East End Session #41 - BlackberRye Ale

Brewed by East End Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Flute

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From growler. Nice blackberry, fruity aroma that’s not overpowering or artificially sweet like some fruit beers can be. Touch of rye and grain. Cloudy amber body with touch of red and blue, topped with thin off-white lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation, not quite effervescent. Starts with medium rye bitterness and light fruity, blackberry sweetness. Not a sweet beer, but fruity with some tart berry notes that is shy of being watery but balanced nicely with the malt and mild hop bitterness. Finishes with light fruity tartness and mild chalky bitterness. Refreshing.

This poured a somewhat cloudy amber color with a big off white head. aroma was semisweet 2 row, East end Tinge, and light Blackberries. Flavor was initially sweet fruity blackberries mellowing into a bit of a tart note and then finishing with a bland wheaty character. A bit too sweet and one dimensional for my liking