Saugatuck Brewing Company
Douglas, Michigan, USA
Fruit Beer Style
5% abv
Looking at the picture on the label I’ll guess that Delilah
DeWylde is a bass player.
On the bottle: ‘A crisp and refreshing raspberry wheat.’ In smaller font at the bottom of the label: ‘Ale
brewed with artificial flavor.’
Berry flavors in beer are not one of my favorite
things. They can be too sweet, too
medicinal, just plain strange tasting and once in a blue moon done right. One that I can think of was a cherry flavor
from Bell’s.
Appearance: glowing golden wheat (cloudy) with a 2 finger creamy
white head that will not leave, it still has a one finger head and I poured
this 15 minutes ago. Tons of lacing
clings to the glass. On the last four
ounces left in the glass there is a half finger head still floating atop
the beverage. The appearance is
beautiful.
Aroma: medicinal berry smell; it is hard for to get past the
medicinal note to notice anything else. The
‘medicinal’ note is not strong so I’ll call it faint and it does not
linger. The nose is not appealing
overall. I am really not ready for this
now. I wish the wheat came through.
Flavors: there is a raspberry like note, it is a little
medicinal tasting but not really bad – which also means not really good; the
wheat flavor is pleasing
Mouthfeel: smooth, crisp, fairly clean mouthfeel, low
carbonation, a berry-wheat twang on the aftertaste; no medicinal notes;
actually not bad on the mouthfeel
To the Point: for a fruit beer it’s not bad, I pour out most
that I try on the grass or pass them off to the wife – I did finish this
one. I would not buy one. I would drink another one on a hot summer day
if someone else was buying. Average at
best, to me, because of the slight medicinal note. I’ll give it a C+. Maybe use real raspberry flavor and this
could be a winner.
