Saint Arnould Marie Framboise

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

On tap at Brasseurs du Temps. Clear deep amber, weak red hue, light brown head, slight lacing. Some raspberry on the nose, balanced really well by the malts, some spice, weak wheat??? huh? The taste is mild raspberry, mostly malts, nice return of the raspberries that lingers on the front of my tongue on the finish. Odd middle and finish but I like it. One of the better raspberry brews I’ve had that are not related to lambics.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Tried to mix that yeast at the bottom of the bottle, very slowly... but did not matter. Blew some beer all over my desk. Even after 5 minutes of the bottle being open, still created a huge head. Caramel-amber colour and cloudy with a beige frothy head, great retention and loads of chunky lace. Carbonation is pretty active with tiny bubbles. Hoppy nose with notes of berry juices. Boring watery mouthfeel, hardly any tart to it. The taste is kind of bland, with some malt, some nuts, some raspberries and no sign of hop that was found in the scent. Must punch up their flavours.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Bottle: Poured a light copper color ale with a huge foamy head with great retention and some lacing. Aroma of light tart raspberry with some very light malt notes. Taste is also a mix between light raspberries with some light malt notes. Body is too thin with some great carbonation though. I understand that tried to brew alight fruity summer bee but I still think this would have gain with some more malt and raspberries.