http://www.taproomtalk.com/2006/02/12/raving-for-raspberries/ beer reviews by beer snobs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.taproomtalk.com/2006/02/12/raving-for-raspberries/#comment-24990 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:54:26 +0000 http://www.taproomtalk.com/2006/02/12/raving-for-raspberries/#comment-24990 [...] Probably because it sits next to Zima on a store’s shelf, I’ve never tasted nor considered buying hard cider. I did however, find myself tasting an apple beer (not hard cider mind you) recently, which pleasantly surprised me. This Belgian creation, known as Floris Apple, reminds me slightly of the Framboise beer reviewed recently as it effectively combines a fruit with the bitter hoppiness of beer. The aroma is obviously apple-like but not like that of breakfast apple juice- more like hops with a fruity apple essence. The taste is all beer with the pleasant citric fruitiness of sweet apple. If anything, I’d say it’s a Granny Smith sourness taste that works wonderfully. [...] […] Probably because it sits next to Zima on a store’s shelf, I’ve never tasted nor considered buying hard cider. I did however, find myself tasting an apple beer (not hard cider mind you) recently, which pleasantly surprised me. This Belgian creation, known as Floris Apple, reminds me slightly of the Framboise beer reviewed recently as it effectively combines a fruit with the bitter hoppiness of beer. The aroma is obviously apple-like but not like that of breakfast apple juice- more like hops with a fruity apple essence. The taste is all beer with the pleasant citric fruitiness of sweet apple. If anything, I’d say it’s a Granny Smith sourness taste that works wonderfully. […]

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