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RATINGS: 390   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.03   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
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Sweetwater Blue is a unique lighter style ale enhanced with a hint of fresh blueberry. When you drink this beer take a good whiff first and you’ll smell the blueberry influence, but on the taste it’s extremely subtle and the finish is extra clean. Ain’t no fruit beer, but it is our breakfast beer, usually folks that are looking to quench their thirst or for those that are new to the “good beer” lifestyle; this is their choice. This brew and the ESB were the original two to go through the tanks at SweetWater in February 1997.

Medals: Bronze medal winner at the 1998 World Beer Cup, Fruit Beer category; Always the funky favorite at any outdoor beer festival

Malt: 2 Row, Wheat

Hops: Centenial


2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - MAR 19, 2009
12 ounce bottle. Pours an orange tinted light amber with a thin cola-like head. Bready blueberry notes in the aroma. Taste is blueberries, bread and spice. Medium bodied.

2
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
amp811 (38) - Charleston, South Carolina, USA - MAR 18, 2009
Ignore Sweetwater’s description, because this is definitely a fruit beer. For a fruit beer, it’s alright. It’s very blueberry-ey (even in aroma, which worried me), but not in that sickeningly fake kind of way. Still, I don’t want more than one of these. I would much rather have the Seadog Bluepaw.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
PilsnerPeter (2958) - Flushing, New York, USA - MAR 14, 2009
Bottle: Pours a slightly hazy golden with a fading white head. Mild blueberry notes in the aroma, which seems natural- some light pale malt notes, a touch of crackery notes under the blueberry. Light fluffy feel. Mild flavor overall with a soft blueberry note and pale malt that mingle well. There’s a touch of dry/crackery pale malt which give way to a kiss of gentle hops. Nothing really wrong with it, it’s just very underwhelming.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
brewski519 (645) - Morrisville, North Carolina, USA - MAR 10, 2009
From a 12oz bottle this beer poured a crisp golden color with a thick white head. Smell was blueberry and wheat. Taste was wheat, some malt, little hops and blueberry - but not overwhelming. Very thin mouthfeel with light carbonation. Good in small amounts and on a warm day when looking for something light and refreshing to drink. The beer delivers what you expect from a fruit beer - if you are looking for or expecting something else then look at their IPA or other offerings.

3.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BanjoDude (57) - Kingsport, Tennessee, USA - FEB 25, 2009
For a fruit beer (which I usually enjoy as a novelty) it was quite pleasant. Not the best, but definitely above average. The aroma is amazing, if only the taste could match...If you like fruity beers you will love it, if you don’t you will hate it. A good dessert/after dinner beer. Very light and crisp with a small whitish head with little lacing.

2.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
sersdf (1008) - chicago, Illinois, USA - FEB 15, 2009
ohh my god.got this cause i want to get to 1000. it was piss brown but i laughed in shock at the blueberries (6) garnish. they sit at the bottom taking turns floating up for a bit. smells like blueberry milkshake. or extract. tastes like pretty bad pale lager flavor with blueberry extract over it. awful. is this an ale? the blueberries are also annoying the hell out of me.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Birdiebeagle (958) - Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 9, 2009
Bottle Pours a nice gold with a small white head. Has very interesting aromas of sweet fruits and flowers. Blueberries are the main aroma though. The taste is different very sweet but not a bad sweet. Has a good carbination and a okay mouthfeel. This one isn’t really my style but its not a bad beer.

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Beershine (4561) - The Sunshine State, Florida, USA - FEB 2, 2009
Draught. Clear gold with small white head. Aroma is up-front blueberry. Candy like with a bit of post-nasal sourness. Finishes with lingering blueberry. Light effervescence. Not my thing and not structured well. More of a childlike novelty.


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