Dogfish Head Black and Blue

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

750ml bottle. Via trade with someone and I cannot remeber who, but thanks to whoever you may be. Perhaps Axllives, not sure. Porus ruby with a 2 finger light pink head. Aroma is sweet and somewhat alcoholic. The taste is lightly sweet with a big belgian alcohol taste that lies in weight behind it. Can’t really taste the blackberries or blueberries directly which is a bit sad. Good brew not as good as I’d had hoped.

THOUGHTS: This one really got better was it warmed. Not nearly as much berry as I would have thought. This seemed like a beer just made for the sake of making it. It wasn’t the usual Dogfish Head greatness. Not a bad beer at all, just not as good as I was expecting. There was berry flavor but not overly sweet at all. Hides alcohol well. A good beer, but not the best Dogfish Head by far. Reminded me a little of Red and White, but was not nearly as good. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a meium organgeish red with a small to average head that was off-white and slightly on the pind side and left virtually no lacing. There was also great carbonation to watch. The aroma was moderately yeasty and lightly fruity, which I’m guessing was the blueberries and blackberries. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, while the finish was moderately to heavily sweet and slightly sour with a short duration. The body was medium and dry with fixxy carbonation.

750 ml bottle .. deep ruby pour very clear ,thin blue tinted head, no lace. sweet fruit aroma, sweet.. wheat and black cherry flavors . tart , sour and dry . light hop finish ..medium bodied .

Bottled. Orange and reddish coloured. Quite clear. Off white head. Sweetish and fruity aroma with some notes of berries. Flavour has alcohol and berries and the sweetness is countered nicely by a vague sourness. Is medium bodied. Sweetish end.

5/19/07: Bottle.
Ruby red body with a slightly off white head which is big and thick. Nice lace. Fruity aroma. Sweet berries, caramel malt, wheat and black cherry. Light hop finish and smooth.

Bottle. Red-brown colour. Sweet aroma of fruits and hops. The flavour is sweet with berries, malt, caramel and alcohol.

Wow. Abismal. I dropped $32 at a bar for this and it was worth maybe 5 bucks. An empty and thin taste. Like a light beer with a few berries and a dirty syringe floating in it. Sure, the color of the head was nice but food coloring could accomplish the same thing for a lofty 35 cents. The only positive was that the 10% ABV was almost unnoticible so if your trying to get a bunch of 10 year olds wasted, skip the Mikes Hard and try this.

Okay, so my first real big disappointment from this company. Little to no aroma from the fruits at all, and no lasting head at all. Bubbly in character. Taste is a bit thick and strong, but without much fruit notes (which is ok) but mostly just bland and icky. And way too much money!