Blackberry Bake Shop
Heist Brewery - NoDa

Pours a cloudy light purple with a massive, fluffy pink head that slowly settles to a ring and leaves no lacing. Smells of tart blackberries, slight sourness, wheat and lemon. Tastes of tart blackberries, tart raspberries, lemon, wheat, a hint of lactose sweetness and a bit of vanilla. Really cannot pick out any cinnamon even knowing that it is there. Light side of medium bodied, medium carbonation, mild acidity and sourness.

A: Pours a murky milky purplish red in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate ruby red + dark pink + bluish purple colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall fizzy sudsy foamy pinkish white head that slowly reduces to a medium to large sized patch of slightly mottled very thin film covering a little more than 75% of the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Slightly stronger than moderate aromas of fresh blackberries over the top of light to moderate aromas of slightly sour wheat malts with a light amount of lactose sweetness and lactic lemon tartness. Light to moderate aromas of vanilla along with a hint of cinnamon.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of slightly sour wheat malts with a light amount of lactose sweetness and lactic lemon tartness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of fresh blackberries and light flavors of vanilla and a hint of cinnamon. Minimal amounts of bitterness (if any) are present but there is a lingering tart blackberry flavors.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Light amounts of acidic prickliness.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasant amount of tartness. Enjoyable with the lactose + vanilla + cinnamon successfully adding to the blackberry + base berliner weisse.