Blue Wolf
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
7.07
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A black sour aged in wine barrels with blueberries and blackberries.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is tart berries, sour red fruits, malt, some vinegar, touch of wood. Flavour is nicely sour. Body is light. Looks like a Flanders Red but it’s less malty, which to me is good thing. Lovely Sour Ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@CBC2016. Copper colour with a small white creamy head. Aroma is sweet raisins, fruits, berries and some slight toffee. Flavour is fruity, berryish, mild sour wooden notes along with some lactic notes and toffee.
Tried
on 30 May 2023
at 10:17
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
02.05.2014, tap @ CBC:
No head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish, artificial berry candy, winegum, grass, sorrel, berry skin. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, berry skin, sour berries, sorrel, hay, grain, oak, rhubarb. Little bitterness, dry mouthfeel. Meh!
No head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish, artificial berry candy, winegum, grass, sorrel, berry skin. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, berry skin, sour berries, sorrel, hay, grain, oak, rhubarb. Little bitterness, dry mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2017
at 08:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2016 [ Green Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Øksnehallen Vesterbro, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Buxton Blue Wolf ].Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white - pink - purple head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, roasted, tart, blackberries, blueberries. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tart, dark malt, blackberries and blueberries. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160514] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
on 10 Dec 2016
at 10:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep red color with a fine off white head. Good intensity in the aroma. Nice body and a soft carbonation level. Pleasant sourness. Berries, sour, fruity, wood and bready flavor.
[On tap at Cirkus in Stavanger, Norway]
[On tap at Cirkus in Stavanger, Norway]
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2016
at 08:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Inde Wildeman, smaple size. Dark purple color. Pinkish head with short retention. Aroma’s: sour fruit, vinous, vinegar, woody. Retronasal: sour, fruit, berries, woody. Flavor is full on sour, fruity, vinegar. Light bodied. Finishes dry and fruity. OK, but a bit astringent sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2016
at 01:38