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TrimTab Berliner Weisse is a tart, refreshing wheat ale that is brewed with raspberry and tart cherry puree. Bready wheat notes provide a soft background and delicate mouthfeel, while the fruit and acidic flavors contrast to create a very refreshing, but undeniably unique summer style.
Once deemed the “Champagne of the North” by Napoleon’s troops and having over 700 breweries that solely specialized in the style in Germany, the Berliner Weisse style stood on the brink of extinction mid-way through the 20-th century. Legend has it that Napoleon demanded to have a Berliner Weisse after every victory. (Description provided by company)
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ABV:
5.20% ABV
Availability Frequency:
Summer
Containers Available:
can
draft
Locations Where Available:
Alabama
Store/Serve Temperature:
40-44 degrees F
Comments
Raspberry Sour Goodness
Trim Tab's Raspberry Berliner is a cloudy pink brew with a slight white ring around the glass I got from the tap.
Smells of fresh raspberries. Not raspberry flavoring or raspberry syrup, actual fresh raspberries. It is light but strong enough for anyone.
Taste is sour and raspberries with a nice, clean finish. The taste never built up and I wanted another sip just as much when I was done with my glass as when I first started.
Light body with a slight heft from the wheat that coated the tongue a little when I drank. Very pleasant.
Fruity, but not candy-like
Paradise Now poured an orangish-pink into my wine glass (still no chalice!) with a hint of a head while pouring but no survivors once the can was emptied and placed on the table. Nice aroma of raspberry (not candy, like fresh raspberry smell) with hints our sour and cracker behind that. The taste is also pretty much a focus on the sweet and sour aspects of raspberries. Maybe there was a hint of grass, but I think most folks would say Paradise Now smells and tastes of fresh raspberries with enough carbonation to add excitement, but not enough to interfere with enjoying the fruit flavors.