Ripe mega-raspberry theme and chambord liqueur mouthfeel counteract dry lime-like brimstone aromatics of opaque magenta-bodied pink-headed soda-popped fruit ale. Tart cranberry pucker overrides pasty strawberry-blackberry timidity. Syrupy malt extract emulates carbonated soft drink for better or worse.

Dank musty aroma, cloudy yellow-orange hue, and persistent wheat undercurrent serve tart raspberry brew well. Barley-wheat pleasantries seep through, overtaking tangy peach-tangerine tang and ripe berry lilt by  fruit loopy finish.

Ripe fermented raspberry aroma and juicy fructose alacrity swallowed up by obtrusive fizz, nearly wiping out any wheat hint. On top of that, candied tartness and sourdough pungency sag at tangy off-dry finish. Brewery defunct: circa 2004.

Just as Brewery Hill’s Cherry Wheat benefits from natural ingredients, this red ale has distinct raspberry tartness and overall fruity essence. It’s kind of creamy and soda-like, keeping the delicate wheat flavor in check ’til moderate finish.

Sharp raspberry abundance crowds nose and mouth as mildly bitter red-tinted Belgian knockoff gains sour-candied citric resonance. Wheat wine inducement sifts through heavy carbonation and foamy head. Happily, more unique than peculiar.

Formerly brewed by Oxford Brewery, this newer version, “fermented with real raspberries,” seems worthier. Tart raspberry theme never overwhelms mineral grain outline, cider-y tinge, and seltzer-like carbonation, but needs better wheat resolve.

Cloudy pale yellow dry beer lacks expected wheat sustenance, but boasts wonderful light-bodied raspberry spritz and aroma. Easy flowing apricot, blueberry, lemon, and unripe peach hints decorate the corners.

Consumed at nearby Indian’s Peak after four-wheeling Colorado switchback trails, this fair hazy golden medium-bodied fluff lacks expedient raspberry rasp, sturdy cracked wheat spine, and proper carbolic hop bittering. Perfumed raspberry extract sweetness too washed out.

A ‘berry’ good and fully carbonated creamy-textured ale. Cracked wheat backbone refracts descending raspberry tang to light, unassuming, fruited malt finish.

Pungent raspberry-candied tartness and sugary malt frosting provoke moderately embittered blueberry-cranberry-cherry sourness of light-bodied rosy-hued summer slacker. Dubious grass-hay suggestion thins out prickly hop infusion, cracked wheat backbone, and subversive fermented raspberry finish. Musty malts turn acidic, sabotaging sparse fruity sourness.

Though lacking true grit and too slight to take advantage of ripe fruit aroma and abundant raspberry infusion, at least middling wheat ale never becomes cloy. Light-hearted after dinner dreck serious drinkers will slag off as slick.