Sweet Retreat
Pure Project
- From:
- Pure Project
- California, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 20, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Introducing Sweet Retreat, our newest smoothie beer inspired by a popular dessert: blueberry shortcake! We created a complex malt base for this brew to create flavors of graham cracker crust with a slight tang that reminds us of cheesecake. After fermentation, we took it a step further by adding 2,400 pounds of organic blueberries from Washington. The result? A deep purple concoction that features aromas of melted blueberry ice cream and pecan praline cookies, with flavors of mixed berries and fresh blueberry jam.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
3.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American Fruited Sour
Glass: Monks House of Ale 12-oz. tulip
Price: $26 for a 4-pack
From: Pure Project Brewing Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.
Purchased: n/a; Received: Jan. 5, 2023
Consumed: Jan. 13, 2023
Misc.: Canned on Oct. 26, 2022
Sonny picked a can of this for me. A Pure Project email called this beer “Introducing Sweet Retreat, our newest smoothie beer inspired by a popular dessert: blueberry shortcake! We created a complex malt base for this brew to create flavors of graham cracker crust with a slight tang that reminds us of cheesecake. After fermentation, we took it a step further by adding 2,400 pounds of organic blueberries from Washington. The result? A deep purple concoction that features aromas of melted blueberry ice cream and pecan praline cookies, with flavors of mixed berries and fresh blueberry jam. Fill your glass with this one and go on a sweet retreat with each dreamy sip.”
Poured a reddish chestnut brown murky color with one finger of fizzy purple-white head. Could see plenty of bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass at different speeds. Perfect layered foamy lacing. Almost perfect bubbly, foamy retention. (Sight - 4.75)
Smelled blueberry, purple grape, vanilla, mixed berry, blueberry jam, pecan cookie (thanks to the description) and hints of vomit. A little better out of the can. (Smell - 3.50)
Tasted a little better than the nose. In order got blueberry, purple grape, vanilla, mixed berry, blueberry jam, pecan cookie (thanks to the description) and vomit (yes, vomit). (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Lively carbonation. Long finish. (Feel - 4.25)
This got a little better as it went down, Very good overall. (Overall - 3.75)
3.80 | 86 | B+
May 20, 2026Reviewed as: American Fruited Sour
Glass: Monks House of Ale 12-oz. tulip
Price: $26 for a 4-pack
From: Pure Project Brewing Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.
Purchased: n/a; Received: Jan. 5, 2023
Consumed: Jan. 13, 2023
Misc.: Canned on Oct. 26, 2022
Sonny picked a can of this for me. A Pure Project email called this beer “Introducing Sweet Retreat, our newest smoothie beer inspired by a popular dessert: blueberry shortcake! We created a complex malt base for this brew to create flavors of graham cracker crust with a slight tang that reminds us of cheesecake. After fermentation, we took it a step further by adding 2,400 pounds of organic blueberries from Washington. The result? A deep purple concoction that features aromas of melted blueberry ice cream and pecan praline cookies, with flavors of mixed berries and fresh blueberry jam. Fill your glass with this one and go on a sweet retreat with each dreamy sip.”
Poured a reddish chestnut brown murky color with one finger of fizzy purple-white head. Could see plenty of bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass at different speeds. Perfect layered foamy lacing. Almost perfect bubbly, foamy retention. (Sight - 4.75)
Smelled blueberry, purple grape, vanilla, mixed berry, blueberry jam, pecan cookie (thanks to the description) and hints of vomit. A little better out of the can. (Smell - 3.50)
Tasted a little better than the nose. In order got blueberry, purple grape, vanilla, mixed berry, blueberry jam, pecan cookie (thanks to the description) and vomit (yes, vomit). (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Lively carbonation. Long finish. (Feel - 4.25)
This got a little better as it went down, Very good overall. (Overall - 3.75)
3.80 | 86 | B+
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