 Oakes (6808), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 11, 2005 Yeah, this one really didn’t work for me. The aroma was all blueberry. The taste was also all blueberry, with an extremely sweet flavour. I’d have a hard time calling it anything but an alcopop. Yikes. Score justification: Unbalanced as hell, and too cloying to enjoy. Tasted GABF ’05.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
May 11, 2008 Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear dark blood red, wispy pink head, drippy pink lace,
Aroma: huge blueberry aroma without picking up the glass, touch of sweaty funk,
Flavor: sweet blueberry flavor, just a hint of fruity tartness, no sign of the alcohol,
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *+/4
BückDich (4503), Boise, Idaho, USA
Mar 3, 2008 Bottle: Deep reddish purple color, light head and lacing. Nose of really sweet fake snapple like fruitiness. The flavor is sweet and syruppy. Fairly juicy and thick, but no malt or hops to taste. Like fruit juice made from concentrate and not enough water.
hopdog (4482), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 13, 2005 Poured a purple color with almost no head at all. Aromas of tart blueberries. Tastes of sweet blueberries. Not much else other than blueberries and some more blueberries. I’m surprised to see it is 8% never would have guessed that).
muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Jan 17, 2007 12 ounce bottle from the Woodmans on Gammon Road in Madison, WI (December 2006), sampled at cellar temperature from a Dieu du Ciel! tulip glass. People have asked me, over the years, since I became a celebrity, what my favorite beer was? What beer I’d like to have for my 2000th beer? 3000th? And beyond....and my mental answer (because I didn’t deem the question worthy of reply) was always "something like my favorite beer, New Glarus Belgian Red" only...different. Now, finally, the brewers at the tiny garage-brewery in St Louis, Missouri, Anheuser and Busch, have made my dreams come true. For my 4000th beer, I ask you to behold: Wild Blue. It pours into my classy, statuesque DDC glass a dark garnet hue with a smallish pink topping....the aroma? oh the first letdown, these hometown boyz from st Lou have left me with something more than a little artificial and soda-like, blueberry-grape fizzy-sugary...what?....now I’ll taste it: wow, if I wanted something other than maple syrup to put on pancakes, I might pick this...but to drink 12 ounces? oh my god, it’s impossible, so syrupy and thick and cloying, fake blueberries and a bit of dark chocolate and soda fizziness... though it does dry out and become cardboardy and stale at the finish....welll. that’s it. Done. 4000. Ummm, next?
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