Clipper City Oxford Raspberry Wheat Ale

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Sampled as Oxford Organic Raspberry Wheat Beer, brand new in May 08. Amber with red hues on the pour, normal head and lacing. Strong raspberry aromas over top of a light wheat base. The flavor was predictable from the aroma, sweet raspberries, syrupy, light than the amber, yet still too sweet to be thirst quenching. I think I could enjoy a raspberry wheat beer in the summer if only the raspberry was a faint background accent. Too bad brewers don't ever try to pull that off vs. making seltzer sugar water.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Very suprisingly good taste. You can def. taste the raspberries in the beer but not over powering. It is not your average fruit brewed beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

A golden appearance. The aroma is raspberries and wheat. The flavor is somewhat doughy with some lemons and mainly raspberries of course. A pretty standard fruit beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

My last beer from the mixed sixer that I brought back from my latest business trip to the Hampton Roads VA area. I saved this one for last, if for no other reason that I didn't really have much hope for it, to be honest. But after cracking this open while watching the Chargers beat Tampa Bay this afternoon, I can say that I was not at all disappointed with this one.

Is it something that I would want a sixer or a keg of at my disposal at all times? Hardly. A bit too sweet for routine drinking -- it'd never beat out my ussual mixed array of APAs and IPAs in my fridge -- but at no time did this feel sugary or cloying/sticky in my mouth. A fair amount of raspberry refreshment with this one, surprisingly enough.

Perfect? No. But is it a disgustingly sugar-sweet "wine cooler" of a beer? No, not at all.

Overall, a pretty respectable Fruit (Raspberry) Ale, that I found to be a pleasant surprise, to be honest. Not half bad, IMO....
//TB

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Medium gold color. Small white head. Aroma is grainy and sweet with a definite raspberry flavor. A lighter bodied fruit beer. Malts are mild, fruity and sweet. Hops are mild and slightly spicy. The raspberry flavor sort of dominates this “beer”. It more cider-ish or alcopop-ish than beer like. There is a tinge of beer like bitterness and a slight taste of malts at the finish but that’s all. Its light and refreshing and the berry flavor is well balanced between tart and sweet. But, is a beer? Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp. Aftertaste is sweet.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A wonderfully aromatic beer from what is becoming a favorite brewer. Pours a light crimson, translucent, looks somewhat dull. Aroma of ripe raspberries, very striking, reminds me of a raspberry lambic, however this doesn't translate well in the flavor, somewhat flat raspberries are almost non-existant in the flavor, however has a crisp clean aftertaste. Overall a decent enough beer that I would purchase again.