of beer followed by a splash of extract to liven the aroma which was a little more authentic. (via Cizauskas) and I'd use 126 pounds of raspberry puree in 15 bbls. I used to make a similar beer while I was at Manayunk Brewing Co. It's got a clear raspberry flavor to it, and although it's extract-like to a certain extent it's not that bad. I then got the recipe from Thomas Cizauskas who'd previously worked for Oxford, albeit it in a slightly amped-up version. In fact, it's a perfect example! My earliest memory of those goes back to Oxford Brewing in Linthicum, MD with their Oxford Raspberry Wheat Ale around 1993, a beer designed by the now famous Steve Parkes for his wedding reception, but then taken up and promoted by new ownership. it's very much like the raspberry wheat ales that were so popular in the mid 90's. Notes via stream of consciousness: This should be an easy review as I've had this beer several times before, and in fact, I could swear I'd already reviewed it here, but oh well, here goes. It's light, almost soda like, and if you can enjoy it's bold fruit flavor you could drink them all day. If you worship raspberries, you've found your hefeweizen. If you only like raspberries, be cautious. If you don't like raspberries, stay away. This was my favorite part of this drink: the fading raspberry being overtaken by the wheat and yeast before it all melts away. After you let it sit for a moment you can sort past the raspberry and find the hefeweizen hiding in it. The taste, thankfully, is more tame, but still quite strong with raspberry. I might call it overwhelming or oppressive, but I'm not the most fond of raspberries so that might be unfair. There's no subtlety here, it just hits you in the face with raspberry. The beer itself looks fine if unimposing, something like a late summers sunset.
The bottle looks like shit it wasn't the same labeling as shown here. O: I'd thought Punkless Dunkel was theft of my idea for a pumpkin wheat beer, but this UFO swill has nearly the same flavor as my homebrew batches, with a notch or two more caramelized character, but the spices/esters/phenols are a close match.My buddy loves fruity shit, that's the only reason I tried this. mild spice and alcohol at the back of the palate provides a mild cooling sensation little more than halfway through, and it really just a nutty-yeasty hefeweizen with some pumpkin spice carefully woven inį: smooth, slightly rounded body, with a nicely undercut bottom, little residual viscosity, marginal sediment drag. T: malt sugars open up on the palate again, rather floral and clove-y as well, with little play from cinnamon et al aftertaste has a mellow essence of caramelized banana, delicate nutty malt to the back and sides. overall moderate intensity floral, mellow spicy, light note of caramelization after the head falls, a hint of canned pumpkin puree.
S: pumpkin pie spices - cinnamon, subtle nutmeg, ginger(?), with the weizen phenols accenting the spice a little. L: hazy, orange-amber liquid, perhaps a bit of sediment sneaking in, culprit in nucleation and 3-finger tall head, loosely-built, which crumbles rather quick, leaving a chunky collar, random boogers of lace (12 oz can, pkg 08/26/19 purchased single off shelf.