59/100) Samuel Smith Fruit Beers

I have set myself the goal to review three beers or ciders every week for 100 weeks. I will be learning about beer and ciders more as I do this, and if I am successful in this venture, I will have tried about 300 unique drinks. If you're curious how I'm doing, the number in the post's title tells you which week I am in now.

Apricot, Strawberry, Raspberry

Here's a bit of foresahadowing for you. If you plan placing aged responsibility on these bottles by cellaring them, you may regret it. These organic fruit ales all sour with time. If that's not your thing, drink them as fresh as you can. The fruit flavors will have the appropriate levels of sweetness and refrain from causing you to pucker up.

Apricot) This fruit beer was not quite soured but was not as fresh as the first time I had it. The apricot taste might be competition for Pyramid's Apricot Ale. Short of comparing their apricotty freshness alongside each other, I'm not sure I can say which is better. However, both are good, certainly. ☆☆☆☆

Strawberry) The strawberry flavors run the border for artificial and fresh. I know. I know. It is Samuel Smith's, and therefore they used real strawberry juice. The end result was just that borderline. I still enjoyed it and think on days when I feel I can't splurge for a Fruli, this might make for a lighter alternative. ☆☆☆

Raspberry) Zing! This ale with raspberry fruit juice will do just that to you. Having had this before, I can tell you though that is somewhat of a bad sign. My bottle clearly has been sitting a bit too long and either got too warm or too much light exposure. However, as one who likes sour beers, the result was nice. For those of you that want a sweeter stronger raspberry flavor profile, drink this one soon after purchasing. For those of you who love tart summer-ready pucker up flavor profiles, let it sit in the bottle for about six months. You won't regret it. ☆☆☆