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Dogfish Head Black and Blue

Dogfish Head Black and Blue - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
79
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5263.36/5.03.35/5.0Special10%92.6Flute
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Commercial Description:
Black & Blue is golden Belgian Ale made with over 300 lbs of fresh blackberries and blueberries. With a deep purple full body and a long-lasting lacy pink head, this ale is both attractive and delicious! It is tart and fruity, like our brewers! The subtle bitterness of Hallertau and Saaz hops shines through the fruit forward flavor and sets the palate aglow. (30 IBUs). This tasty brew has smooth but noticeable alcohol warmth. Belgian yeast gives this brew a characteristically dry spicy finish. The beautiful interplay of fruit, spice, and alcohol is complimented by a soft malt profile, and a high level of carbonation.
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 Vas19 (293), Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Mar 24, 2008  
Pours reddish brown with a white head. Yeast and fruit on the nose. Lots of dark fruit flavors with some Belgian character as well. It’s a little too sweet, but still an enjoyable brew.


 zach8270 (2051), Henrietta, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Mar 20, 2008  
(bottle - 750 ml) Reddish copper color with a very thin white head. Lots of berries in the aroma, mostly blackberries, and some sugar. Not a whole lot else. Flavor is very fruity with a lot of berries. The initial flavor is the sweet malt and bitterness of a Belgian ale followed by a nice sweetness of blueberries and blackberries with a very tart and bitter finish. A little sour at the end.


 thewolf (5629), Kolding, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 20, 2008  
Bottle. [thank you, Skou]
Pours a pretty, clear amber with a medium creamy white head. Super lacing. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Lots of raspberries and bluberries.Good mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Flavour is a bit of a let-down and slightly thin. Light fruity tartiness with the raspberries dominating. Light vinious and warms up at the end.


 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 13, 2008  
Bottle at bdigi66. Small off-white head that mostly diminished, spotty amounts of lacing, transparent, very little carbonation, and an orange hue. Nose was berries, some spice, sweet some malt, and some alcohol. Pretty much ditto for the flavor. Fairly smooth mouthfeel and medium in body. Just an okay beer for me as it was a tad too much berry tasting for my liking so once is enough for me of this beer.


 Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Mar 10, 2008  
July 2007 - Pour was a reddish color with thin head and lacing. Faint aroma of fruity blueberries. Nicely done fruity beer, just enough fruit to be sweet and refreshing, not too much. Some malty sweetness and a little "belgian-y thing" going on. I liked it.


 1FastSTi (2551), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Thanks Jason. This beer was bottled on 2/13/07. The beer pours to a clean amber body with a creamy white head. The aroma is raspberry greens and blueberries. The flavor is old blueberries, light blackberries (oddly not black raspberries), and simple pale malts. Simple flat palate with strong gut warming. Perhaps too vintage?


 DavidP (1743), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Mar 4, 2008  
Bottle shared by Jason. Clear red color with a fluffy white head. Smells like a bit like Berry Weiss but with a more solid malt foundation. The flavor is quite sweet; all berry and no fruit tartness. Meh.


 37steel (186), St. Charles, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Mar 3, 2008  
750ml bottle. Another strange Dogifsh Head brew. A lot of berry aromas but more subdued in the flavors. Good malt background to the beer. It did not taste hot and the alcohol hid well.



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