Game Over - Blueberry & Vanilla
Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending

 

 

 

Received in a trade and shared with JLindros.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice hazy purple red hue with a thin light purple head that fades to large sudsy wisps and halo.

S - Big aromas of blueberry cobbler, really pleasant vanilla notes. There are excellent tart blueberry juice, blueberry skins, fresh berries. Almost blueberry pancake like. Vanilla acts almost like a backbone to support and balance the beer.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with real nice floral vanilla beans. The blueberries are much starter, good sweet fresh blueberries. There are really bright berry notes, however, much tarter than the aroma. Once again the vanilla is incredible

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated with a lighter body.

O - Overall this was a very nice blueberry beer from Barrel Culture. Excellent use of fruits and vanilla.

Serving Type: bottle

Another big thanks to rudzud
Light fizzy head fades instantly, very hazy purplish-blue rosy color

Nose is interesting, first is a gristy musty malt thing but nosing deeper suddenly unlocks the loads of blueberry, loads of fresh blueberry puree, added with the gristy malt brings a blueberry pancakes and cobbler notes, like mild cooked blueberries in the pancakes, little sweet candy and big fruit flesh, some vanilla adding a nice icing note, just a touch of sour base beer

Taste brings more gristy doughy malt and batter out front, then very tart, acidic, sour base beer, then into blueberry, fresh blueberry flesh again with tart blueberry and a little skin, big juicy berry again, back into cooked blueberry and again blueberry pancakes, with some vanilla icing notes, nice vanilla to round it, a touch of oaky buttery barrel and maybe even wine vinous notes, little acidic tart flemmy finish.

Mouth is med bod, flemmy tart acidic, lighter but decent carb, juicy.

Overall very good, so much awesome juicy blueberry, blueberry pancakes, a little cobbler, tart nice base sour beer, good vanilla, good balance, very nice.