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2.8 Bottle - Pours a redish amber color. Very small white head. Mild honey aroma. Mild raspberry flavor. Not a bad beer, just nothing to get excited about.

2.9 Bottle pours red-amber with an off-white head. Aroma is raspberry, honey, and some dough(cookie). Flavor shows the same with maybe some caramel streaking through. Overall body is light to moderate with moderate sweetness and even a slight bit of tartness.

3.0 12oz bottle from the State Store Appearance: Pours crystal clear orange/copper with a nice sized off-white head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving some lacing in the glass, lots of carbonation bubbling in the glass Aroma: Raspberry, honey and sweet malts Taste: Raspberry, sweet malts with some hop bitterness in the finish Decent beer, just enough raspberries to notice but not too much that it’s hard to drink.

3.0 Orange-red, beige foam. Sharp raspberry aroma. Taste is light raspberry, caramel, little else.

3.4 Bottle from 99 Bottles. Clear red-orange pour, minimal head, no lace. Rasberry and honey aroma, not too sweet but hops are definitely in the background. Light-medium body, good mouth feel. Would love to have this on tap.

4.0 This fruity ale has a strong raspberry aroma and a lovely medium color with hints of red from the raspberries. As far as ales go, it is certainly on the lighter side, with heavy flavor from the raspberries. Among my beer snob buddies, Spanish Peaks Honey Raspberry Ale seems to be one of the favorites to hate. Personally however, I find that it should be given a second chance in an appropriate situation for it’s consumption. Didn’t like it the first time? Try it again, with a desert like cheesecake. Provided that you have a desert item that is not overly sweetened, the beer will be a lovely compliment to your after dinner treats.

1.6 12 oz. bottle. Pours amber with very thin head that leaves quickly. Very sweet floral raspberry aroma. Sweet tasting with a little honey and lots of raspberry. One of my wife’s favorites. Too sweet for me.

3.4 Hazy reddish amber, beige head, some lacing. Honey and raspberry aromas as expected. Mild raspberry taste that is balanced; not too sweet. Fizzy and refreshing.

4.0 Smells exactly as advertised--honey raspberry. Taste is a little on the light side. Rated 8/13/02

3.4 Spanish Peaks Brewing Company, Ltd.--Honey Raspberry A1998 12 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV (3.0 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Bright Copper Red Color. Smooth Blend of Raspberry and Honey. Malt could be richer. Spanish Peaks Brewing Company, Ltd.--Honey Raspberry Ale 1998--22 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV (2.5 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Filtered but still has a light haze. Bright golden red color. Nice raspberry aroma off bottle. Light body with light smooth raspberry flavor. Honey dries up finish. Malt could be richer. Sampled 1/25/1999. Spanish Peaks Brewing Company, Ltd.--Honey Raspberry Ale--2000 12 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV (3.5 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Puff of raspberry on opening. Clear light amber color. Light rounded raspberry aroma blends into mildly honey sweet spiced lightly toasted balanced caramel malt body. Ends honey dry with lasting malt. Sampled 6/15/2000. Spanish Peaks Brewing Company--Honey Raspberry Ale--2006 12 oz. Bottle. 4.70% ABV--20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry. Mild head. Clear thin bright amber color. Mellow raspberry hop front. Mild honey sweet raspberry infused caramel amber fruit body. Smooth mild hop spice lingering creamy raspberry end. Well blended fruit. Sampled 12/24/2006.

3.0 Slightly hazy orange/amber, thin beige head. Aroma of toffee and raspberry. Taste is sweet with a roasty finish. Actually not as bad as expected. The sweet raspberry is not overdone and leaves a slight tart finish. Medium body, smooth carbonation.

1.9 15th September 2008. Hazy orange brown beer. Watery and sweet. The honey is just about there and well overshadowed by the sweet raspberry. A pretty bland and uninteresting watery beer.

2.3 12oz bottle (2009) into a pint glass. The pour is clear amber/red with a very small creamy white head that fades fast into a thin lingering layer. The aroma is raspberry, butter, and honey with a hint of malt - all adding up to a sense of raspberry pancakes. The flavor is extremely sour, too sour, followed by a similar sense of malt, honey, and raspberry. The body is watery and the puckering sensation leaves your mouth feeling dry.

3.2 Tasted at Beer Dabbler event in St. Paul. Not a lot to say. Fairly sweet with an obvious raspberry flavor. I think my wife would like this one.

