Bass Ackwards Blueberry Ale

Old notes. This is not this year’s edition (2012 edition), sorry for only finding the notes now.
At the brewpub in South Portland, Maine.
This was poured into a snifter, uh...ok, I guess I’m not going to argue but it’s just a fruit beer, well here’s the rest.
The appearance was a nice hazy dark brown close to light purple tinges along the sides of the glass. There’s a decent light sliding lacing trickling down the sides of the glass.
The smell had the blueberry obviously up front. It comes in fairly hard with a nice drive of some light malts to back it all up.
The taste was mainly sweet through the blueberry and the malts. It leaves a decent sweet sticky blueberry aftertaste and a super refreshing finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was mainly subdued and lets the blueberry just coat my mouth and tongue.
Overall, this was a pretty good beer to have as a dessert on late Summer in the evening. I actually remember buying at least 3 bombers of this to have on Sebago Lake just to watch the Sun go down with my ol’ hound dog curled up by ma feet at the ol’ lake house.

22 oz bottle-shared by hbmason-pours red/pink with a big foamy pink head. Aroma is some berry, light malt/grain. Aroma is some berry, light malt/grain. Thin.

22oz bottle pours a translucent, ruby amber with a thin, creamy white head. Nose is nice, berry, sweet, jammy. Flavor is nice too, berry, light vanilla, lightly malty, candy. Medium bodied. Lots of good, fresh blueberry flavor.

On tap at Sebago Portland , ME location. Pours out dark amber topped with a small head. Aroma was of very light blueberries and sweet malts. Taste was just a hint of blueberries and to think that Maine is the larges producing state for blueberries they should have been over flowing in this beer. Better luck on the next batch maybe double the blue berries.

Draught at the brewpub as Blueberry Single Batch Series. Weak fruity aroma, hint of butter. Almost clear deep red colour. Small white head. The flavour is fruity, but not with a great amount of berry. Not that sweet either.

Bottle from Belfast co-op sampled on 10/22/2005. Unfiltered, violet-maroon colored body with an initially one-finger high head, blueberry pulp colored. Rapidly recedes to ring/cover. In the nose, it begins, faintly, with dry, dusty, earthy yeast, berry skins, blueberry puree and a touch of barley in the back. Flavor has dry blueberry skins and lightly dry 2-row barley. Not too complex, but light of body, without being watery, and refreshing. Moderate carbonation with a slippery texture. Blueberries and lightly sweet malt, but it’d delivered without flaw. Hmm, can’t think of much more to say.