Blue Noir
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.03
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Leighton (34888) reviewed Blue Noir from Oxbow Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle in NH. Cheers to Duke. Mild gusher. Pours lightly hazed red with a small, creamy white head. Effervescent. Nice sweet berry character, mellow tartness, blueberry, mild cherry and raspberry, low acidity. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Pretty clean finish, more lightly tart berries to finish. Drinkable juice.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Blue Noir from Oxbow Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottled June 3, 2020, drunk 5/3/22. Clear, light-cranberry-golden with an off-white head that is small and sits precariously at cover. Bottle gushes slowly emitting a funky and fruity nose of blueberry, light grape acidity and hints of barnyard and Brett. Juicy, fruity, gently tart and clean with no alcohol or flaw. Lots of rustic, cereal-like maltiness coming through which helps round out the nose and adds complexity. Soft, mineral-heavy, full of tart and lightly sweet blueberry transitioning to gently tart grape acidity, malt and lactic acid. Earth and mineral strong on the finish with a malty, soft texture and good attenuation. A flavorful, balanced sour with good, but not overwhelming notes of grape and blueberry. Not too intensely sour as Oxbow can sometimes be.