head. In the aroma, dry raspberry and a small sour funkiness. In the taste, sour raspberry and a dry pucker feeling. A small sour fruitiness in the mouthfeel and a dry sour raspberry aftertaste. Kind of like pie filling, nice sour and sweet fruit contrasts.

Serving type: bottle

01-03-2008 15:59:19 | More by OWSLEY069

gford217

Georgia

4.47/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Bottle courtesy of Homerbag poured into a snifter.

A: Pours a beautiful murky raspberry red with a bubbly pink head that lingers for a little while and leaves some sporadic lacing. I imagine this would be what unfiltered raspberry or cranberry juice looks like.

S: Wow! wonderful smell on this one as sweet raspberries are the dominant aroma with a hint of tartness as well, possibly from some cherries.

T: Taste follows the aroma with the obvious raspberry dominance and hint more tartness than in the aroma up front. There are hints of "beer" flavors in there with some wheat if you really look hard, but it's really all about the raspberries here.

M: Mouthfeel is medium bodied with big carbonation that tickles your tongue with the raspberry tartness and then sticks the sweetness on the palate in the finish.

D: Much like the Belgian Red, the sweetness is such that drinking this whole bottle is a pretty good feat. It's a wonderful beer and New Glarus has shown the ability to nail this style.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2008 23:00:18 | More by gford217

scruffwhor

Illinois

4.38/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a red grape juice maron with a lot of opaque ruby. The aroma is a sweet yet slightly dry tart rasberry jam. The taste is overloaded with rasberry. The real deal. No rasberry concentrate. The milder tartness of teh rasberry takes over the overwhelming sourness of a real lambic beer. Great to sip. Almost consumed with rasberry flavor. Great sipping beer and make sure you drink this stuff cold.

Thank You bschmid3 for this and all other New Glarus beers you GAVE to me.

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2007 03:58:59 | More by scruffwhor

TheLongBeachBum

California

4.43/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Presentation: A 1 Pint 9 fluid ounce green glass wine-like bottle. The crown cap & upper two-thirds of the neck are covered in a dark red sloping swathe of wax that adds a real vintage look to the bottle. The single obverse label has a drawn picture of some freshly picked Raspberries with the words Raspberry Tart. No freshness date or strength is listed.

Appearance: Well I decided to serve it straight from the fridge & used a tall thin Ourdaller glass that I picked up in Luxembourg at Easter. It was the correct choice I feel. The pour reveals a thick looking dark purple body that showed little carbonation as it hit the glass; it is almost as if it had to warm slightly before the dissolved carbon dioxide evolves from the beers carcass to help in forming the flamingo pink head. Swirling the beer revealed lots of conditioning and retained the luscious pink head. Streamers are always evident if you look closely enough. Looks fantastic.

Nose: Rich deeply pungent raspberry nose that has a sweet odor but a tart pinch that tweaks at your nasal hairs.

Taste: Immensely tasty mix of the best aspects of the Raspberry, sweet yet tart. The start is fruity, the middle with a sweetness that is contrasted by a sharp tartness that has a slight acid-sour tinge to it. Yet it finishes with a sweet feel, like dried sticky raspberries left over from Jam making. As it warms, the other ingredients in this beer become visible, especially the wheat which lends a finishing roundness.

Mouthfeel: Filled with raspberries, it is hard concentrate on the other aspects of the beer. It is heavily laden with raspberries, which gives a very thick feel to the beer. The carbonation

Drinkability: Fruit beers are always appealing, the strong fruity flavors can often be used to hide flaws and add nice rounded flavors that lend Drinkability. This is clearly not the case with the Raspberry Tart, it is very well made. But for me, it was just a tad too sweet at times, which left a light cloyness in the ending after a few glasses. This is the beers only downside.

Overall: Ultimately this beer will probably be compared to Framboise from Belgium. That’s a shame because this beer can stand on its own quite easily. However, lovers of the extreme lambic Framboise (like me) may find this a little too sweet. But that would be to detract from a highly enjoyable Raspberry Beer in its own right, which has a rich raspberry fruitiness, marvelously balanced by a fresh tartness.

