Mr. Blueberry
Highway Manor Brewing

5 oz pour on tap. Pours a light blue/red with zero head. Smell is tart and slightly funky blueberry and taste is very similar with a light maltiness. Feel is light and spritzy.

 

 

 

 

 

Bought at Natural Provisions, Williston, Vermont @ $14.99 a bottle (really hoping this is gonna be worth it, we'll see).
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-dark ruby red to almost purple color. It held a finger's worth of white foamy head for a good half minute before dissipating. Once it did, every pour after, there was barely any head and there was barely any lace.
The aroma had some sweet to tart blueberry flesh and skin up front with an ample amount of tartness flowing in nicely. Nice sweet wood and a shy vinous sour to semi-sweet and tart contour. Touch of lemon rind on the back end.
The flavor stuck to the sour side while letting the sweet and tart characters to make a decent play upon the balance. Still, this one seemed to keep a nice "sour" harshness about it and pulling in a slight puckering. Mild aftertaste of the sour, and tart fruitiness.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. I found myself sipping this due to the "pucker factor" starting to come into play. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt on par. Underlying sour to tart fruity finish.
Overall, I tend to love me some "blueberry sour ales" but this one seemed to lean a bit more towards the "sour side" for this wheelhouse. I liked it for the most part and can give this fairly high numbers, still, a part of me wants to say there's some other "blueberry sour ales" that are done much better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highway Manor Brewing "Mr. Blueberry"
$8 / 12 oz. @ Pour, Lancaster, PA on 11 April 2017

Notes: Clear, dark ruby body beneath a short head of pinkish foam. Limited retention and lacing, as is common in sour beers. Surprisingly full aroma of tart fruit with just a hint of funkiness. Truly like a bowl of crushed raspberries. The flavor, however, brings in more blueberry, but you can get other fruit out of it as well - it's real, not at all like artificial blueberry. It's more than tart, it's sour, but there's some sugar behind it and it remains somewhat "balanced" for a sour beer. Dry, acidic finish as expected with some lingering oaky dryness as well.