Somewhat unique pinkish wheat ale with dank raspberry essence and effervescent aromatic spices pervading dry floral cranberry-apple tartness. A great crossover ale suited to non-traditional beer drinkers. Brewery defunct: 2001.

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.

Dull sweet-tart raspberry theme gets delicately fizz-hopped, but dry-bodied fruit ale needs deeper fruit penetration, stronger wheat wafer resolve, and less soapy oxidized finish. In ’04, Pugsley Brewing (Portland, Maine) drafted similar version with honey-dripped lemony snicker detected.

Cloudy and creamy like Main Street Brown Ale, though rust-hued with tart raspberry distinction, puckered green apple parch, and floral honeysuckle whim. Fizzy wheat base lacks firmness, but luckily bittersweet raspberry puree finish doesn’t quit so easily.

Bone dry magenta-headed purplish red-bodied fruit ale spreads black raspberry soda-like thrust atop red wine spritz to effervescent Seltzer finish. Sharp oaken hops coarsen impending mouth puckered lemony sourness.