Unlike your typical raspberry wheat beer, this one was more beer than sweet fruity 'near-cooler,' but had a few shortcomings despite its strengths and hype. Despite being a nice cloudy amber, it offers little in the way of head or retention, for starters. The nose is almost cloyingly sweet of raspberry and nothing else - as if a sparkling soda - which just makes the balanced flavour all the more odd. That is, in taste it offers a drier tart-like raspberry flavour with a drying citrus hops presence that is somewhat unique and, if not amazing to me, much more nuanced and complex than typical of the style... but it smells worse. Maybe I just don't get it - and I admit that is possible. With a light-to-medium body and a similar level of carbonation, it is fairly standard here. The taste is good if not my thing, but the nose and head are so horrific as to give this beer a hit. Some seem to love it, so take my notes with a grain of salt. Grade: B-

Personal favorite

I really liked the taste and it was very refreshing, but the raspberry flavor is very, very strong, so I doubt I would have more than one in a session. People who don't like raspberry need not try.

I really liked the taste and it was very refreshing, but the raspberry flavor is very, very strong, so I doubt I would have more than one in a session. People who don't like raspberry need not try.

Almost like whole foods raspberry soda..but beer.

Taste dissolves quickly

Light amber, with a quick-dying white head. Nose is expectable fruit and hop balance. Taste is pleasantly balanced at first: Not too little fruit (Purple Haze), not artificially overpowering (Shock Top Ras). Gets bland quickly, though. Drinkable, but not outstanding.