Belhaven Blueberry (Bottle)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: Bitter
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Originally rated July 2006. One of the LCBO one-timers, this blueberry beer pours a golden-yellow colour with a very slight hue of green-blue. Its nice bubbly white head leaves a unified lacing as it fades at an average pace. Carbonation all over, but not too excited. Decent berry juice scent mixed with some mild pepper. Does not shout out blueberries (if you haven’t seen the bottle). Ingredients says water, malt, hops, yeast and flavour. Yes, flavour... as in not the real fruit. Sad. The taste is also fruity, but so light that it is kind of bland. No aftertaste and dry. Bought some for the cellar, but that is all I will be buying. A boring pils with some fake blueberry flavours.

A golden ale with a thin white head. Strong blueberry aroma as bottle is opened, with a malty backbone and light metallic notes. In mouth, a light sweet malt with light blueberry juice, lighter bodied blueberry jucie. Light bodied. Tasted late Dec. 2006.

500ml Bottle: Pours very light yellow, almost like a non-cloudy Hoegaarden, with almost no head to be had. The aroma is strong in astringent blueberries, and oddly, alcohol. That shouldn’t be the case for a 4.8%, no? Flavour is heavy in blueberry, but it just seems off. Very sour, almost an instant headache and I can still garner a lot of booze from it. Very carbonated, lacking in hops.. not my thing at all.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, savoured on November 2007; eye: straw, clear, slight effervescence, creamy white head, lacing; nose: blueberry, malt, hops, light acidity; mouth: blueberry is rather present (but not as much as the beer warms), quite carbonated, light malt, dry and short finale in small berries with a lot of carbonation, lightly acid, medium body, rather thin, lightly sweet; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, savourée le 9 novembre 2007; œil : paille, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse blanche crémeuse, dentelle; nez : bleuet, malt, houblon, légère acidité; bouche : bleuet est plutôt présent (mais devient moins présent à mesure que la bière gagne en température), assez carbonatée, légèrement maltée, finale courte et sèche en petits fruits avec pas mal de carbonatation, légèrement acide, corps moyen, plutôt mince, légèrement sucrée; en résumé : correct

500ml bottle. Pours a deep gold color, loads of carbonation. Aroma smack of artifical blueberry. Flavour is big time artificiala, dn slightly salty? I don’t know, every time i have a blueberry beer, i get this salty artificial taste. weird.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2007 Very pale with some head. Very strong blueberry scent. Odd tast, much more blueberry scent then taste. Some bitterness in the tast I am not fond of. Much more beer then berry.

Classic fruit beer with nothing going on. Light golden colour. White headd. Citrusy musty aroma... some sort of aroma is coming through. The flavour is very non-flavourful. Highly carbonated but dry mouth feel. Oh yeah and the taste is slightly grassy...

Pale yellow. Medium creamy head that persists. Aroma of sweet blueberries. Flavour of grape Crush with a bit of blueberry. And soda water. And sugar. Horrid. Undrinkable. Still one in my fridge if anyone wants it.

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2006 Aroma: Not suprisingly, a very blueberry aroma. No malt or hops to balance out the aroma of fake blueberry gum Appearance: Straw blonde tight bead long lasting fluffy head. Nice belgian lace. Flavour: Some dry pilsnermalt quality but screams bluberry flavouring. No hop flavour or bitterness, cidery, finishes very dry whch helps subsume some of the "blueberriness" of the beer Mouthfeel: Medium light very carbonated. Overall: This beer has never been within 1000 yards of a real berry - The flavour lends more towards cider than beer. There is however nice balance between the strong sweet berry flavour and the dry finish. I couldn’t drink more than half of the pint bottle.

Well, With its Blueberry (obvious) smeel after the poor... poors a very lite head, realy nothing spectacular about this beer. Its a pilsner with a blueberry twist... not realy my game...