Blue Reserve
Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.23
|
|
Weihenweizen (7417) reviewed Blue Reserve from Blue Mountain Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle poured into a glass. Slightly hazy light orange with small white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, low-carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops, yeasty, and dry finish.
Gripweed57 (8835) reviewed Blue Reserve from Blue Mountain Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750 ml bottle corked and caged bottle. Pours a hazy honey gold color topped by a pillowy white head. Faint yeasty malt nose has notes of bread and citrus. Slightly sweet, earthy yeasty malt flavor upfront. Bittersweet lemon peel notes in midtaste. Dry bitter finish. Nicely done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Etched glass. Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of bubblegum, lemon, bready malt and saison yeast. Medium body.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Blue Reserve 2014 from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Cloudy yellow color, huge white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma is earthy and slightly dank. Taste is bitter earthy wet straw. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750 ml bottle (2014) at the DC Local Tasting. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of herbs, floral notes, light citrus. Tastes of floral notes, pine, herbs. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Blue Reserve 2014 from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle pours a clear gold with some creamy, white head. Nose has some yeast, some biscuit, some orange, a little honey, a little pepper. Flavor is solid, peppery, crackery, orange, candy, yeast. Mild, peppery finish.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Blue Reserve 2014 from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Golden pour with good head and lacing. Light, floral yeast. Citrus with some notes of pine. Medium bitterness. Thanks to Maniac for a taste of this.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Blue Reserve from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle. Poured a mostly clear, slightly hazy golden color with a small wispy white head. Aroma was yeasty notes, with some light lemon Peel citrus notes. Flavor was nice yeast notes. Pretty refreshing.
obguthr (12524) reviewed Blue Reserve 2014 from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Cotton candy, pear, nose more of former. Clear amber, medium head. Funk, lemon zest, dry. Fizzy, alcohol not noticeable.
superspak (10160) reviewed Blue Reserve from Blue Mountain Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 10/2015. Pours slightly hazy bright gold color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, pear, apple, black pepper, floral, grass, light pine, candi sugar, bread, and floral/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus hops, and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, pear, apple, black pepper, floral, grass, pine, candi sugar, bread, and floral/yeast earthiness. Good amount of peppery yeast spice/pine hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of pineapple, tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, pear, apple, black pepper, floral, grass, pine, candi sugar, bread, and floral/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus hop, and pale malt sweetness; with a very crisp malt/yeast/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice hoppy Belgian pale ale. All around nice complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus hops, and pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.