Blackberry Witbier
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
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5.85
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The blackberries we use in Samuel Adams® Blackberry Witbier are perfect for this brew. They deliver a subtle sweetness that balances the traditional citrus flavors from the witbier. The blackberries used in Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier are sourced from family farms, located at the foot of the Oregon Trail and Cascade Mountains in Western Oregon, where they have been growing some of the best blackberries in the world for centuries. By bringing the blackberries, orange and coriander together with an appealing malt character and a spiciness from the hops, we’ve brewed a flavorful beer with a smooth finish that’s both sweet and tart.
Samuel Adams® Blackberry Witbier is brewed with two-row Harrington and Metcalfe malted barley and generous portions of malted wheat. The malted barley and malted wheat provide the beer with its light body while the coriander and orange give the beer its citrus like aromas. We’ve also added some Oregon Marion blackberries, to give the brew a perfect balance between its subtly sweet and tart flavors.
Samuel Adams® Blackberry Witbier is brewed with two-row Harrington and Metcalfe malted barley and generous portions of malted wheat. The malted barley and malted wheat provide the beer with its light body while the coriander and orange give the beer its citrus like aromas. We’ve also added some Oregon Marion blackberries, to give the brew a perfect balance between its subtly sweet and tart flavors.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smells a little like blackberry. Carbonation slightly below average. Pours clear gold with ok head and some lacing. Watery consistency. Taste a little sour, but mostly watery. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2013
at 19:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 1/13/13
Aroma: The nose is extremely sweet, with lots of balckberry, plus some graisn/wheat and spice notes
Appearance: Pours a clear gold-orange color with a small, fizzy, white colored head, and drippy lace
Flavor: The taste is sweet and fruity, a little acidic, with mild spice, and a seltzery, medicinal finish
Palate: The body is fairly light, it has a lively carbonation, and an astringent, medicinal feeling finish
Overall Impression: As a 50+ rater of Boston Beer beers, it isn't that easy to find Sam's I haven't rated, but somehow this one had escaped entry until now. Even for a fruit beer, this is not a favorite for me. That medicinal feel really takes away from the drinkability. I haven't had it in a while, and I guess I just expected it to be better.
Aroma: The nose is extremely sweet, with lots of balckberry, plus some graisn/wheat and spice notes
Appearance: Pours a clear gold-orange color with a small, fizzy, white colored head, and drippy lace
Flavor: The taste is sweet and fruity, a little acidic, with mild spice, and a seltzery, medicinal finish
Palate: The body is fairly light, it has a lively carbonation, and an astringent, medicinal feeling finish
Overall Impression: As a 50+ rater of Boston Beer beers, it isn't that easy to find Sam's I haven't rated, but somehow this one had escaped entry until now. Even for a fruit beer, this is not a favorite for me. That medicinal feel really takes away from the drinkability. I haven't had it in a while, and I guess I just expected it to be better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2013
at 14:44
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle picked up at the state store
Appearance: Hazy straw golden with a big frothy white head and some lacing
Aroma and flavors of blackberries and grape soda, sweet
I like blackberries but I wouldn’t order a 2nd one of these.
Appearance: Hazy straw golden with a big frothy white head and some lacing
Aroma and flavors of blackberries and grape soda, sweet
I like blackberries but I wouldn’t order a 2nd one of these.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2012
at 17:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
3rd October 2009
Bottle purchased in a Las Vegas liquor store. Cloudy gold beer. Dry semi soft palate, turning frothy. Light fruity blackberry. Not a lot of wheatbeer character. Finishes with some dry malt. Inoffensive but doesn’t really hang together.
Bottle purchased in a Las Vegas liquor store. Cloudy gold beer. Dry semi soft palate, turning frothy. Light fruity blackberry. Not a lot of wheatbeer character. Finishes with some dry malt. Inoffensive but doesn’t really hang together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 17:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Musty blackberry and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy golden yellow color with large white head. Blackberry and light wheat malt flavor. Well, what’s there taste okay - just not much there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2012
at 18:00
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
Well, it certainly sounds like it could be tasty. The follow through? Not so much. This beer would do well with just the tart flavors, without the coriander and orange peel and such generous portions of malted wheat. All these extras make it veer into Malt Beverage territory, and nobody wants that. (1/7/10)
Tried
on 05 Jun 2011
at 18:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle - Pours cloudy light yellow-orange with a small white head. It smells mainly of blackberries. The flavor is sweet and fruity with plenty of blackberries and a little spice. Light bodied and bubbly, it’s okay, certainly better than some fruit beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2011
at 17:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
bottle pours deep gold with a medium white head. Aroma is full of dark berry notes and coriander. Flavor falls short, thin, watery with little besides the berry flavor to balance this our.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2011
at 16:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Purchased at the \"green\" Jewel in Chicago, IL as part of a mix & match six pack, enjoyed on a Wednesday night before the busy holiday weekend. Appearance is a very cloudy/hazy gold with a very rich and frothy white head. Aroma of berries, too much though, almost smells like a laundry detergent. Taste is dominated by berries with a nice finish that’s reminiscent of bubble gum but with a malt backing. Very unusual. I definitely don’t have a problem drinking it, but it doesn’t really taste like a beer. Glad I tried it though.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2010
at 16:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a thin beige head. It smells like blackberries, as expected, and any other aromas are masked by it. The flavor is more akin to a witbier, with notes of oranges, wheat malts, and coriander in addition to the strong taste of tart berries. It’s very sweet and tart, with light hop bitterness. It has a medium body and a bubbly and sticky consistency. They managed to fruit up this beer without losing the wit base. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2010
at 17:25