Purple Haze
Picked up a 6-pack at Super Bowl time...had one 12 oz. bottle left and poured tonight to a pint glass. 'Best if Consumed Before' months/dates aren't notched... I have a soft spot for this beer, as it's one of the first 'craft beers' I ever tried - back in about 1995. 'Raspberry Wheat Brew - Malt Beverage with Raspberries Added A: Murky amber, a hanging silty cloud- wow, so unfiltered. Healthy tuft of whitish foam, maybe a half-inch - falls gradually to a thin skimcoat but leaves good lace patches. S: A 'jammy' berry scent, ripe berries wrapped inside wheat bread - jelly sandwich?!?!? Likable fruit nose, a little one-dimensional but, so what? T: Fairly strong raspberry flavor cuts through an average American Wheat - good fruit and decent wheat gets a 3.5 in my book. Cinnnamon? Applesauce??? Just a little spice, that hoppiness/bitterness rounds off the flavor well enough. M: Decent fizziness, crispness is fairly lively. The lingering tingle of wheat/spice (a little thicker than expected) is good; D: Sue me, I like this beer...it's light and easy to drink; it als brings back terrific memories - both old (first craft beer sips) and new (classmate at my 20th HS reunion who knew I liked 'good' beer and bought some just for me). I'd drink this all day, to be honest...