Blackberry Sour
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
6.96
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Smuttynose Sour beers elegantly combine the art and science of brewing. We use only real fruit to create the complex all-natural aromas and flavors while optimizing our favorite lactobacillus and yeast cultures to produce the clean, complex sour and slightly fruity character.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: blurry purple to amber color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: blackberry sweet and tart whiffs up front, some earthy to woody tones, mineral water tone and light lactic/sour scent
Flavor: seems to blend the prior noted aromas to a tart to sour character initially but adds in a light sweet tone underneath; finishes blackberry forward with an ever so slight earthy to sour tone underneath
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; slight smoothness but also some sour and tart astringency here, I tried to accept it but eh, hmmmmm, might have been a bit more than I thought.
Overall: for the most part, the aromas and flavors are very good and to be honest the more I thought about it with the texture I ended up accepting the overly sour notes besides it is a "sour/wild ale" so why not, right?
Can to tulip.
Appearance: blurry purple to amber color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: blackberry sweet and tart whiffs up front, some earthy to woody tones, mineral water tone and light lactic/sour scent
Flavor: seems to blend the prior noted aromas to a tart to sour character initially but adds in a light sweet tone underneath; finishes blackberry forward with an ever so slight earthy to sour tone underneath
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; slight smoothness but also some sour and tart astringency here, I tried to accept it but eh, hmmmmm, might have been a bit more than I thought.
Overall: for the most part, the aromas and flavors are very good and to be honest the more I thought about it with the texture I ended up accepting the overly sour notes besides it is a "sour/wild ale" so why not, right?
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 17:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml can. Slightly cloudy, purple colour with small to average, frothy, diminishing, white head. Earthy, fruity, slightly lactic, minimally tangy aroma, notes of blackberry, a touch of sauerkraut. Taste is tart, tangy, earhty fruity, minimally lactic, notes of blackberry, some sauerkraut, fruit acid. Minimally oily, watery texture, astrigent palate, medium to coarse, scattered, prickly carbonation. Rather simple and monotonous, fairly refreshing - a bit disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2023
at 19:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Craftbeer-shop.com. Hazy red with a quickly fading white head. Aroma is dry, malty, tart and blackberry. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. Short finish. 141222
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2022
at 19:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Bert's Mostly clear deep red with hints of purple with a frothy white head that is also tinged red. Tart and lemony on the nose with tart juicy fruit underneath. Tart but not overly so. Lemony but plenty of sweetness from the fruit. Not too shabby.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2018
at 00:29