A High 5 to FeloniousMonk for this Beauty.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2003 05:02:34 | More by TheLongBeachBum

ZAP

Minnesota

4.95/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Dark red...nice lace..very very strong raspberry aroma...strong raspberry taste...tart...If it says raspberry tart, I expect that, and I got it with this one...excellent beer if you're into this type...Their Belgian Red gets all the pub but this is almost just as good, if not as good..

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2002 22:04:33 | More by ZAP

jrallen34

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5

I drank this from the bottle into a chalice.

This beer pours a deep violet with very light pink head, but there is no head or retention at all. Lacing is very light as well.

The aroma is phenominal. It is candy sweet, just sweetness all over. It smells more like blackberries than raspberries.

The taste is dead with the smell, just total wonderful sweetness. The best part is that its not so sweeet you can't drink it. Just the perfect amount.

The mouthfeel is a little light, not a long lasting flavor. Drinkability is great, can drink this all day.

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2009 01:18:58 | More by jrallen34

dirtylou

Washington

4.13/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

appearance: sparkling ruby, creamy pink head. quite interesting, is this beer or what?

smell: in your face ripe raspberry, smells familiar like some sort of fruit drink or smoothie or something of that nature. quite frankly, it smells good

taste: tart as hell, explosive raspberry flavor, very familiar taste. quite refreshing and a good way to start the evening

mouthfeel: quite carbonated, bubbly

drinkability: half of a 750ml bottle was plenty for this guy

compared to its competitors, this is a work of art

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2005 04:46:36 | More by dirtylou

cokes

Wisconsin

4.58/5  rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Deep, bloodied garnet, bordering on purple in color. Wispy pink head is as impressive as it is unique and shows good rentention.
Raspberries dominate the aroma. Then dominate the room. Deeper inhalations indicate bready malts and touches of cinnamon.
Taste is a jolting blast of raspberries. Tart and sweet and all points in between. This isn't your artificial-tasting malternative or quasi-beer. This is complex and joyous in its cacophony. Balsalmic vinegar floods the mouth, coupled with a spicy oak counterpoint. The trifecta of rasperries, vinegar and oak provides the majory of flavor here. But much more lies beneath. Breadiness appears as it warms as do sweeter malt hues. Traces of toffee. There is too much going on for the hallertaus to assert themselves. Careful attention enambles them to be located, but just in the faintest, grassy sense.
Mouthfeel is equal parts spritzy and sticky. Interesting and intense. Burns the gullet on the way past, not from any sort of alcoholic strength but from the blistering tartness.

All told, I believe that this is a better and more complex creation than the heralded Belgian Red (which is still very impressive in its own right). I tend to dislike raspberries, but I still enjoy this one alot. Fans of the fruit will moan in delight.

Serving type: bottle

12-14-2002 00:55:56 | More by cokes

Bitterbill

Wyoming

4.83/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

From my notes last night:

I got this bottle in a trade with Joe1510. Thanks Joe!

I poured it from 750ml waxed bottle and it's a beautiful ruby red with a good but fast receding head of pinkish foam.

The smell is an awesome nose of raspberry and a faint dose of wheat.

The taste is just as the name implies. Great big raspberry flavour just on the tart side with wheat floating in the background and a bit of yeast and perhaps wood. It's medium mouthfeel makes it a very succlent brew to drink and the carbonation is pretty spritzy which adds to the enjoyment. Man, I love this stuff. It's been too long since my last sampling..

The finish is all raspberry for me and it lingers on with a long aftertaste. Boy, am I happy I was able to get this in a trade...thanks again, Joe!!!

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2008 19:21:50 | More by Bitterbill

beertunes

Washington

4.7/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into tulip. Poured a clean, clear red with over an inch of reddish-tan head that took over a minute to settle out and left no lacing.

The aroma is a very pleasant, sharp, tart raspberry scent with just a hint of grain in the background. The flavors are also very sharp and focused with crisp raspberry flavors. I live in the county that produces over 30% of the USA's raspberry crop and this beer smells just like harvest time out in the county.

The body is light, crisp, clean and sharp with a dry finish. Drinkability will depend on your taste for raspberries and sweetness, but I found this beer to have a great balance between the sweet and tart.

