La Debauche Cute & Sober
That lamb in the flower crown? She's living your best life. This beer is a wet and sour cottagecore dream for everyone who fantasizes about serving freshly baked raspberry tarts in your stone countryside cottage. Don't be shy and put on your vintage floral dresses and enjoy this 0.5%, French, raspberry pink beer — tart, fruity, and floral just like your imaginary kitchen.
Aroma & Taste
Tart · Raspberry · Floral
La Debauche Cute & Sober opens with bright raspberry aromas layered with delicate floral notes of rose and hibiscus, evoking a freshly baked raspberry tart.
On the palate, it delivers tart, fruity character with fresh raspberry sweetness balanced by the typical Berliner Weisse acidity, creating a light, refreshing mouthfeel with gentle effervescence.
The finish is dry and clean, leaving lingering raspberry and floral notes with a crisp, thirst-quenching quality that invites another sip.
Story & Design
Cottagecore · Angoulême · France
La Debauche is an artisanal brewery based in Angoulême that blends authenticity with audacity — yeast, barrels, and creativity bubble away in their taproom.
Their range includes 15 permanent beers (IPAs, stouts, sours) plus a strong non-alcoholic offering, with Cute & Sober standing out as a 0.5% raspberry Berliner Weisse that's light, tart, and assertive in character.
The can design is unapologetically aesthetic — a watercolor lamb wearing a flower crown on millennial pink, embodying La Debauche's iconoclastic approach to graphic design and their philosophy of "cute but not boring."
Ingredients & Value
Sour · 0.5% · 12 kcal
This Berliner Weisse (sub-style of sour) is brewed with fresh raspberries, delivering authentic fruit character through controlled fermentation that creates the signature tartness while staying under 0.5% alcohol.
At just 12 kcal and 0.1g sugar per 100ml, it's exceptionally light compared to traditional sours, and at €3.33 per can it offers solid value for an artisanal French craft beer with this level of ingredient quality and character.
Verdict & Opinion
Hero
If you've never had a sour beer, this might confuse you. If you have, this might delight you. La Debauche's Cute & Sober is a proper Berliner Weisse — tart, fruity, and unapologetic about what it is.
Sours aren't for everyone. They don't taste like "normal" beer because they're not trying to. The Berliner Weisse style (a sub-style of sour) originated in Berlin centuries ago, using lactic acid fermentation to create intentional tartness. Think yogurt-adjacent, but make it raspberry tart. Some people take one sip and say "this is broken." Others immediately order a case. There's no middle ground.
The drinking experience is light and refreshing — raspberry sweetness meets sharp acidity, floral notes add depth, and the dry finish leaves you thirsty for more. At 12 kcal and nearly zero sugar, it's one of the lightest craft beers we've reviewed. The cottagecore aesthetic isn't just marketing — the beer tastes like a sun-drenched meadow.
Brewed in Angoulême with actual fresh raspberries, La Debauche didn't cut corners. That lamb in the flower crown? She's living her best life. At €3.33 per can, you're paying for French craft quality and an aesthetic that commits fully to the bit.
Rebel status confirmed. Not because it's weird, but because it demands you meet it where it is. If you're ready for tart, this delivers.