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One of my favorites.
Can anyone recommend anything similar?
Last 4th of July we had a vermont beer tasting with the family... This 4th we went off the beaten path a bit and tried about 12 'fruit' beers.. Purple Haze being one of those.
Here are the ones we tried:
Twisted Pine Raspberry Wheat
Shocktop Raspberry Wheat
Rascal's Wild Red Raspberry
Abita Purple Haze Raspberry
Laughing Dog Huckleberry Cream ale
Seadog Raspberry Ale
Abita Strawberry
Shocktop Apple Crisp
Seadog Apricot Ale
Pyramid Apricot Ale
Marble WIldflower Wheat
Indian Wells Orange Blossom
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Seadog Raspberry, Purple Haze, Twited Pine, and Laughing Dog were very similar in taste. All carried a light raspberry tartness and not much else.. So that may be to your liking
In the other categories, Both shocktops carried a sweetness that almost no other beer had. That may be their signature taste.
Rascal's Wild Red was a bit of a surprise. The beer was red in color and carried a 8% abv. This one was just as sweet as the Shocktops but had a bit more bark (pun intended)
Seadog Apricot vs. Pyramid Aprciot. Everyone agreed that the Pyramid beer was the best tasting out of ALL of the beers we tried here. The seadog beer was a bit too muted in flavor. The Pyramid brought some dry carbonation and the apricot flavor is always on point.
Marble beer. This one was a bit of an outsider. They use wildflower honey in their wheat beer. So it had a bit of a flower floral smell and initial taste.. No other fruits were used in the brewing. So the sweetness was very subtle. Well done beer
Indian Wells... This one smelled a bit like kitchen soap lol.. The orange peel was very subtle. But I couldn't get over the fact this one had a bit of an artifical orange smell to it. Not overly undrinkable but easy to pass next time around.
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Out of these, I'd buy three again.. WIld Red, Pyramid, and Marble
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