Black and Blue Native Trails
Latitude 33 Brewing Company
- From:
- Latitude 33 Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 2.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 20, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Join us on a rotating flavor experiment. In this leg of the journey, Native Trails has invigorating notes of blueberry and blackberry that ends with a vibrant finish. We mix it up every couple of months, so get it while you can and be on the lookout for the next unparalleled adventure.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
4.18/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Type: 16-oz. can
Glass: Clear 14.75-oz. porter/stout tulip
From: Windmill Farms in Allied Gardens (San Diego), Calif.
Price: $2.49
Purchased: March 3, 2018
Consumed: March 3, 2018
Reviewed as: American Porter
Misc.: No canned on date
Had never heard of Latitude 33 deciding to release different styles of Native Trails, which I had never tried. Not sure this is the base beer, but sure, let’s go with it for now. Love this vastly underrated brewery and was happy to see a few new beers from them on a recent visit to Windmill Farms. Can described this as, “Join us on a rotating flavor experiment. In this leg of the journey, Native Trails has invigorating notes of blueberry and blackberry that ends with a vibrant finish. We mix it up every couple of months, so get it while you can and be on the lookout for the next unparalleled adventure.” Let’s go.
Poured a very dark color with three fingers of khaki tan frothy head. A few slow moving bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. World-class foamy lacing. World-class retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Smelled blackberry, blueberry, toasty notes, cocoa, dark chocolate, mixed berry, vanilla and coffee malts. (Smell - 4.00)
Great mix of berries and porter notes on the tongue. Got blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry up front, bitter coffee, dark chocolate and toasty malts in the back. Also vanilla, cocoa and nuts. (Taste - 4.25)
Full body. Sticky texture. Average carbonation. Toasty, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
Wow. Really liked this porter. Somehow those berries really worked with the roasty malts of a porter. (Overall - 4.25)
4.18 | 93 | A-
Apr 02, 2018Glass: Clear 14.75-oz. porter/stout tulip
From: Windmill Farms in Allied Gardens (San Diego), Calif.
Price: $2.49
Purchased: March 3, 2018
Consumed: March 3, 2018
Reviewed as: American Porter
Misc.: No canned on date
Had never heard of Latitude 33 deciding to release different styles of Native Trails, which I had never tried. Not sure this is the base beer, but sure, let’s go with it for now. Love this vastly underrated brewery and was happy to see a few new beers from them on a recent visit to Windmill Farms. Can described this as, “Join us on a rotating flavor experiment. In this leg of the journey, Native Trails has invigorating notes of blueberry and blackberry that ends with a vibrant finish. We mix it up every couple of months, so get it while you can and be on the lookout for the next unparalleled adventure.” Let’s go.
Poured a very dark color with three fingers of khaki tan frothy head. A few slow moving bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. World-class foamy lacing. World-class retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Smelled blackberry, blueberry, toasty notes, cocoa, dark chocolate, mixed berry, vanilla and coffee malts. (Smell - 4.00)
Great mix of berries and porter notes on the tongue. Got blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry up front, bitter coffee, dark chocolate and toasty malts in the back. Also vanilla, cocoa and nuts. (Taste - 4.25)
Full body. Sticky texture. Average carbonation. Toasty, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
Wow. Really liked this porter. Somehow those berries really worked with the roasty malts of a porter. (Overall - 4.25)
4.18 | 93 | A-
Reviewed by michiganmatt from California
4.26/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
L: dark brown, with loads of light-chocolate-milk-colored head
S: Chocolate/cocoa and blueberries
T: Blueberries, hints of blackberries. Roasty chocolate malts, maybe some tiny hints of smoke as well. A slight metallic taste. This beer does an amazing job at balancing the berry flavor and the roasty chocolate malt flavor. Definitely a unique beer, and a good one at that.
F: Medium bodied. Average carbonation, fairly smooth, almost creamy.
O: I couldn’t see myself having more than one or two of these at the time. So not a sessionable beer. But a quite delicious occasional treat. Highly recommended.
Feb 09, 2018S: Chocolate/cocoa and blueberries
T: Blueberries, hints of blackberries. Roasty chocolate malts, maybe some tiny hints of smoke as well. A slight metallic taste. This beer does an amazing job at balancing the berry flavor and the roasty chocolate malt flavor. Definitely a unique beer, and a good one at that.
F: Medium bodied. Average carbonation, fairly smooth, almost creamy.
O: I couldn’t see myself having more than one or two of these at the time. So not a sessionable beer. But a quite delicious occasional treat. Highly recommended.
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