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Huckleberry Cream Ale
Laughing Dog Brewing
- From:
- Laughing Dog Brewing
- Idaho, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #320 - ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #26,914 - Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 17.06%
- Reviews:
- 74
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Saturday at 09:35 PM
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2006
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 20
The huckleberry is native to the Pacific Northwest and it is prized for its sweetness and texture. To celebrate summer and the huckleberry picking season, we have blended real huckleberries from last season with our cream ale.
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can. Label has the beer name as 'MOUNTAIN HOUND HUCKLEBERRY CREAM ALE'. Bottom date stamp is 'CANNED ON: 08/23/23 BATCH 2030 - HUCK'.
Clear, pale gold colored body. One finger of white head. Leaves behind short strings of lacing.
Aroma has a definite berry smell, and this is likely huckleberry.
Taste continues with the huckleberry, with a toasted malt base. Late profile gets a bit of sourness, before this there is more sweetness.
Medium mouth feel. A little taut at the finish. Good carbonation.
Refreshing berry ale.
Nov 28, 2023Clear, pale gold colored body. One finger of white head. Leaves behind short strings of lacing.
Aroma has a definite berry smell, and this is likely huckleberry.
Taste continues with the huckleberry, with a toasted malt base. Late profile gets a bit of sourness, before this there is more sweetness.
Medium mouth feel. A little taut at the finish. Good carbonation.
Refreshing berry ale.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.25/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Some fruit added to Laughing Dog’s cream ale makes for a sweet drink, perfect for a hot summer’s day. Body from the cream ale is slick and velvety, huckleberries add a nice sweet touch to this drink.
Feb 08, 2023Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts
3.28/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Brewers Notes: The huckleberry is native to the Pacific Northwest and it is prized for its sweetness and texture. To celebrate summer and the huckleberry picking season, we have blended real huckleberries from last season with our cream ale.
Can poured into a US pint plastic hotel cup
Aroma is a light huckleberry / blueberry
Taste is a light huckle berry / blue berry / floral
Thought I would try something local in my travels out west , regret this decision , not a beer for me, drain pour
May 26, 2022Can poured into a US pint plastic hotel cup
Aroma is a light huckleberry / blueberry
Taste is a light huckle berry / blue berry / floral
Thought I would try something local in my travels out west , regret this decision , not a beer for me, drain pour
Reviewed by Beer_Right_Back from Arizona
2.8/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.8/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
A heavily scented huckleberry beer that ends up far more restrained on that flavor than we would've liked. Super creamy and thick, with a hint of huckleberry that evaporates from your mouth within seconds.
Sep 09, 2020Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.63/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
this is better than its ratings, sometimes you just have to appreciate a beer for what it is, and not always expect epic complexity and process intensiveness, sometimes less can be more, and i am fine with a simple, summery beer that makes no attempt at all to be the best or most interesting beer i have ever had. the first beer i have had from these guys in ages. i thought it might take on a little more color from the fruit, but its got no pink at all, just looks like a cream ale. aroma is a little sweet, a little jammy, could be blackberry too, not much malt underneath it so it seems a little one dimensional, but summery and light and appealing enough. the berries really drive the flavor, in fact, its all that can really be tasted here, a touch of grain sweetness maybe in the middle, but there is very little else happening here, its all quite minimal, and even though i like the fruit flavor, a little more beer character would improve this. the lightness is great though, very easy feel, no body, tons of bubbles, a nice refresher ice cold from the can, and it warms up relatively favorably for what it is too. the huckleberry is identifiable as such in the flavor which is tough to do, and it ends up on the dry side, which is somewhat surprising for how this is all fruit. my lady and i ripped right through a sixer of these!
Apr 09, 2019Reviewed by snowmageddon from Massachusetts
3.89/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Not my usual type of beer, but I really enjoyed the fruited cream ale here! They were able to integrate the sweet fruit flavor without compromising the cream ale style.
Mar 16, 2019Reviewed by Radcpa from Washington
4.01/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On tap. Dark amber appearance with white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is a fairly strong pleasant huckleberry. Taste is also a pleasant huckleberry.
Sep 11, 2018Reviewed by Nass from Florida
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer produces a well carbonated light orange pour. The aroma is sweet, fruity fragrant, sort of like a berry type of smell, and a slight creamy smelling is following through as well as it has warmed up for a few minutes in my glass, well this was a tasty offering. I am glad to say that I was able to try a beer with huckleberries added to it. Cheers! B
Jan 28, 2018
Huckleberry Cream Ale from Laughing Dog Brewing
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
218 ratings
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