Liberty Blackberry Wheat

Brewed by Liberty Steakhouse & Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA

Serve in Flute

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Ugh. Terrible example of a fruit wheat beer. Almost no fruit taste at all and the wheat base was so bland.

It was OK, but there is NOTHING special about it. It tasted like Budweiser with a little sweetness. Nothing Wheaty about it at all. I regret spending $6 for a glass of this.

Tap at World Beer Fest. Pours hazy light amber/orange with white head. For better or worse, the blackberry is not strong at all. More just adds a bit of sweetness and a good bit of floral taste. Not too much wheat. Sort of sour and floral and overly sweet. Pretty much a mess.

A hazed orange pour with creamy off white head and lace. Not much at all on the nose. Blackberries so light you can’t tell they’re there. A foamy and fizzy mouthfeel.

NC on tap-pours a white head and cloudy amber color. Aroma is ? Taste is mild blackberry syrup, musty malt, some continental hops. No detractors but…

On tap at Liberty... Hazy amber-nut pour, with soapy lace. Some fruity notes to the nose, plus a cross between wheat and a warehouse (weird). Dry, citrusy-wheat flavors, and a latent bitter back on the finish. The palate is watery, and not very satisfying, complex, or an interesting take on the style.

Date: 12/20/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, High Point

rosey pink, fine pink head, light berry aroma, creamy body, light sweet berry flavor, the sweetness is well contained and balanced well with the lightness of the wheat base beer, a bit of tartness from either the berry or wheat adds nice balance, a very well done brewpub fruit beer,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: *4

Growler from the Brewpub, High Point. Dark yellow (copper?), no head. Lots of malt and berry in aroma. Lots of berry bitterness over medium body. Lots of malt as well, hard to see where the wheat aspect comes in. The Blackberries really came through here, but this was average at best - sort of watery and plain. Ok.

on tap at High Point location. Decent head that quickly diminishes. Not much hint of hefeweissen flavors, which may be for the best. Would prefer it to have more wheaty or hoppy flavor, and maybe a slight bit more hop. Good flavor but specific identification of blackberry isn’t prevalent in the beer.

Draught at the brewpub (High Point, NC location). Hazy yellow color with a pinkish tint. Light fruity nose, but I didn’t know it was blackberry specifically. Thin body, tangy. Lacks any significant malt flavor. Not especially good.