Splinter Blue | Tröegs Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Tröegs Brewing Company
Pennsylvania, United States
troegs.com
Style: American Wild Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): not listed
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
What is Splinter Blue? Splinter Blue combines three of our favorite things – Dreamweaver, tart cherries, and Brettanyomyces. To begin this process we fermented Dreamweaver wort with Belgian/Lambic yeast blend. After a complete fermentation we aged the beer in oak barrels with wild yeast and souring bacteria for one year and then added eighty pounds of tart cherries for another six months of aging.
Added by Slatetank on 09-16-2010
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 135 | Reviews: 81
4.26/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.75/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.27/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle generously shared at jlindros 30th birthday tasting by Duffy and Kyle. Big thanks for getting the opportunity to try this major want of mine. Poured into a Sierra Nevada 30th anniversary glass.
A - Pours a well hazed, pale grapefruity juice looking liquid in the glass. A fizzy, thin head of white bubbles forms briefly and falls to the surface leaving only a thin collar of bubbles and not much for lacing.
S - Super funky and barnyard! Tons of brett influence here. Powdered sugar, cherries galore, super tart and sour! I am liking this a lot.
T - Lots of cherry up front to make the first impression. Sweet, a bit sugary overall although quite tart and sour. Funk isn't as strong as in the aroma but definitely here to make an impact at a medium level intensity. Very nice.
M - Thin/medium body with a very high carbonation that gives a foamy feel in the mouth...nice and funky and tart.
O - Definitely didn't let me down. Been wanting to try this for a long time after being unsuccessful in landing a bottle myself. Glad to try this one!
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle generously shared at jlindros 30th birthday tasting by Duffy and Kyle. Big thanks for getting the opportunity to try this major want of mine. Poured into a Sierra Nevada 30th anniversary glass.
A - Pours a well hazed, pale grapefruity juice looking liquid in the glass. A fizzy, thin head of white bubbles forms briefly and falls to the surface leaving only a thin collar of bubbles and not much for lacing.
S - Super funky and barnyard! Tons of brett influence here. Powdered sugar, cherries galore, super tart and sour! I am liking this a lot.
T - Lots of cherry up front to make the first impression. Sweet, a bit sugary overall although quite tart and sour. Funk isn't as strong as in the aroma but definitely here to make an impact at a medium level intensity. Very nice.
M - Thin/medium body with a very high carbonation that gives a foamy feel in the mouth...nice and funky and tart.
O - Definitely didn't let me down. Been wanting to try this for a long time after being unsuccessful in landing a bottle myself. Glad to try this one!
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3.71/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Review from notes. Tasted this at Ryan's Labor Day tasting 2011.
L - Wow, great color - translucent red/blue, nice spritely top bubbles.
S - Nice tart, touch of cherry skin, the wheat actually goes a long way in the nose too.
T - Solid! Again, wheat and nice tart cherry, perhaps nearly imperceptible blueberry - tastes very summery.
F - Pleasant and smooth flowing. Once more the wheat from the Dreamweaver has contributed its part to make this smoooth.
O - Refreshing, though not overly complex or fruit-forward.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Review from notes. Tasted this at Ryan's Labor Day tasting 2011.
L - Wow, great color - translucent red/blue, nice spritely top bubbles.
S - Nice tart, touch of cherry skin, the wheat actually goes a long way in the nose too.
T - Solid! Again, wheat and nice tart cherry, perhaps nearly imperceptible blueberry - tastes very summery.
F - Pleasant and smooth flowing. Once more the wheat from the Dreamweaver has contributed its part to make this smoooth.
O - Refreshing, though not overly complex or fruit-forward.
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4.8/5 rDev +11.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Damn near as perfect a beer as I could imagine. The brett, cherries, wheat, and oak are all in harmony.
This poured a beautiful rose color, and smelled or sour cherries, oak, and brett.
The taste was all flavor to savor, with each sip allowing the combination of flavors to shine. The nose matched the flavor, and the carbonation was just perfect. Despite some reports of gushers, I found this carbonation to be spot on fine.
Mouthfeel was smooth and silky with tiny prickly bubbles, just how I like it.
Overall, I'd drink this stuff everyday if I could. Troegs, make this a regular. seriously.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Damn near as perfect a beer as I could imagine. The brett, cherries, wheat, and oak are all in harmony.
This poured a beautiful rose color, and smelled or sour cherries, oak, and brett.
The taste was all flavor to savor, with each sip allowing the combination of flavors to shine. The nose matched the flavor, and the carbonation was just perfect. Despite some reports of gushers, I found this carbonation to be spot on fine.
Mouthfeel was smooth and silky with tiny prickly bubbles, just how I like it.
Overall, I'd drink this stuff everyday if I could. Troegs, make this a regular. seriously.
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4.33/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed at JLindros' Birthday whale tasting last month. Thanks to Duffy and Kyle for sharing. Reviewed from notes.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a hazy light pinkish cherry hue with a very, very nice two finger head that leaves a light blanket and good, solid lacing.
S - Alright! Cherries really pop on the nose; tart and sour. Some nice vanilla notes and brett/lambic aromas round things off.
T - Taste is lots of big, tart, sour cherries. Light funk, faint vanilla notes as well as barrel notes. Just slightly, slightly flemmy with some light wheat/grassy notes too.
M - Mouthfeel is quite nice. High carbonation here but almost to the point of being distracting.
O - Overall a very nice sour cherry wild here. Quite well balanced and tasty.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed at JLindros' Birthday whale tasting last month. Thanks to Duffy and Kyle for sharing. Reviewed from notes.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a hazy light pinkish cherry hue with a very, very nice two finger head that leaves a light blanket and good, solid lacing.
S - Alright! Cherries really pop on the nose; tart and sour. Some nice vanilla notes and brett/lambic aromas round things off.
T - Taste is lots of big, tart, sour cherries. Light funk, faint vanilla notes as well as barrel notes. Just slightly, slightly flemmy with some light wheat/grassy notes too.
M - Mouthfeel is quite nice. High carbonation here but almost to the point of being distracting.
O - Overall a very nice sour cherry wild here. Quite well balanced and tasty.
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4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Shared at my Birthday whale tasting. Thanks to Duffy and Kyle for sharing.
Pours a big fizzy bubbly head, wild looking style head but a bit of lacing, bigger than expected too, hazy reddish orange color.
Nose Sour fruit, wild funk, some Brett horsehair funk, tart cherry and lambic notes.
Taste has big tart cherries, tart fruit, little wild Brett funk, some sourness, light wheat base and lambic flavors, grassy even, fairly tart finish, long finish with sour cherries, tart, little flemmy.
Mouth is lighter bodied, nice carb.
Overall quite nice, nice sourness, good tart cherries, nice overall flavors, quite well done.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Shared at my Birthday whale tasting. Thanks to Duffy and Kyle for sharing.
Pours a big fizzy bubbly head, wild looking style head but a bit of lacing, bigger than expected too, hazy reddish orange color.
Nose Sour fruit, wild funk, some Brett horsehair funk, tart cherry and lambic notes.
Taste has big tart cherries, tart fruit, little wild Brett funk, some sourness, light wheat base and lambic flavors, grassy even, fairly tart finish, long finish with sour cherries, tart, little flemmy.
Mouth is lighter bodied, nice carb.
Overall quite nice, nice sourness, good tart cherries, nice overall flavors, quite well done.
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Splinter Blue from Tröegs Brewing Company
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135 ratings
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