3.4 Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz, long neck bottle into a pint glass. Appearance: It has a deep amber colored body with good clarity, visible carbonation and a light tan head. The head is very light and soapy. It very quickly fades down to just a very thin wispy layer. Lacing is minimal and slick. Smell: The aroma hit me with a light waft of raspberry candy as I opened the bottle. In the glass and with a proper inspection I get the same raspberry candy but with notes of honey and biscuit like malt. Taste/Palate: The flavor is very much the same as the aroma. It has a light body with a sweet malty character. There are notes of sweet honey and sweet/tart raspberry with hop flavor way off in the distance. The hop flavor just kind of picks up on the tartness of the berry and adds a very mellow subdued bitterness to the finish. Its palate feels light and silky with light somewhat fizzy carbonation. Notes: Overall it is a nice sweet and average summery beer.

3.4 1. Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 12/10/2007 Some fruit aroma. Golden coloured smooth and sweet on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry fruity finish. 2. Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Big fruit aroma. Bronze coloured and a little sweet on the palate with a fruity raspberry flavour. Crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.

3.1 12oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a slowly receding off white head. Heavy aroma of sweet honey and a touch of berries. Taste is dominated by raspberry and some grain, light sweet honey and a little hop bitterness in the finish. Nicely balanced and not overly sweet in the taste.

2.7 Pours an opaque, dark brown color. Smells like raspberry, nothing special. Taste is extremely fruity and sweet. A bittery, malty tinge at the end reminds you it’s a beer, but before that it has a distinct "malt beverage" feel to it.

3.1 The honey and raspberry add a very subtle hint of flavor, yet not too sweet to the taste. Aroma is average.

3.5 Pours amber with a minimal head. Strong aromas of raspberry (artifical) and hops. Tastes of sweet malts and raspberry flavouring, give way to a nice bitter hop finish. No detection of wildflowers or honey in the beer. Although the artifical raspberry is disheartening I still found it to work well with the underlying beer flavours to create a refreshing summer ale.

2.5 Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Sweet artificial berries, some malty sweetness and a grainy finish. Eh.

2.6 Pours amber with a thin tan head. Smells of raspberries and some caramel. Tastes buttery wit some fake raspberry on the finish.

3.5 Wow! This beer arrived in the glass with almost no head at all. The body was a clear medium amber with no hint of any raspberry in the hue, and well carbonated. The aroma was a nice mix of honey and raspberry as was the taste. Lovely it was. Mouthfeel was a sadly different story, being thin and almost watery. It finished with some raspberry-like tartness.

3.0 TAP: light amber pour, raspberry on the nose. Crisp, carbonated, raspberry taste and a dry finish.

3.0 Golden with a fizzy white head. Raspberry and honey aroma and taste. Kinda medicinal.

2.6 Poured a hazy amber with a thin off-white head. Tart, fruit aroma. Big malts in the initial flavor with a sweetness from probably the honey. I couldn’t detect many raspberry notes but that could be a good thing but may have contributed to the little bit of sour character the beer possessed. A little bit of hops in the finish. Overall, a little too dry and not much depth.

2.4 Pours copper tinted amber with a 2 finger quickly fading off white head. Aroma is perfumey berry glycerine soap, fresh grain, raspberry and some citrus. Flavor is raspberry, cherry, barley cereal, floral notes and a dry mineral finish. Palate is thin and remarkably dry throughout with a soft carbonation. This stuff isn’t too bad but the flavor just ends up being a little too weak and washed out for me. Might make a decent lawnmower beer but thats about it.

2.5 (bottle). Pours an amber color. White head which diminishes quickly. Grainy wheat aroma. Tart berry taste. Smooth finish, with lively carbonation.

1.8 Pours a deep amber with just a small fading head. Aroma is indeed of raspberry, but the artificial kind found in candy, Kool-Aid, iced tea, et cetera. Flavor is just fuckin’ awful. It’s just so tart, like lime juice, and that just dominates everything else. I hope I cop a buzz off of this stuff, otherwise it will have been a complete waste of money. Overall poor to fair.

2.1 12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. The bottle states 5.1% ABV and that this bottle was brewed at City/Melanie brewing. Pours a slightly hazy orange amber with a large head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is tart, not altogether fresh raspberries with some graininess. Taste is tart raspberries and not much else. Very light grain and pretty much no sweetness, which I would expect from something with honey in the name. Disjointed and really just underwhelming.