Buffalo Bills Blueberry Oatmeal Stout

Buffalo Bills Brewery
Brewed at Pyramid Breweries
Style: Fruit Beer
Hayward, California USA

Serve in Flute

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12 oz. mixed six at the former Sam’s Wines. Brewed by Pyramid. Distinct blueberry smell out of the bottle, not artificial or overly strong. Pour is a bit lighter and clearer than a stout, settles dark brown in the glass with a fizzy but thick head. Good blueberry smell in the glass, but it masks out most of the stout smell. Taste is overly fizzy for the style, like a soda pop. I can get a bit of the stout roastiness onto my tongue, but the blueberries are still there. If I don’t fret so much over the base style, I find this is a pretty decent fruit beer. Nothing cloying, artificial or mediciney about it. They’ve actually found the right balance, a hard thing for a delicate taste like blueberry. If not for the fizzy carbonation, it’d be very enjoyable. Slight smoky finish!

Muddy brown pour with a weird fizzy tan head. Not lookin good. Smells like fake blueberries and strangely perfume-y. Holy shit....man, that is something else. I can’t even really begin to describe it. Like blueberry soap.

Bottle from Ralph’s. Strong roasty smell. Some coffee and a little bit of fruitiness. The flavor is pretty interesting. It tastes like a pretty good stout, but with an odd kick. It’s a decent brew, but I’m not sure the flavors worked too well together.

Bottle. Pours black with off white head. Nose of fresh blueberry, oats and cocoa. Taste is same but very muted. Lighter body. Not bad.

Dark reddish-purple-brown... Explosive medium tan head with pillowed center. Scent is, as advertised....Blueberry, chocolate, oatmeal... Taste is just the same...and it’s not good. slightly tart and bitter. Not a fan of this. Just tastes gimmicky and cheap. highly unpleasant.

Dark brown pour. Small head. Aroma has definite blueberry and chocolate notes. Mouth is full with hints of blueberry, chocolate and roasted malt.

UPDATED: MAR 31, 2012 Very Blueberry nose. Dark mahogany color. Piney with an herbal grassy taste a subtle blueberry flavor. The beer starts smooth and becomes bitter towards the end of your mouth. A bit strange for a blueberry beer. Very specific taste, very different.

Pours dark brown/purple with a small dissipating head, micro CO2, barely any lacing, ringed retention, barely visible slowly moving CO2 streams. Light real blueberry aromas on the nose. Blueberry flavour is there right up front, mixed with med-thick malts, light roast, mild purple grape, 6/10-level sweetness in the mids, creamy mouthfeel, sake-like floralness and a light 4/10-level bitterness at the end. Medium complexity, medium-depth, quite good transitions, good carry, decent length, great drinkability (must be in a chilled glass!). Blueberry flavour is present but you have to look for it. Smooth for 7.5% ABV.

Pour is black with tan head..Nose is blueberry, chocolate,malts,faint oatmeal..Taste is blueberry, light oatmeal, sweetness..palate is blueberry..

Strong blueberry aroma. Fizzy mouthfeel with the blueberry very noticeable in the taste. Finishes with a slight bitterness. Interesting, not bad.

Wow...diddnt think i would like this as much as i did..the last few blueberry beers i had were way overpowering...this pours dark. ?has strong blueberry aroma..but flavor is very well balanced...chocolate malt blueberry taste... i like