Atlantic Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Serve in Flute

Really like this beer in summer. Not sweet or sticky just intense blueberry aroma in a nice pale ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle, best enjoyed before Nov. ’11. Pours deep orange and copper with a frothy 2-finger tan head. Aromas of artificial blueberry, blueberry-scented Smarties candy, and grass. The flavor is similar, with sweet blueberry and malt, brown sugar, and some grass. Somewhat artificial-tasting; not great. [891]

The aroma was overwhelmingly blueberry, but it was difficult to discern any blueberry taste over the malt. Very, very slight hop taste. I was hoping for a bit of blueberry in the palate, but none. More of the taste of a middle of hte road session brew. The case tells me it’s 2 months prior to it’s death date so it’s fairly fresh. Doubt I’ll purchase another and didn’t realize this was not from Bar Harbor Brewing before having opened it......it was a bit of an end around with the labeling.

tap - Pours amber with an aroma that’s all blueberries. It’s sweet with assertive blueberry flavor that’s obvious though not overwhelming. It’s a refreshing beer with some mild hops detectable in the finish. Decent.

Draft sample at the brewery. This one was unlike many of the fruit beers out there. Blueberries were added to beer, not the other way around. I got the impression they may have used real fruit instead of some kind of sugary concentrate (that seems to have gone into their blueberry soda). The beer was surprisingly dark for a fruit beer, a rich orange colour. The flavour was mostly a mild malt with a nice compliment of berry. In the taste and the aroma the blueberry was integrated into the brew, rather than loaded on top. Body was light and crisp, good carbonation.

On tap at the BBQ joint next door to the Knox Road brewery. Comes in darker than most blueberry beers I’ve tried. A light-medium amber. Subtle blueberry aroma with a good light malty backbone. Satisfying, and not overly "fruity". Light hop/fruit finish.

One of the better fruit beers out there. The flavor is not overwhelming and it is a refreshing beer.

On draft at brewery. Appearance was a dark amber color with a beige head. Poured from a bottle into a large brandy snifter.Aroma is like sweet blueberries. Blueberry flavor was there for sure, not over done, little watery but still a pleasant little beer.