Blueberry Origins
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.48
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: red to dark brown color with a quickly dieing white foamy head (no fizziness), no lace
Aroma: mixed berry-ish tart to sour to sweet whiff; Belgian-like sweet caramel malts, some oak tart to sweet accents; then seems to pop open with more of a blueberry sweet and tart scent (that seemed a bit long to get to, but at least I got there)'
Flavor: sour to tart to semi-sweet through the prior noted aromas; finishes with the blueberry tart and sweet aspects
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper as plenty of funky tart to sour character seems to be semi-invasive and ends up becoming fairly dry along the tongue
Overall: I liked it for me and can see why it's added to Brewver as a a Flemish red but I'm not entirely sure if that's what Crooked Stave was going for? Maybe they did. I'm just going to say I don't know enough.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: red to dark brown color with a quickly dieing white foamy head (no fizziness), no lace
Aroma: mixed berry-ish tart to sour to sweet whiff; Belgian-like sweet caramel malts, some oak tart to sweet accents; then seems to pop open with more of a blueberry sweet and tart scent (that seemed a bit long to get to, but at least I got there)'
Flavor: sour to tart to semi-sweet through the prior noted aromas; finishes with the blueberry tart and sweet aspects
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper as plenty of funky tart to sour character seems to be semi-invasive and ends up becoming fairly dry along the tongue
Overall: I liked it for me and can see why it's added to Brewver as a a Flemish red but I'm not entirely sure if that's what Crooked Stave was going for? Maybe they did. I'm just going to say I don't know enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2026
at 15:55
7/10
Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - dark red purple coloured pour with off-white head. Sour resonating intense blueberry, medium to high acidity, medium body, tart on the palate, wooden accents, tart blueberry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Notes from 10/30/17 On tap @ Covenhoven in BK. Stout, low-ball glass. An opaque, leggy, dark brown, edging on red. Smell is brown ale, edging towards a leafy greens, bitter, mixed berry compote. Faint oak. Taste is bitter-tart upfront, showing deep tannic blueberry skin about halfway through. Finish is dry, lingering bitter pith & slightly pesticidal(itching my tongue & throat). Solid sour & additives, if a bit direct.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2024
at 16:54
8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Intensiv saurer, spritzig fruchtiger Beginn. Trocken, Blaubeeren, intensiv. Noch steigend säuerlich, voluminös. Sehr gut. 10/14/13/15/10/14
Tried
on 27 Sep 2018
at 15:22
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 11:11
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 11:11
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 11:11
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
375ml bottle. Clear, dark brown colour with crimson glimmer and small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Rather weak, oaky, minimally fruity aroma, hints of vinegar, a touch of blueberry. Taste is initially dry, oaky, tart, astringent, tannic, hints of vinegar, later minimally fruity, a touch of blueberry; lively carbonation. Too sour, hardly digestible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2018
at 00:08
7/10
Mega kwasne. Owocki blizej niezdefiniowane. Ale niby sa. Jakby ciut octu? Tak nie porwalo, ale niezle nieze
Tried
on 02 Jun 2018
at 21:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Dispensary, CPH, 10/11/17. Rich reddish hues bordering on mahogany brown with a decent crimson come beige cap. Nose is tangy red berries, spice, grains, funk, oak, light spice, bretty dungo. Taste comprises sharp berry fruits, oak, tannins, red berry balsam licks, cherry skins, brett, light fecal strokes, blueberry funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with an acidic pinch. Solid sour although the nose was a touch overly musty for my liking.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 13:07