Atlantic Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

This beer is an exercise in dutiful restraint and good planning, or so it would seem. Deep orange body is slightly cloudy, clearing quickly. A tall white head fades fast, leaving but a hint of lacing. Aromas of blueberries, earthy and only semi-sweet, spring outward. Notes of caramel malt, fruit basket, dough all in light to moderate quantity. Flavor is nearly all blueberry, though it’s light and refreshing. A touch of bitterness encompasses the sweet but crisp malt. Finishes soft and long, blueberry pancake batter lingering on. Palate is light and without a hint of syrup, a surprise. Light and lively, even refreshing. Apparently, Maine blueberries are well suited for brewing escapades. Not bad at all, a good take on a typically unstimulating style. The base beer appears to be quality as well.

good balance of blueberry flavor is hinted at by the aroma after opening bottle. not at all a bad fruit beer.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’un fût, dégusté chez Firewaters (Atlantic City, NJ). Arôme: Bonne odeur de bleuets. Apparence: La couleur est blonde légèrement ambrée avec une très faible densité de bulle. Saveur: Goût de bleuets avec une pointe de malt. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de bleuets en arrière goût. (Rating #914)

12oz bottle. The color is of amber malt, but as you look closer at it you’ll find a slight red tint in it. decent cascading carbonation and a white head. Heavy aroma of BLUEBEERIES. Flavor is much better than what I expected. Crisp malts with a flavorful, fresh berry finish. It is of Fresh Berries, not some kind of extract that has been added. not sweet, nicely balanced, light bodied.

Bottle: Poured a amber body with a small head, that was off white with a hint of blue. The smell was full of blueberry. Flavor not so much howevertoo much for my taste. Although I haven’t had that many flavored beers this one wasn’t the worst.

Picked this one up without knowing anything about it. From bottle. Pours dark amber with some carbonation bubbles. Medium sized foamy head, fades quickly. Aroma is fruity -- like berries. I was afraid it would be too sweet for me, but it’s not sweet at all. Delicious actually. Quite refreshing -- slight hop flavor with balanced malt, and subtle hints of berries without being sweet. I would love to be drinking this around a campfire in the high mountains.

Bottle into glass. Vey slight blueberry aroma. Flavor was a nice amount of blueberry, doesn’t hit you hard like some others, just enough there for you to enjoy, but not get sick of.

Poured from bottle. Clear amber, nice tan head. Aroma was very slight blueberries. I gotta be honest here. Flavor was very very little blueberries. Kind of a disappointment really. Tasted apples and malt with a slightly hoppy finish...This was a bit boring to me, and definitely not what I was expecting.