Shipyard Brewing Company Smashed Blueberry

Smashed Blueberry

 

Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
6.93
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 69
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.
 

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7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a white wine glass. Pours black with small light brown head. Some lacing, thick body, medium carbonation, and beautiful blueberry aroma. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, some blueberry, and some herbal hops. Pretty dry and salty. An imperial porter with some blueberries. Pretty good, but expected more.
Tried on 19 Jul 2013 at 19:21

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
From a bottle pours dark brown with a blue tinge and a slight head that quickly disappears there is an aroma of blueberries taste of blueberries and some coffee. And a sweetness that is light on the palate.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2013 at 21:18

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From a 22 oz bottle shared in Tucson, Arizona. Pours cola brown with a thin off white head. Blueberry aroma. Flavors of blueberries and cream. Light to moderate carbonation. Short finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2013 at 21:04

5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle, thanks to Ken @Bruce’s. It pours darkest brown with a medium light tan head. The nose is intense artificial blueberry, over-ripe berry and plastic. The taste is roasty, toast, earth, berry, sweet blueberry, dark fruit and light bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. The smell is so sweet it makes me feel a bit ill. Tastes not too bad thankfully.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2013 at 12:23

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
65 cl bottle @ Olutravintola Pikkulintu
Aroma is sweetish and nice with bilberry pie. Also hints of vanilla. Flavour has bbilberry juice, some roasted notes and hints of vanilla. Finishes slightly acidic. Unique and good.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2013 at 07:12

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
21st May 2013
’Paul takes a brown shower’ tasting at Bruce’s pad. Opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Big blueberry nose. Palate is softish and dry. Brown malts, feels like a Scottish ale. Mild tangy blueberry, much less intense than the nose. Dry creamy malt finish. Hangs together okay. A bit different.
Tried on 29 May 2013 at 08:10

7.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Pours black, ruby backlights, tall, dark tan head. Aroma is blueberry, chocolate. Taste is heavily lactic, cream...again, more blueberry and chocolate..... Slight alcohol note..... Tasty....quite a different fruit beer.....this one has a set of balls.
Tried on 27 May 2013 at 18:16

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Bruce’s, London - many thanks to Ken! Pours clear brown with a moderate, tan froth head. Nose holds loads of blueberries, blueberry pancakes, alcohol. Medium to big sweet flavor, lots of blueberry cake, moist cake, some brown sugar. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Lightly warming finish, lots more blueberry cake, blueberry coffee cake, bready malts, brown sugar, hints of maple. I didn’t expect to like this but I actually really do.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2013 at 11:22

8.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
It pours a pure dark black and gives a small white head. The smell was centered around the chocolate and blueberries, combined very nicely. A bit of coffee and vanilla came out as the beer warmed. Some roasted malts also became slightly present. The taste was more centered around the coffee and roasted malts with the blueberries taking a background. The palate was very creamy with a slight tingle on the roof of my mouth. It had about a medium/heavy sort of feel. Overall, this was a superb beer and is actually the best beer Shipyard puts out.
Tried on 12 Jan 2013 at 10:35

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bouteille 625ml. De couleur brune-rouge très foncée et voilée. Nez fruité sucré(tarte aux bleuets), moyen de malt rôti doux et de chocolat noir avec des notes de café et d’alcool doux ainsi que des traces de yogourt et de fumée de bois. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen aisni qu’une texture légèrement sirupeuse fruitée et aux petites notes crémeuses. Goût fruité (bleuets, léger de tartes aux bleuets) accompagné d’un léger goût de yogourt (légèrement lactique) et des traces de crème brûlée lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un moyen-léger goût de chocolat noir, d’un léger de grains de malt rôti et de faibles traces de caramel pusi en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool aux notes réchauffantes avec des notes de fumée de bois ainsi que quelques traces de café. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer d’alcool doux, de rôti léger, de chocolat noir avec un goût fruité (bleuets).
Tried on 26 Dec 2012 at 19:15