Farmer's Reserve Blueberry
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.50
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at RBGT. Pours cloudy salmon. Aroma is fruity, blackberry and farmhouse. Body is light, tart, sour, with a low refreshing carbonation. Medium long but fruity and dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 20:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Purple color with small white head. Aroma is blueberries, vineous, barrel, spicy berry skin. Taste is total lacto barrel blueberry awesomeness - a real explosion. Mouth-puckering refreshing finish, Medium carbonation. Almanac does not disappoint!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2017
at 22:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a semi-dark ruddy burnt amber to brown sort of color with a slight purple hue-ish looking streams along the sides of the glass. Thin layer of white foamy head quickly dissipated and left no lacing.
The aroma starts off with the blueberries flowing into some citrusy to lemony bitter hops. Strong vinous but still great balance for the most part.
The flavor wants to balance between the blueberries and vinous qualities but definitely leans towards a vinous sourness. Sly semi-sour to sweet blueberry aftertaste leading into a mainly sour dry vinous finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation feels good and allows the sour harshness to take a good hold on my tongue.
Overall, really nice sour ale. I might have a sly bias towards blueberries but I’ll blame myself for having it this time of year. Would love to bang again in the Summer, not in 2 degree weather outside.
The aroma starts off with the blueberries flowing into some citrusy to lemony bitter hops. Strong vinous but still great balance for the most part.
The flavor wants to balance between the blueberries and vinous qualities but definitely leans towards a vinous sourness. Sly semi-sour to sweet blueberry aftertaste leading into a mainly sour dry vinous finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation feels good and allows the sour harshness to take a good hold on my tongue.
Overall, really nice sour ale. I might have a sly bias towards blueberries but I’ll blame myself for having it this time of year. Would love to bang again in the Summer, not in 2 degree weather outside.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2016
at 22:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Tap) hazy reddish purplish colour with a small pinkish head; aroma of blueberries, sourness; tart flavour with a long, light tart finish
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2016
at 19:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Toronado San Diego, San Diego, CA. Pours a deep red color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart blueberry aroma. Fruity sour tart weak thin blueberry flavor. Has a fruity sour tart blueberry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2016
at 11:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Local Option. Hazy purple-red color with a medium pinkish-white head that evaporates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Blueberries, yeast and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of semi-tart blueberry, vinous oak, yeast and doughy malt. The finish is moderately tart with a blueberry aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2016
at 20:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours an orangey-red colour with a white foamy head leaving lacing. Aroma of citric tang, blueberries and funk. Taste is tart, fruity, blueberries, citrus rind, white wine, funky and sour. Medium bodied, foamy carbonation, dry sour finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2016
at 16:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours mahogany into a tulip. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Lactic blueberry aromas. Sharp with tart lactic upfront turning to blueberry skins in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 18:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy red color. Mild lemon aroma. Strong lemon flavor, acid, dry, with just a touch if berries, but also some acetic acid.
Aggressive, refreshing, clean, but nothing special.
Cloudy red color. Mild lemon aroma. Strong lemon flavor, acid, dry, with just a touch if berries, but also some acetic acid.
Aggressive, refreshing, clean, but nothing special.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2016
at 11:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bluish pink Has a clean tart character, only a bit of blueberry, but enough. Tasty, clean sour.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2016
at 20:36