3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
aroma of berries, fruity, light and pleasant. Pours a copper brown with a slight reddish tinge. Head starts off thick but quickly disappears. Carbonation low. Overall delivery is flat. Hops weak, although the berry taste comes out a bit at the end. Better than most fruit beers I've had. At least this has some alcohol.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
GCBF. Poured a pale pink, like a cider. Loose, tall head with more pink. Pink pink pink. Aroma was a bit cloying and sweet. A bit of hops aroma came through, but seemed out of place. Mouthfeel was ok, but beer seemed overcarbed with a bit of acid bite to the back of the tongue. Flavour was a bit disjointed. Some nice malts singing backup, but a weird berry taste that I definitely do not associate with saskatoon berries (which I love) literally jammed up the taste. It was that ambiguous berry flavour that is all sweet and no berry that you find in blue drinks. I was pretty disappointed. Hops? there was hops in here?
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Hazy pink colour. Light flavour - only a vague hint of fruit. A quick, light and bland beer...disappointing as I was hoping to sort out what Saskatoon berries taste like.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JAN 1, 2004 (1 ltr bottle) Pours a medium, white, non-dissipating head and an amber body. Nose of berry and slightly metallic. Artificial Saskatoon berry flavour - too jammy and sweet? Slight malt finish. Above average.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Big blue 1L bottle. Very loud pop announced to the office that it was beer time. A small rush of foam and all was quiet. Big head of medium bubbles quickly settles. Fruity berry aroma, smells like fruit jelly. Thin light brown colour. Reminds me of a heather ale. The fruit does not overpower the beer. Don't swallow too quickly to let the berry flavour fill your taste buds. Very little hop or malt. Almost no aftertaste. A refreshing change and probably very nice on a hot summer day. The berry flavour gets stronger as you drink.
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