In my Beer52 box yesterday there was a Raspberry Stout, which made me very happy, a pairing of my favourite beer style with my favourite fruit!

Whilst reading the can I spotted that the brewers also used molasses which raised an eyebrow.. not that molasses are very unusual in beer just that they aren’t normally a featured or highlighted ingredient..

Needless to say that it was the first beer I drank from the box.. now I am starting to question whether or not I was reading too much into the word raspberry.. as the beer tasted exactly like molasses and the raspberry was imperceptible.

If you name an ingredient in the presented style of your beer, it really should be a detectable flavour.