Blueberry Wheat
Backwoods Brewing Company
- From:
- Backwoods Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
Ranked #210 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,283 - Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 10.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 29, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 28, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by SamQ from Washington
4.7/5 rDev +32%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.7/5 rDev +32%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Very delicious fusion between a wheat ale and blueberry flavor. Carbonation is perfect. Easy to stomach beer, with excellent blueberry finish upon sip. Very desirable beverage, perfect balance between beer and fruit flavor notes.
Sep 05, 2017
Reviewed by brandonwnw from Washington
2.97/5 rDev -16.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.97/5 rDev -16.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Logo is fine, smell is alkaline blueberries and taste follows. Disappointing as I expected a blen of Hefeweizen and blue would be a nice summer refreshment. Not what I was hoping for.
Jul 22, 2016
Reviewed by K-Dog from Michigan
3.87/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nice color wheat beer. The best thing about this beer is the fantastic blueberry smell. The blueberry flavor is suttle. Over all not terrible beer but but probably would not get again.
Dec 10, 2015Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.77/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance : Pours an apple juice colored body with 20% opacity, and a nice fluffy creamy white head.
Smell : Lots of blueberries in the nose - blueberry pie, huckleberry, pie crust.
Taste : More of a pale wheat ale flavor with blueberry spice in the background. The blueberries are spent on the nose and by the time the flavor hits there's nothing to analyze. Mostly a pale wheat ale going on here, with hop and wheat, pale malts. Not bad per se, just less fruit than I was expecting.
Feel : Light bodied, easy drinking, mildly creamy, adequately carbonated.
Overall : Would make a great session beer. Not a fan of the lack of blueberries, but the nose was terrific. I imagine if I were to plug my nose and drink the beer, the blueberries would be nonexistent.
Oct 15, 2015Smell : Lots of blueberries in the nose - blueberry pie, huckleberry, pie crust.
Taste : More of a pale wheat ale flavor with blueberry spice in the background. The blueberries are spent on the nose and by the time the flavor hits there's nothing to analyze. Mostly a pale wheat ale going on here, with hop and wheat, pale malts. Not bad per se, just less fruit than I was expecting.
Feel : Light bodied, easy drinking, mildly creamy, adequately carbonated.
Overall : Would make a great session beer. Not a fan of the lack of blueberries, but the nose was terrific. I imagine if I were to plug my nose and drink the beer, the blueberries would be nonexistent.
Reviewed by Spikester from Oregon
3.61/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy gold with three fingers of white head. Head lasts about ten minutes and leaves a good amount of thick lace.
Smell is blueberries and malt sweetness.
Taste is much different than the smell. A standard wheat beer character with just a slight blueberry taste. Certainly no alcopop type fake flavor but a little more berry flavor would be nice. There is a slight bitterness in the aftertaste that must be from the hops.
Mouthfeel was light to medium and the carbonation was fine. The finish is lightly sweet then moves into the dry bitter area from the hops.
Overall an unusual beer that could use a few tweaks. I think if they left out the berries altogether this would a fine wheat beer. If they want the berry flavor they need a lot more of them.
Oct 08, 2015Smell is blueberries and malt sweetness.
Taste is much different than the smell. A standard wheat beer character with just a slight blueberry taste. Certainly no alcopop type fake flavor but a little more berry flavor would be nice. There is a slight bitterness in the aftertaste that must be from the hops.
Mouthfeel was light to medium and the carbonation was fine. The finish is lightly sweet then moves into the dry bitter area from the hops.
Overall an unusual beer that could use a few tweaks. I think if they left out the berries altogether this would a fine wheat beer. If they want the berry flavor they need a lot more of them.
Reviewed by Taybeh from Minnesota
3.37/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From a 12 oz can into a weizen glass.
A- rich golden and hazy, ok white head but subsides after a minute and leaves only a little spotty lacing
S- a little soapy, grainy, and that almost sour twang I often get with wheat. No blueberry...?
T: s.th. a little odd her on the finish...starts off nice and smooth and bready, then a little mild acidic berry...not much sweetness. Ends with a strange though mild combo of wheaty twang and some acidic berry.
Not uninteresting but the blueberry is a bit disappointing and as a wheat this is ok but nothing to go out of the way for.
Aug 30, 2015A- rich golden and hazy, ok white head but subsides after a minute and leaves only a little spotty lacing
S- a little soapy, grainy, and that almost sour twang I often get with wheat. No blueberry...?
T: s.th. a little odd her on the finish...starts off nice and smooth and bready, then a little mild acidic berry...not much sweetness. Ends with a strange though mild combo of wheaty twang and some acidic berry.
Not uninteresting but the blueberry is a bit disappointing and as a wheat this is ok but nothing to go out of the way for.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.17/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
From the 16 oz can purchased at Elizabeth Station in Bellingham. Pale golden brew with a modest head in the Duvel tulip. Plenty of tingle on the tongue. Slightly silky in the mouth.
Just a faint blueberry taste and then it's more like blackberry seeds. A bitter, woody finish but no actual hop flavor. Brewer rates this at 20 IBUs. It's nice that it's not at all sweet, in fact there is a tart edge to the tannins. Actually kind of winey. A little mellower and wheatier flavor would be welcome. This is just rather austere, but quite quaffable.
Jun 28, 2015Just a faint blueberry taste and then it's more like blackberry seeds. A bitter, woody finish but no actual hop flavor. Brewer rates this at 20 IBUs. It's nice that it's not at all sweet, in fact there is a tart edge to the tannins. Actually kind of winey. A little mellower and wheatier flavor would be welcome. This is just rather austere, but quite quaffable.
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