Southampton Black Raspberry Wheat
Now this is an interesting fruit beer. Had on draft at Barcade in Brooklyn, this pours a beautiful ruby-ish red, with minimal head but solid carbonation nevertheless. Smells just like raspberry yogurt, what with the huge sweet/tart raspberry profile and what I perceived as a slightly sour tinge, as one would find in a lambic or something. Aroma belies the taste, which is not all that raspberry-ish... or at least not that cloying artficial raspberry flavor. Instead there is a solid crisp wheat profile and a nice subdued hopiness that intermingles with a raspberry flavor that is more tart than sweet. Dangerously strong beer for the drinkability -- the alcohol is really well-masked and I had a drunk girlfriend to prove it. This is a good example of how to use fruit in a beer.