Blueberry Boyfriend
Prairie Artisan Ales

 

 

Look: looks like blueberry juice honestly
Smell: classic sour smell, I get the lemon zest
Taste: tart goodness with a pleasant blueberry/lemon aftertaste on the palate
Feel: medium body
Overall: nothin too complex, just a very well balanced blueberry lemon zest sour. It makes a promise that it delivers on

 

On tap at River Road Tavern
Opaque purple/red color with no head at all when it got to our table.
Big fruity berry nose and flavor Light to medium lemony tart flavor.

 

Got it in a can from Discount drinks in Farmington Hills. Poured in a pint.

A: pours a hazy straw red color with a good pinkish head that dissipates fast, leaving no lacing.

S: smells of blueberries, coriander, salt, pepper, wheat

T: Tastes of blueberries, coriander, salt, pepper, vanilla

M: pretty carbonated, medium bodied, crisp, bubbly

O: overall, it's a good sour, slightly overcarbonated but just slightly.

 

 

Pours a hazy raspberry color with a very short lived head which disappears within seconds. Blueberries, raspberries, lemon and vanilla on the nose. Taste follows the nose with the tartness reasonably well balanced with the berries and vanilla. Solid brew.

 

 

 

 

12 ounce can poured into a snulip glass. Canned on 4/1/21.

L---Partially clear, pinkish purple color Medium, soapy pink head faded to nothing almost immediately and left no lacing.

S---Blueberries.

T---Mostly berries. The advertised lemon zest shows up slightly. Pretty sour.

F---A decent amount of pucker. Light bodied with minimal carbonation.

O---Tasty. I can see a bunch of these disappearing on a warm day.

 

Sour but not overly so with distinct blueberry flavor. Easy on the palate.

 

 

 

just enough blueberry to flavor - not to sour people don't like sours should try this one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice tart wild ale from the always solid Prairie. 3/31/20 date printed on can. Pours a darker purple-red color with a light cap of white head and spotty lingering lacing. Smells of tart blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cherries and lighter lemon, vanilla and bread. Taste follows the nose, very crisp and refreshing, tart and slightly sour but not puckeringly so. Crisp mild mouthfeel with good carbonation. Very tasty even though this isn’t my usual style.

 

 

i mostly buy prairie beer now because every time i see a new one i remember how good and exciting they all used to be, and i guess i wax nostalgic for that and then buy whatever trendy new one im looking at. im not sure if the cool fermentation forward beers of old went to american solera or what, but this is about as basic a sour as you can get, and without the blueberry in it would resemble something like a very minimal berliner, monotone lactic pucker, some super light wheat malt, dry, bubbly, a hint of lemon, thats it, nothing wild or funky about it at all, nothing distinct. this is almost neon violet in color, has a fast rising and receding pink head, and looks pretty neat in the glass. the blueberry adds some neat skin tannins to the nose, additional tang, a summery sweetness too, and plays well with the lactic souring. its nice in the flavor too, super robust but also rather natural, and if it wasnt for the pucker this would be more juice than beer. i dont think there is any denying that this is objectively good, if all you want is a generic drinkable fruited sour, which just about everyone is making these days, but coming from prairie, this isnt really enough for me, i know the quality is there, but where is the inspiration, the nuance, the clever ingredients and processes? i miss that from prairie more and more each time i have something new from them, which is a real shame. this is good for summer, drinkable by the handful, and packed with blueberry character, but its a far cry from what they used to represent, at least in my opinion...

 

 

 

A thanks to the commander of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a hazy purpleish color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of sour blueberries. Taste is desert dry, tart, some blueberries. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall it ain't bad, just have a bottle of water to drink with it. Whew!

 

CAN:

The blueberry is nice but the sourness is one-dimensional...seems like all lactobacillus with no oak presence or true spontaneous fermentation life. No microflora, no pediococcus, no lambicus yeast/wild yeast.

Acidic with a 4/10 sourness in terms of intensity.

Soft, refreshing, smooth, wet, light-bodied.

A worthwhile albeit high priced sour ale from Prairie. The blueberry helps it stand out but I don't really taste lemon zest.

B- / WORTHY

 

From a twelve ounce, silver-hued aluminum can, this brew is a dark and hazy brownish beer. Medium head. The aroma is a little fruity...some berry (not sure it is blue) and a little tart grain. The taste is very dry...slightly sour...and has the same berry fruit note throughout. Twangy, tart, and refreshing. Interesting.