True Blue Blueberry Ale
Bar Harbor Brewing Company in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.97
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a clean copper colored body with a half finger white head, there was some sporadic lacing leaving no rings. The lacing gently slid down the sides of the glass.
The smell was centered around the blueberries with just a bit of malt in the background.
The taste was the same, blueberries followed by the malts.
On the palate, it sat about a light to medium, sessionable, crisp and clean - very balanced.
Overall, this is an excellent choice for a blueberry ale if one decides to go for one. I would definitely have this again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Vintage Cellar as Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale. Strong blueberry aroma as it’s poured. Copper color with a decent white head. Near medium body with near creamy carbonation. Flavor is lightly bitter blueberry with a little caramel. Finishes rather dry and clean with a berry skin aspect. Interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep brown into a Tumbler. Skimpy root beer bubble pour. Malty blueberry aromas. Sweet, carbonated blueberry upfront, with a sharpening dry finish. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Blueberry and caramel malt aroma. Medium brown with moderate head and lacing. Slightly sour dark malt and light blueberry flavor - really no sweetness at all. Mild hops finish. Not bad but probably won’t really please either those who like a sweet fruity beer or those who like stronger beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Porterhouse; Nose of blueberry and caramel malt, similiar to a blueberry pancake; dark rusty color with a medium straw-colored head; Mouthfeel tingly, flavor is blueberries, caramel, and lght hops, with a smidgeon of the hops lasting to the finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
Could be better. A reddy amber color with minimal head. Interesting blueberry aromas dominate the nose, along with a strange herbal component that seemed chemicalish. Flavor had only the barest hint of blueberry - rather was a very ordinary, if now below-average, amber ale. Light maltiness, a touch of green hops and empty finish. Bleh.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
12 oz twist off brown bottle. Claims to be america’s original blueberry ale. Pours like any other pale yellow american beer. It has the appearance of lots of carbonation but is less than average carbonation once tasted. Does have a slight smell of berries. On the outset, taste is slightly better with a hint of blueberry. Not sweet by any standard. Seems a bit surly and it is a bit bitter on the back of the throat. Finish lingers for a while . Not impressed. Of the three fruit beers I’ve tried tonight; this, oxford raspberry and leinie’s berry. This is the least of the three. Lancaster strawberry wheat is miles ahead of this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
bottle - Pours clear and light amber in color with a thin head. It has a moderately strong aroma of malt and blueberry. It tastes like a light, thin, mediocre amber ale with blueberries added. It’s drinkable, but definitely not impressive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2006 bomber consumed on 8/20/06.
Deep blueberry juice colored body shows dark amber, magenta and violet hues. Bottle conditioned, dirty-beige head is initially large and fluffy, but settles out, steadily, to a precarious cover, with patches of lace left everywhere on the glass. Clarity is medium-high.
You can just read MartinT’s review if you want my thoughts on the flavor/aroma, as they are exactly the same.
I don’t know exactly what contributes to the overly dirty/dusty, heavily blanding yeastiness in their beers. Sure, they are "unfiltered" but rarely do I get this dirty a yeast from a beer on lees. I dont think they let their beer sit on the yeast too long, so it’s probably not autolysis/trub-uptake (plus this bottle is very fresh). It could be very high fermentation temps creating this huge yeasty flavor? Their beers are immensely attenuated. Or, it could just be the yeast character. It also could be that they need to introduce fresh yeast in to their brewery. Whatever it is, it nearly dominates their already very dry, delicate, low gravity beers (ginger, peach, lighthouse).