Meantime Raspberry Grand Cru

ABV: 6.5%
Origin: London SE7, England
Website: www.meantimebrewing.com

Meantime Raspberry Grand Cru

This is an expanded review of a beer that featured as a fruit beer on the bottled beer review page in the August 2010 issue of

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London brewer Meantime, currently based in Charlton but soon to move a little upriver to Greenwich, set out from the start to brew beers outside the usual British micro parameters, including a range of fruit and wheat beers with a detectable Belgian inspiration. Raspberry Grand Cru, at a serious 6.5%, is one of the best, created by adding fresh raspberries to the brewery’s strong wheat beer before secondary fermentation.

It’s a reddish gold, with some fine white head, and a natural raspberry and sharp hops aroma with a touch of grassy wheat quality. The crisp and dry palate has a slight ciderish note, with definite hops and a more subtle raspberry flavour than the aroma has led you to expect. A shortish lightly fruity and tangy cereal finish closes off a perilously refreshing beer.

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