Smashed Blueberry
Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
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6.93
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Smashed Blueberry is a hybrid between a Porter and a Scotch Ale. It has a rich mouthfeel and a full, complex body.
Up front, there are notes of coffee and chocolate; beautifully accentuated by the aroma of blueberries.
The finish features a delicate balance of sweet fruit and dry hops.
This beer is best enjoyed at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Up front, there are notes of coffee and chocolate; beautifully accentuated by the aroma of blueberries.
The finish features a delicate balance of sweet fruit and dry hops.
This beer is best enjoyed at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy ark brown pour, small beige head. Upfront sweet candied aroma of blueberries, and welchs grape juice, and sweet roasty mals. Good mouthfeel and carb. Velvety soft blueberry finish wrapped in a chewy roasted malt blanket. Yes it’s a fruit beer, but to me its a lueberry porter.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:34
6/10
A dark brown ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light molasses and raspberries. In mouth, sweet chocolate malt with dark fruits, raspberry, alcohol warmth, still OK after 9 years.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2021
at 22:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample during the "New England Beer & Food Tasting" on 07/14/2018. Cloudy dark brown color with a medium thick beige head that diminishes gradually to a film. Patchy lacing. Aroma of blueberry, chocolate and hops. Medium to full body with flavors of blueberries, chocolate malt, hops and oak. The finish is mildly tart with a blueberry aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2018
at 21:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 650 ml. Le nez présente effectivement des effluves de bleuets accompagnées de chocolat au lait, de fudge et de café. L’entrée de bouche est doux et onctueux avec la présence de bleuets et petit sucré de caramel et de chocolat au lait. Malgré son taux assez élevé, l’alcool n’est pas beaucoup senti. Bel équilibre des saveurs. Les bleuets ne sont pas trop dominants. Délicieuse.
Tried
on 13 May 2017
at 12:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Near black with tan head. Lots of blueberry, roast malt, hint of chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2017
at 01:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled@SBWF2012 (backlog). Deep rubyish copper colour with a small beigeish/red head. Aroma is blue berries awith some slight grassy and wooden notes. Flavour is blueberries, some mild caramel, toffee and slight alcohol to it. Big bold palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2017
at 15:11
6/10
Good, but not much blueberry flavor at all.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2016
at 14:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Interesting - a twist-off bomber bottle! I don’t get around much anymore but that’s the first time I’ve seen a twist-off of this size. Sadly this lacks any serious head but does have a nice dark black-blue hue to the body. Really like that aroma - a mix of coffee and blueberries, not sweet but separate flavours, smart and sassy like a blueberry chocolate black forest cake. Mmmm. Flavour is a lot of strong and dry coffee and baker’s chocolate notes with a blueberry finish. Just great, well balanced. Smart. Not a major huge work of art but this thing could go great with so many different dinner dishes. Actually serving this with black forest cake at the end of a meal would make for some very happy customers if I don’t say so meself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 22:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 11/2015. Pours clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of blueberry, brown sugar, caramel, toast, brown bread, chocolate, cocoa, light coffee, light herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of blueberry and dark/roast/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of blueberry, brown sugar, caramel, toast, brown bread, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, light herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of herbal/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of blueberry, brown sugar, caramel, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blueberry and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; with a good roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth, fairly creamy/sticky, and slightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice imperial fruit beer. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of blueberry and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. The base beer felt like a cross between a stout and a brown ale. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2015
at 21:35
8/10
Tried
on 13 Jul 2015
at 14:32