Overall, a great beer that I enjoyed a lot and will try to get more of for our short summer here in the Fourth Corner.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2010 21:21:06 | More by beertunes

TurdFurgison

Ohio

4.45/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

750mL bottle of Wisconsin framboise, something like $7.99 a few months ago outside of Madison. According to the label the Raspberries are from Oregon, fermented spontaneously in large oak vats. Wisonsin wheat and year-old Hallertau hops are added to round out the flavor.

The beer is a dark and clear ruby color with a light pink foam. The aroma is sweet and fruity, lots of fresh raspberry. It tastes like raspberry soda, just a little tartness to offset the sweetness, no real bitterness. Light bodied and delicious, the bottle emptied quickly. Worth its ratings.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2010 01:46:50 | More by TurdFurgison

DefenCorps

Oregon

4.18/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

joe1510 sent me this a while back in the LNBA BIF.

Deep raspberry red in color with a pink head with great retention and lacing. The nose is dominated by bright, ripe, fruity raspberries with the classic New Glarus base of brown sugar, vanill and oak. A fruity sourness is apparent, this smells tart and refreshing. The palate doesn't disappoint, opening with a big fruity, acidic bite with lots of ripe raspberries, sugar, jaggery and vanilla. Drying on the finish with a fruity tartness and a clean but mildly solvent-like acidity, this is very enjoyable stuff.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2010 05:10:41 | More by DefenCorps

francisweizen

Australia

4.83/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A wonderful blegian style Raspberry beer from Wisconsin! This one pours out a dark, blood-red colour with a nice, fizzy red head. The aromas are fresh raspberries, and I mean RASPBERRIES! Pits, pulp, flesh, skin, the whole she-bang. The taste is wonderfully raspberryish and fruity. It is a tad bit sweet, and it could finish a bit more dry, but it is exceptional the way it is. A true ale or beer base is there more so than in the Cherry beer, and this helps the smell and taste of this beer quite a bit, as well as the mouthfeel! This is still very much a fruity beer for people who like fruit beers. The mouthfeel is good...a little heavier than most fruit beers or new-style lambics. The drinkability is excellent but the sweetness gets to you after a while so I recommend splitting a 750 with your girlfriend, fiance, wife, etc...like I did.

Great stuff!

thanks to feloniousmonk for this one and the other beers he helped me to sample!

Serving type: bottle

10-06-2003 23:09:42 | More by francisweizen

twiggamortis420

Texas

4.18/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750 mL bottle courtesy of brees 6221, thanks Ben, I have been wanting to try this one for a long while now. Pours a raspberry brown color with decent clarity. Small and short-lived head, not much lacing.

Nose is raspberry sweetness (obviously), but also has a pleasant biscuity malt presence. Surprisingly beery aroma...might be the best smelling fruit beer I have ever had.

The amount of raspberry flavor packed in here is pretty amazing. So much tartness and fruit essence is impressive. Some grainy malt and light caramel give it the beery aspect it needs. I like the beer alot, but I cant help thinking how much better it might be with some lacto and brett. Would make a tremendous base for a sour ale, Flemish style!

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2011 19:12:57 | More by twiggamortis420

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

4.43/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

24 oz wine bottle poured into a Duvel tulip. No date or info but like my bottle of the Belgian Red, I'm sure it's pretty old.

A - While it's pouring out, it's a tawny red-brown color but in the glass it's a deep, almost black (in the more volumetric parts) ruby-red color. The tall pour unleashes a light pink-tan head with loose bubbles that has low retention but left a little lacing.

S - The aroma is basically devoid of any real beer smell. It's just all raspberries but with it's assumed age, they've went from what would normally be bursting with freshness to a slightly dull aroma. Still fantastic, don't get me wrong, but the fresher the better for the nose of this beer.

T - Heaven in a bottle! Sweetness overwhelms the tongue with a huge raspberry fruitiness that quickly turns tart like crazy. No other flavors are present in this so-called beer but I'm totally fine with that.

M - The feel is instantly sweet followed by a joyous celebration of flavor while the higher level of carbonation dances on your tongue. The finish kicks it into high gear with a sharp tartness and carbonation bite.

D - Very good but somewhat cloying in larger quantities. A real treat for any occasion and a delicious beer I've been waiting to open for a special occasion like today!

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2009 00:51:38 | More by BeerFMAndy