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Black Bear Blueberry Ale


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Bear Brew Pub (Black Bear Brewery)

Orono, Maine USA

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73.03/5.02.98/5.0-0 Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Blueberry ales are a Maine classic and we have brewed our own at the Black Bear Brewery. The balance of hops and mild blueberry give this beer a smooth refreshing flavor.

 Beerded_one (1551), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20

May 3, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a light amber with a one finger off-white head. Aroma of light blueberry, and some citrus. Flavor is blueberry sweetness with pale malts, light hops and has a light bitterness

 rmussman (686), California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 3, 2007  
Sampled at brewpub in Orono. A nice fruit beer and very refreshing during the summer. One or two would be about the maximum on this drink but still very nice and good with their calamari.


 GonZoBeeR (1986), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/510/20
Jan 26, 2007  
Bottle... Aroma:spicy and blueberry,light infected aroma.. Appearance:clear gold,mega huge head.... Flavor:blueberry,spicy,watery and light infected flavor...


 MartinT (4241), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2006  
Any first impressions?
-Lofty foam slowly collapses onto the hazy blond.
-The sweet blueberry perfume is ably balanced to crisp straw and citrusy, wooden hoppiness.
-The delicate blueberry sweetness is overcome by the muscular herbal hop flavor and bitterness.
-The frothy carbonation overdoes it off the bat, making most of the malt’s efforts obsolete.

What if you dig deeper?
-Biscuity maltiness sneaks through the nose, along with peachy fruitiness.
-The carbonation relaxes a bit after letting the beer breathe in the pint glass, and merely becomes an effervescent companion to other fitting components.
-After a few sips, you could forget the blueberries altogether, the herbal hops and straw-like maltiness take over.
-This is obviously their Pail Ale with a subtle dose of blueberry juice, and is another decent quaffer from Bear Brew.

Bottle; no date.


 beerbomb (172), New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/513/20
Aug 14, 2006  
Aroma is of authentic blueberry sweetness with citrusy, hoppy background. Flavor is thin overall with hops subduing the full blueberry flavor. By the end of the bottle the hop twang is dominant. I do like the flavor combination but Id rather the blueberry flavor be stronger. The beer isnt bad despite it being slightly watery, but compared to some other blueberry beers, its not spectacular




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