Continuing with my fruit beer theme I have another Raspberry beer. This is a beer I have seen sold a few times but never purchased. I recognize the brewery because of the Labrador on the bottle. This is a beer sold year round which is odd for a fruit beer like this. I will look for more Spanish Peaks beers.
Fruit, maybe Raspberry, and some sweet malt smell is present. I really like the purple tint of this beer, it's filter clear, but the color is really pretty. There is only a little light carbonation, but that could be caused by the fruit in the beer. The more I stare at this beer the more I wonder is there could be wrong with the beer because of the little carbonation.
The taste is truly an ale. Lots of malt sweetness, a lot like red ales, I think the beer might be a red ale with raspberry added. The raspberry is well balanced, not too heavy but still a nice hint of raspberry. I don't taste any honey, I but I taste sweet which could be added honey or the reason for the honey name. There is even a little hop bitterness in this beer, not much hop taste but the bitterness is present. This beer is a lot like my homebrewed Red Ale with raspberry added, I wonder if it was fermented at a higher temp to keep the fruity notes.
I don't think there is anything wrong with this beer, even though the carbonation is so low. Its a good enjoyable beer. Maybe too sweet, but still enjoyable.
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