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Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- From:
- Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 19.15%
- Reviews:
- 676
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 19, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 18, 2009
- Wants:
- 40
- Gots:
- 156
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by JMH_ from New Jersey
3.15/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a decent looking, slightly hazed copper colour with a smallish pillowy white head atop the liquid. Residue on the glass is kept to a minimum as the head thins out.
There's a bit of wheat in the aroma but blackberry certainly dominates, but doesn't overpower. It does push it a bit though and any more berry hints would have been too much. There's already a subtle perfume like scent in the mix as well to up the sweetness factor.
The flavour does exactly what the aroma kept from doing. Blackberry and sweetness jump just a touch too much over the top for a bit of an overwhelming fruit/sweet experience that isn't awful, but could stand to be reeled in a bit. I'd say it takes the beer from the potential of being pretty good to just average in terms of flavour. I didn't get much of a wheat flavour here either. Perhaps a bit of graininess, if nothing else. Mouthfeel is very light bodied with a bit of tartness to it.
This is a middle of the road brew from Boston Beer. I would also hardly call this a witbier, but maybe that's just me. It came across as more of a generic Blackberry Pale Ale, I thought.
I wasn't expecting much given what this is and what I've thought of their other fruit beers (hate them). This is clearly the best of said fruit beers (not counting the Grape Ale which I actually didn't mind but it's not really "their" recipe), and I could perhaps drink this one again but I wouldn't seek it out, nor could I have more than one in a sitting. Give it a try, but you'll likely find it to be average, as I did.
Jan 29, 2009There's a bit of wheat in the aroma but blackberry certainly dominates, but doesn't overpower. It does push it a bit though and any more berry hints would have been too much. There's already a subtle perfume like scent in the mix as well to up the sweetness factor.
The flavour does exactly what the aroma kept from doing. Blackberry and sweetness jump just a touch too much over the top for a bit of an overwhelming fruit/sweet experience that isn't awful, but could stand to be reeled in a bit. I'd say it takes the beer from the potential of being pretty good to just average in terms of flavour. I didn't get much of a wheat flavour here either. Perhaps a bit of graininess, if nothing else. Mouthfeel is very light bodied with a bit of tartness to it.
This is a middle of the road brew from Boston Beer. I would also hardly call this a witbier, but maybe that's just me. It came across as more of a generic Blackberry Pale Ale, I thought.
I wasn't expecting much given what this is and what I've thought of their other fruit beers (hate them). This is clearly the best of said fruit beers (not counting the Grape Ale which I actually didn't mind but it's not really "their" recipe), and I could perhaps drink this one again but I wouldn't seek it out, nor could I have more than one in a sitting. Give it a try, but you'll likely find it to be average, as I did.
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Thinking this was a true witbier and getting the true "witbier" treatment, this was poured into a clear mug.
The appearance was a glossy burnt yellow color with a fizzy white foamy head that cut off very quickly. No lace.
The aroma had a huge sweet and tart blackberry character up front running into some grassiness and a slight bready maltiness.
The flavor moderately presented the sweetness and the tartness but not necessarily coming together as they seemed to have separate elements through my entire experience. Aftertaste was somewhat sweet with a slight tartness about it.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Finish was all about the blackberries.
Overall, so with this one, though it does seem like they used "real blackberries" my issue with this one is that the witbier yeast strain seems non-existent as I would have liked some of the Belgian qualities to come out. I'll chalk this one up to a Sam Adams experiment that seemed decent for what it is.
Sep 24, 2017The appearance was a glossy burnt yellow color with a fizzy white foamy head that cut off very quickly. No lace.
The aroma had a huge sweet and tart blackberry character up front running into some grassiness and a slight bready maltiness.
The flavor moderately presented the sweetness and the tartness but not necessarily coming together as they seemed to have separate elements through my entire experience. Aftertaste was somewhat sweet with a slight tartness about it.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Finish was all about the blackberries.
Overall, so with this one, though it does seem like they used "real blackberries" my issue with this one is that the witbier yeast strain seems non-existent as I would have liked some of the Belgian qualities to come out. I'll chalk this one up to a Sam Adams experiment that seemed decent for what it is.
Reviewed by briandschorr from North Carolina
3.81/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
So this is not Witbier worthy of praise but it works as a good pairing with some desserts. The color is nice, gold with a bit of a haze. The nose has a subtle Blackberry but not much else. The head is rather weak. Overall not terrible but not great. Kinda of a let down from some of the other great hits from Sam Adams. For me, get a couple of bottles and pair this with your favorite dessert. That's about it.
Aug 10, 2017Reviewed by poisoneddwarf from Idaho
3.37/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
12 oz bottle. Blackberry is noticeable, but not overbearing. Nice wheat flavor and aroma. Head is weak. Nice hazy golden color. Not the best fruit beer out there, but it’s not too bad.
Jun 07, 2017Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.91/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.91/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Anytime I see a Sam Adams beer with a fruit reference I kind a cringe inside. So many bad examples out there. This one took on a normal-esque beer appearance. Light amber in color, thin 1/5" head on it, off white. A little bit of wheat haze, not much. Aroma was decently juicy in the berry department. Wheat behind that.
Taste had more fruit than wheat, more sweet than wheat. More beat than wheat. . .
Its not terrible, but its not good either. They did a decent job with the berries but kinda lost it after that.
Nov 08, 2016Taste had more fruit than wheat, more sweet than wheat. More beat than wheat. . .
Its not terrible, but its not good either. They did a decent job with the berries but kinda lost it after that.
Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
1640 ratings
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