Blueberry Flanders
(has 2 batches)
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Perennial Artisan AlesFlemish Red / Bruin Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.33
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Blueberry Flanders is our Flanders-Style Red Ale that was fermented and aged in Missouri Chambourcin barrels with Missouri yeast and bacteria and Michigan Blueberries for 20 months before being naturally conditioned in the bottle. [Released 7/25/2014]
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
375ml pours a clear, burnt red with some sudsy grey head. Nose has apple cider vinegar, quite jammy too, some pomegranate too. Super high acid. Tight and bone ass dry. Minerality. Berry is there but some funky cheese character. Long finish too. Bone ass dry. 6 6.5 7 7 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2026
at 18:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Ratebeer Odense January, twenty four. Pours Dark unclear red with a White head. Jammy intense blue berries, funk and elegant Wood. Tasty. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2024
at 21:23
7/10
Ratebeer Odense First tasting of the year 2024. Hazy dark red with a small white head. Aroma of blueberry, other dark berries, funk and wood. Dry and tart fruity flavour with blueberry and red wine notes.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2024
at 20:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Batch 2. Intensely sour, funky and oaky with some sweetish blueberry juiciness, some earthiness and berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2022
at 21:53
8/10
Intensely sour, funky and oaky with some sweetish blueberry juiciness, some earthiness and berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2022
at 17:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Poured from 375mL bottle (batch #3). Dark purple with small white head. Overly acidic, mild blueberry, unbalanced, some decent quality, but acidity is overwhelming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2022
at 05:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
375ml (thx, Brent!) @ Ryan's. Blend 3. Appearance: purple brown with a tan head. Aroma: berries, barrel, some acetone. Taste: VERY acidic, there are quite a few berries when you drink it, but the acidity is killing everything else. Overall: an acid bomb, f$%& this sh$1.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2022
at 05:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Blend 3. Murky sort of purplish colour. The aroma is full of blueberries. On the palate, this is absolutely bracing. I mean there's fruit but you can't really process it. Definitely well into vinegar territory here. I mean some decent fruit and complexity but overly sour.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2022
at 05:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
375mL bottle, pours a deep dark red / burgundy with a small white head. Aroma reveals plenty of red wine barrels, low level funk, and very subdued blueberry skins. Flavour is bracingly sour -- holy shit -- that's some enamel-stripping stuff. There's, I guess, some red wine; not getting any blueberries or anything deeper. This is just abrasively sour. There's some complexity to it, but Jesus, this is harsh and difficult to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2022
at 05:43
7.4/10
This screams acetic acid. It’s almost vinegar, would make a great salad dressing. As it warms, the blueberry comes out more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2022
at 22:41