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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
in bottle @ GIBF, what the hell is with sam adams? why cant they keep it simple and just do a quality witbier or IPA or whatever and not add fruit or whatever to it to try and be different. as one of the largest "micro’s" out there, they have the money to create some really nice beer if they wanted to but seem to have lost the idea that most people like simple beer, if i want an IPA i want to taste citrus and pine with high hops and very little malt, if i have a witbier i want spices, orange, and crisp taste, not blackberry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2009
at 15:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a hazy orangey color ale with white haze and a medium foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of blackberry and wheat is sweeter then I had anticipated but still very much enjoyable. Taste is well enough balanced between sweet blackberries and medium wheat malt. Body is fuller then average with OK carbonation. Not bad overall thought I prefer my Wit without fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2009
at 19:11
3.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Soapy lavinder smell, not exactly blackberries. Opaque golden with a thin white head. To say that there are floating sediments would be a gross understatement. There are huge yellowish chunks, which appear blue when held to light. It definitely tastes of blackberries within a lesser malty base. Just malty enough to distinguish it from berry flavored soda. Alcopop.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2009
at 01:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold color with a medium sized white head. The aroma was tart vague berry that seemed a bit artificial. The flavor was tart and tangy with a vague berry and lightly wheaty element and a short, sugary finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2009
at 18:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12oz bottle-pours a foamy off white head and slightly hazed gold color. Aroma is fruit-blackberry, some grain. Taste is fruit-blackberry, some grain, slight spice hops. It is what it is….a fruit beer. Not sure I get any wit character. Thanks jwc215 for picking this one out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2009
at 21:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a pale golden with a small creamy white head that leaves behind good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a dark fruit with blackberry and orange. The taste is a light fruit with blackberry and a nice clean finish. Easy to drink a decent fruit beer from Sam Adams.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2009
at 00:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle from Albertsons. Nose is definately blackberries and more blackberries overpowering any wheat. Cloudy orangey beer with a big off white head that lightly laces. Flavor is wheaty grain with some blackberries and light sweetness. Not bad fruit beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2009
at 19:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle on 03/02/2009 from Total Wine Midlothian. Sweet fruit and spice aroma with light tart blackberry notes. Sweet, but somewhat tart blackberry flavor though a bit artificial, somewhat sugary with a wheat background. Light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2009
at 17:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Pours hazy orange color with off white head. Big blackberry aroma. Corriander and malt flavors up front. Finishes with sweet and tart flavor of blackberries. The blackberry flavor was very subdued compared to the strong aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2009
at 16:05