I'm sure that some true connoisseurs of brewing will point and laugh a my ignorance of beer nomenclature, but it seems like suddenly everyone (or at least all the micro-breweries) is putting out a "Helles" beer, I term I'd not encountered in the past but which, so far as I can tell, is just a light-colored, common lager, but with a lot classier name.
http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/helles.html
http://beer.wikia.com/wiki/Helles (which basically gives Löwenbräu as common model)
Is this the hot new craze / product category / trend in the beer world?
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I have seen more craft breweries offering IPA and Helles beers in the last few years. It does seem as if hops are the latest flavor craze.
My brother was making a raspberry beer, and it turned out pretty well, so far (it's a bit early to tell for sure, but the taste was good).
I'm not a beer man, at all. Ever. But if he makes it, I drinks it.
+Lorne Lehrer A good note — Hesses seem to include hop flavor but not the bitterness (which is what makes IPAs anathema to me).
+Patrick Bick One of my favorite fruit beers was a cranberry one — which provided a flavorful tartness, rather than the sweet that most berry beers end up with. Haven't seen it in several years, though.