When it comes to summertime
and summer beers you tend to think of light crisp refreshing fruity beers that
are easy to drink. That is generally what you will find on store shelves. Many
different fruits are used with a myriad of ingredients, such as ginger, wheat,
rye, bittering hops, regular hops, somewhat rare yeast strains, and/or a verity
of malts. Some are better than others. Here is Rübæus, 5.7% abv, from Founders
Brewing in Michigan. This is a Malt beverage fermented with raspberries. Rübæus
pours a hazy reddish color with a reddish white two finger head that dissipates
quickly. There isn’t much light coming through due to the hazy nature of the
beer and I could barely see any carbonation bubbles there. The aroma on Rübæus
is tart with touches of sweet raspberries and raspberry musk. The taste is
sweet at first followed by a tart fruity raspberry flavor that becomes a bit
more tart as it hits the back of your tongue. It has a nice refreshing quality
to its taste. The mouth feel is light to almost medium and has a nice tart and
somewhat sweet raspberry finish. The after taste is a touch more tart with
little less sweetness there and then end with a fade of some raspberries. Nice
beer for a nice warm summer day and is refreshing with an easy to drink quality.
I would say this is somewhat similar to a Belgian Lambic beer. So Rübæus gets
an A, a solid fruit beer that is refreshing. I would love to have Rübæus again and I do
recommend Rübæus. So go out and try Founders Brewing Rübæus for yourself and
see what you think of it. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!
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