Blueberry
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.30
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friends over a plate of good cheese and fresh fruit.
In the spring of 2006, I brewed 300 gallons of top-fermented beer using wild yeast to create a Belgian-style Lambic. We conditioned the beer in oak casks and then initiated a secondary fermentation in the casks using whole fruit from Huber's Orchard in Starlight, Indiana. You should experience a tart, almost sour taste balanced by the aromatic and richly flavorful addition of whole blueberries - perfect to share with friends, and a platter of good cheese and fresh fruit. - Caleb Staton, Head Brewer
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bkbergen (9250) ticked Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 3 months ago
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750mL bottled 11/13/2019, drunk 5/5/23. Clear, blueberry pulp-tinted with a pinkish color and a small, pinkish head. Quite acidic in the nose with a good mix of fruit acidity, strong lactic acidity, moderate brett and minimal acetic. Some oak, with tons of lush blueberry fruit character and nutty and lightly white bread/honey-like malts. Clean, no alcohol. In the mouth it's full of blueberry. Pretty cool, as blueberry has been the most difficult fruit to get great expression from, in my experience. And this is four years old and still shows a ton of it? Wow. Noticeable oak, much more than in traditional lambics, though it's not unpleasant. Big lactic acidity as well as the blueberry fruit. It's missing any sense of funk/barnyard, but other than that is clean, well-attenuated, soft and malty with excellent fruit.
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ UDRB, Oirschot. Clear red color. Oak, leather and brett in the aroma. They are dominant, not the fruit. Just a touch of blueberries. Almost flat beer. The flavor has cassis. Fruity acidic. Tannines present, especially in the aftertaste.
Weihenweizen (7385) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Refrigerated 75 cl brown November 14, 2014 batch D-14 bottle corked and capped from shrubber82 poured into a tulip. Translucent red with medium pink head. Aroma is tart, medium body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is oak and tart blueberry.
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Many thanks to Rian! Nice fruity sourness in the beginning. The beer starts sour-fruity. Not too complex. Nice fresh-sourish with fruity hints. Not too intense, abut boring with mouldy hints. Sourish and easy to drink aftertaste with blueberry hints. Ok but not overwhelming.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Berry notes, not specifically blueberry, and bit of tart jam. Purple with no head. Berry and very acidic with some dryness. Nice.
CLW (16859) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750 ml bottle shared by Willrunforbeer, much thanks! Real nice purple color without any head. Aroma is funky lambic yeast, oak, tart Berry and a shot ton of lactic sourness.
The flavor starts with a slap of lactic acid, followed by residual sugars in the center then it gets and light moldy cheese note. Aggressively sour pucker after the sip. This is going to give me a harsh heartburn. I guess if you like the style, it would be something you want to try but I didn’t get much blueberry in the flavor.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle thnx to Geoffrey . Pours red/pink , instantly fading white head . Smell is fleshy berry , sour . Taste is sour, bit harsh . Fruity, fleshy . Very dry . Nice , but very simple ( sour bacteria added rather than a complex mixture of different Brettanomyces - species ) .
shrubber (15804) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Vinegar, blueberry, and malt aroma. Bluish amber with minimal head. Sweet-tart blueberry, malt, and vinegar flavor. Blueberry flavor comes out nicely. Pleasant.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Blueberry from Upland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml bottle. Thanks to Travlr! March 2014 DC Tasting. Poured a very purple, blue color, small off-white head. Aroma was heavy notes of blueberry. Lots of tart notes. Sour, lots of sour. Pucker. Acetic. I hadn’t had something this tart in a long time.