Miss V's Blueberry Ale
Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a lovely, slightly hazy peach amber color with a short lived head. Distinct blueberry aroma with a bit of grain. Taste follows suit - noticeable blueberry flavor, but somewhat subdued with a nice bready accent. Not sweet, and dances on the palate with a nice effervescence. I think this is a pretty solid blueberry ale and would definitely purchase it again. Would be great on a hot summer day.

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a hazed light pinkish-purple amber color with a small fizzy head of white foam. The head fades quite quickly, leaving but a trace of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heavy of a wheat bread smell mixed with a moderate showing of blueberry. Along with these smells comes a bit of strawberry and a touch of doughiness.
Taste – The taste begins with a strong wheat flavor mixed with some drier blueberry. As the taste advances the blueberry gets more intense and picks up a bit of sweetness. Toward the end of the flavor transitions, the sweet spikes and is joined by a touch of graininess, making for a nice blueberry taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is light and crisp with a higher level of carbonation. For the tastes and the style the feel is great and makes for a nice warm weather sipper.
Overall – A rather pleasant blueberry wheat ale. Would be great for a nice summer day.

Can: Poured a slightly cloudy golden color ale with a medium size foamy head with some light retention and some lacing. Aroma of blueberry notes with light cereal and residual sugar notes. Taste is also a mix of blueberry notes with some clean cereal notes with faint residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Refreshing blueberry flavored beer.

16oz can dated 5/9/23.

Pours hazy pink with a purple hue. A short-lived head of white with minimal retention or lacing. Faint aroma of blueberry skins in the nose with crackery bread. Light bodied with a crisp mouthfeel. A trace on indistinguishable fruit on the palate. Finishes thin and watery with zero blueberry.

 

 

 

There's a hue that makes this beer appear opaque. Cloudy with a touch of blue to the lighter amber color. Small but lasting head. Some streaks for lace.

Blueberry tartness to the nose.

Lightly sweet and tart. Definitive blueberry presence but not too strong. Neutral body with a higher carbonation level. This cuts the flavor. The finish is more sour than anything else. Overall, it's an easy drink without any strong individual tastes.

 

16 oz can into a shaker pint glass.

Pours a hazy amber orange color with a 2 finger, fluffy off-white head. The retention is excellent, and the head leaves a ring of lacing as it stubbornly hangs around as a thick brick of foam. Appearance wise, this is outstanding.

The aroma is basically blueberry cobbler with a hint of hops. Not bad, but very simplistic.

The flavor is more if the same: Blueberries and wheat crust with a hoppy, earthy finish.

The feel is light bodied with moderate carbonation. Very crisp and drinkable.

Overall, this is a pretty solid beer for the style. There's plenty of blueberry flavor, but other than that it's generic malt and hops. Still, it's inoffensive and extremely drinkable. Also much improved from the original version.

 

 

 

 

Dated 7/2/19 on the bottom of the can, 4 weeks since brewing.

Pours an unfiltered light orange-amber with a hint of purple; one finger of rocky off-white head. Nose of wheat cracker, blueberry, ever so slight lacto and toasted hops. Taste brings in some grain notes and little bit of grassiness along with the notes from the nose. Body is quite nice, a sticky medium- with a very mouthwatering sensation; probably the highlight of this brew! Low+ bitterness/drying, medium- sweetness. Pretty standard craft ale with a nice punch of tart blueberries. I would crush these after a long day outdoors but if I was going to a brewery to try some crazy brews, this isn't one of those.