Almanac Beer Company Blueberry Jack

Blueberry Jack

 

Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Stillwater®
  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.48
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 45
Blueberry Jack is a psychedelic trip to flavor town. A hazy collaboration with our friends at Stillwater Artisanal Ales, it’s also the latest entry in their “Strains from Mother Nature” series. We blended together a blonde Brettanomyces-fermented ale aged in both oak barrels and foedres, then added California-grown blueberries and blackberries. After maturing, we dry-hopped the beer with reckless amounts of Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy hops for a trippy, tropical-dank aroma.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy orange color. Lightly sour but also some dry brett. Earthy finish. Kist a hint of blueberry.

Tried on 09 Sep 2018 at 05:25


10

Tried on 15 Aug 2018 at 08:48


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

29.06.2018, 0,375l bottle @ home:
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly hazy dark orangy color. Aroma is slightly rich sour-ish fruity, oak, sour dark berries, soda powder, fruit stones, sorrel, berry skin, fruit salt, blueberries, spices, mild vinegar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, soda powder, oak, fruit stones, berry skin, sour dark berries, grass, minerals, mild vinegar, spices, sorrel, citrus. Medium bitterness, slightly dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2018 at 19:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - pours goldish with a white head - nose and taste or blueberry, blackberry, oak, lactic sourness and citrus - medium body

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2018 at 23:37


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at joe dicks... Copper.. Thin white lacing.. Soft blueberries funk fruit nose.. Soft sharp zezty fruits... Light dry blueberries.. soft sharp fruits

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 15:07


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/19/2017. Pours slightly hazy reddish/pinkish orange color with a 1 finger dense light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart/tangy blueberry, blackberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, cherry, strawberry, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, berries, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate oak/pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart/tangy blueberry, blackberry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, cherry, strawberry, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy berries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, cherry, strawberry, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, berries, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate oak/pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 6.75%. Overall this is an outstanding fruited wild ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, berries, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate oak/pale malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly lactic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Pretty much perfectly balanced fruity/funky Brett, berries, and citrus/tropical hop complexity; with nice oak presence and malt backbone to balance acidity. A highly enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2018 at 17:08


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at St. Augustine's. Hazy purple-pink, lace. Acid nose, berries, cirtus. Soft sweetness, lactic, creamy flavor with blueberries and yogurt.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2017 at 19:32


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. A hazy red beer with a pinkish head. The aroma has notes of lemons, blueberries, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, brettanomyces, and blueberries, leading to a tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 08:58


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle@Jespers - Lovely red Amber pour with small white head head. Tart fruity with some pleasing blueberry prominence, nice fruity medley notes going on in support, medium body and acidity, bretty and light floral accents into the finish. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 08:29


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

37.5 bottle. Pours hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma is blueberry fruity. Slight citric fruity. Dry, citric, light wooden. Sourish blueberry. Fruity and lingering citric. Mellow fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 08:14