This fruity ale smells strongly of strawberry as soon as the cap comes off the bottle -- you don't even pick up the smell of the actual ale from wafting, you have to get your nose right into the glass.
I didn't know what to expect from this beer flavor-wise, but what I got was still pretty surprising. On first sip the flavor is very strongly strawberry and sweet, but with a rather clean and bright flavor -- not as much like strawberry candy as I expected, but still very much the flavor of cooked strawberries rather than fresh, which was not surprising. After a few sips it is still sweet, though not as sweet as a cider, and the beer becomes increasingly bitter and ale-ish on the finish.
Overall I think this is OK as a summer beer, although I definitely didn't need to drink an entire 550 mL bottle of it (of course, I did anyway.) I think it works best as a one-glass beer, either on its own as something different and interesting or as a stop on a beer tasting flight. It might have some potential cooking applications -- somehow I think it could be incorporated nicely with a meal involving pork loin and a grill? -- but that's an idea best left to the chef in the test kitchen.
(Available at Lee's Liquor, also comes in Raspberry and Cherry flavors.)
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