I'm not as opposed to incorporating fruit into beer as a lot of people seem to be. I think it's interesting to find how certain fruits work with more traditionally non-fruit beer styles. It can be done well and shouldn't inherently be turned away. The Raspberry Brown pours an orangish-brown with maybe a hint of some ruby redness. Light head. Very hazy. Aroma is dominated by raspberry sweetness. Pretty tart, too. Has a licorice quality and some caramel malt, but the raspberry really just dominates everything.
It has the real smooth, mellow, non-bitter qualities that you might expect from a brown ale, but the raspberry flavor is just overwhelming. Some subtle roasted malt. My problem with a lot of these beers is that they never really allow for the fruit and style to mesh and work together; it seems that the fruit it just always in the spotlight. I don't think this is a bad idea at all, but they need to work it out a little bit.
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