Blackberry Daze IPA
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.51
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Blackberry Daze IPA gets its hop bitterness and some hop aroma in the brewhouse, but most of the action happens in the cellar when the fruit is added during secondary fermentation. A special blend of loamy, herbaceous hops for dry-hopping complements the brightness and deep complexity of the blackberries. The result is a funky synthesis of rich earth and ripe fruit, hop bitterness and blackberry tartness, with alluring color and aromas up front, sublimely intense flavors, and a refreshingly dry finish.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Surprised by how much I like this beer--what with my general avoidance of fruit IPAs and all--but Anchor’s crafted a harmonious blend of subtle blackberry and classic West Coast IPA, keeping a hoppy, herbaceous back end without allowing the front to become sweet or overly fruity. Blackberry tartness strikes early but doesn’t linger, instead flowing into a solid pine-biscuit middle before grapefruit and orange pop up on the finish. Grows mildly resinous in the fade, but remains gentle enough you don’t forget the berries on the frontside. Gorgeous pour, red-gold with a lasting head and tons of lacing. Aroma’s a wash (kind of a pattern with Anchor IPAs), but the texture’s creamy and easygoing, and this pint disappeared unexpectedly fast. Nice.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 19:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Reddish-amber beer with a cream head. Blackberry and grapefruit aroma. Blackberry and floral flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Blackberry and pine lingers with grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2017
at 18:49
8/10
Tried
on 19 Jul 2017
at 14:46
6/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2017
at 07:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity. Slight blackberry. Dry and slight herbal. Dry, estery and mild fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2017
at 21:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Total Wine, South Richmond. Pours deep golden, almost amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is similar to sweetened blackberry tea from a jug, with additional hints of citrus. Flavor is better blackberry, orange peel, pine, toasted malt. It’s OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2017
at 19:46
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
From bottle as pictured. So, everything’s gotta be IPA today, huh? Even fruit beers, WTF! Way to ruin a style, Jaymho! Pours a unique lighter strawberry in color and its a but hazy. Perhaps a tiny bit of fruit in the typical IPA aroma. Taste is IPA fer sure, but its not as clear or fresh in effects with that barely perceivable BB in there. So everything gottah be IPA today huh? OH, I said that already, bleh. If you like IPA and hate BB, go for this cause its pretty much a decent IPA by itself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2017
at 15:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
11th June 2017
Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and fairly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Thin malts, mildly sweet. Some estery sweetness. Tangy blackberry with some orange peel bitterness underneath. Light lemony floralness. Light tangy finish. I’ve never been convinced by these dark berry IPAs, this one hasn’t changed my mind.
Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and fairly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Thin malts, mildly sweet. Some estery sweetness. Tangy blackberry with some orange peel bitterness underneath. Light lemony floralness. Light tangy finish. I’ve never been convinced by these dark berry IPAs, this one hasn’t changed my mind.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2017
at 12:32
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle from Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours deep amber with a purple tinge. Aroma bears distant blackberry fruit, malts. Taste showcases more of a malt-lead character, with any blackberry influence being difficult to detect. Rather disappointing.. was very tempted to add some blackberry syrup myself to liven it up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2017
at 11:27
6/10
Tried
on 12 Jun 2017
at 06:40