2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the Golden Avalance Brew Pub. Poured a lighter yellow color with a small sized white head. Aromas of mainly stronger blueberries. Tastes of the same but not as strong as the aromas.
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
On tap, at brewery. Clear gold body with a nice one finger fizzy white head. Lots of carbonation. The nose is just bursting with blueberrries. Probably not real, but they smell pretty good. The scent of them is so strong not much makes it past. The flavor is a little too blueberry, tastes like the fruit and not beer. A little chemical tasting, it’s like drinking blueberry extract. Light bodied, fizzy, with a touch of clinginess on the finish. This might be OK for the ladies or those who don’t like beer, but I’m not either one of those.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap in the Kutztown local. Pale yellow pour with a pleasant blueberry aroma on the nose. Small white foam head. Blueberry matrix with the Donner weiss texture. Malt smooth and low carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Say what you want about pale lagers/ales and fruited pale lagers/ales, but this one was something special. The pour was pale gold, so nothing great there, but I loved the aroma, a mix of natural smelling blueberries straight off the bush, plus some hopcitrus and pale malt. I could smell this one all day. As expected, the palate was on the light side in heft, but I truly enjoyed the blueberry flavor, which had the natural blueberry sweet/tart dichotomy, and was balanced with a crisp finish and extremely smooth beer. This one is very good.
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