Framboise inspired sour with Scottish Raspberries
Inspired by the traditional Belgian Framboise, we aged our Brettanomyces primary fermented golden base beer on 200g/l of freshly harvested local raspberries for over a month. This base beer was brewed with all locally grown Scottish barley, wheat and oats, and fermented for around 3 months with a mixed culture of yeast and bacteria.
Avis
Bobby B Smooth
10 months ago
4.0
Henbarris
1 year ago
4.7
Paul G
@ Home1 year ago
3.4
I've had this before some time ago, but here it is in a 2023 iteration. A framboise style sour brewed on Scottish raspberries for three months. It's only 5% so should be easy going compared to 8% barrel aged stuff.
It's hazy and pale ruby coloured, on the nose its all hairy raspberries. That is to say it smells like the real deal complete with fuzz but you can also pick up on the sour sharpness of this brew.
On the tongue it's mouth puckering for the first sip and after you swallow you notice the lightness of this brew compared to bigger sours. It's very simple but that's no bad thing, it's just straight up raspberry sour goodness. Refreshing in the context of sour, would go down well in the sunshine.
It is particularly sharp and has a clean finish that doesn't linger with wood or any other influence.