TheBeerObserver

The last beer in our Spring Hefeweizen Tasting was a wild card - Harpoon's UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen. As a former brewer of blueberry, raspberry and watermelon beers (among others), I understand the appeal of fruit beers. However, I prefer to stick to fruit beers from Belgium - lambics, gueze, or framboise - and avoid the temptation of floating blueberries in my glass.

But that doesn't mean you can't taste one, for the blog of course. And, when its the last beer in a 12 pack sampler. The UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen looks and tastes exactly like the regular UFO - with raspberry flavoring added to give it a pinkish hue and an overpowering fruit flavor. On the other hand, it was extremely carbonated - pumped up compared to UFO - and it was suprisingly drinkable - if pink, sweet and fruity is your thing.