Opa-Opa Raspberry Wheat

Finally a fruity beer that doesn’t drink like a girly one!

Normally when I reach for summer beers, aside from the blueberry variety, I go straight up. I find that when you put fruit into beer the sugar level is insane. I feel my teeth fuzzing over and my cheeks puckering before I get through half a pint. Immediatley regretful about my drink selection, I start looking around to see what else is in the cooler.

The Opa-Opa Raspberry Wheat beer pours slightly blush and the nose is subtle. You can smell the fresh berries, but I am also getting wafts of the wheat and grains which is nice. This also calmed my fears about the $7 I dropped on a growler.
This is the other exciting thing: My liquor store carries growlers from a variety of local breweries so I am drinking this baby fresh from the tap.

The taste is crisp and refreshing, slightly tart – but not over the top. It’s perfect for a barbeque or on a hot day and a definite palate pleaser (for the boyz too). I am shocked for a wheat beer that it is incredibly light and drinkable. My only gripe is that all the flavor is in front, no staying power. It finishes like a Miller Lite. Hard to explain.

Still, I am grading this with an A-

I think this would be a really cool brew to bring to a gathering for your friends to try, it's something new from the standard summer varieties, and ladies I would suggest floating some frozen raspberries in the glass to wow the girls.

Let the summer drinking season begin!
Salud everyone (ANNNND go Bruins!)