New Glarus Raspberry Tart

Part of the holiday season is sharing experiences with those you care most about. So when Mrs. Brew Blog decided she wanted to share a fine beverage from the New Glarus Brewing Company, I jumped on the opportunity. Her choice was Raspberry Tart.

Very sweet and sour, drinking this New Glarus craft was like drinking a fruit juice and champagne cocktail. The contradicting sugary and bitter tastes were enhanced by the carbonation of the Wisconsin wheat to form a drink that tastes more like a spiked punch than a beer.

And while Raspberry Tart may not have that usual taste one would expect from a beer, it does have certain beer characteristics that are easily noticeable. The refreshing light crispness you enjoy with every drink is undeniably the result of that healthy dose of wheat. And although it’s extremely subtle, there is just enough of a hoppy undertone that prevents one from downing the drink like it’s a glass of juice.

One of my favorite aspects of the beer is that it’s brewed how a fruit beer should be brewed. My biggest complaint with this style is typically that the flavoring comes from syrup and tends to separate from the beer and flattens the taste (check out Lost Coasts Tangerine Wheat for my favorite example of this). Raspberry Tart retains its flavor throughout giving you a consistent drink from start to finish.

While it may be too sweet for my taste as a regular beer, I wouldn’t mind enjoying it every now and again as say a compliment to a cheesecake.

New Glarus Raspberry Tart comes in at 7.5 mugs out of 10.