Back Road Blueberry Ale

Brewed by Back Road Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
LaPorte, Indiana USA

Biased here since I love blueberries and this is my hometown brewery, but of all the blueberry flavored beers I've had (about 5), this one is the best. The aroma is just what you expect, the fruity overtones dominate but also allow the malt and mild spice smell to come through. A nice amber color and white head. This ale is somewhat sweet and not for everyone (I've had worst, like Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, yuck!). Could be a little more fizzy and a bit more hoppy and compete with the best of the genre. Still, a very good effort for a dessert beer.

Many thanks to BBB63 for this brew. Pours dark golden amber with very little head. Huge blueberry aroma, could give the NG brews a run in aroma. Flavor has initial blueberry kick but fades to a muted malt flavor. Very well done fruit beer. Forget desert I could drink this for breakfast. definately underrated IMO.

Had this beer on 6/6/2007. Aroma is a sweet blueberry smell. Color is a deep amber with good carbonation and a nice tight head. Taste is spicy and bitter. Starting with medium body it goes down with a spicy feel coming on. Finish comes in with a dry bitterness that is followed by a nice blueberry flavor. Its a bit spicy for me but one of the better blueberry beers I have had.

Bottle: Courtesy of BBB63. Aroma is loaded with blueberries, and it is an actual blueberry aroma, not ariticial blueberries or Kool-Aidish.Pours a hazy amber with an insignificant head that is very quickly a thin ring along the edges of the glass. Lots of blueberry flavor from start to finish with a touch of hops coming in to play in the finish. A very nice fruit beer.

Murky orange out of the bottle with a nice, off white head that quickly shrunk down to a lasting ring. Obvious blueberry nose, but really only subtle blueberry in the flavor. Strong malt sweetness with tart blueberry underneath and a pleasant hop bitterness in the finish. I'm also not a big fruit beer fan, but this is well done.

Hazy,murky,rust. Frothy,creamy,head. Excellent,lasting retention. Aroma of fresh bluberries,yeast,wheat, and dust. Maybe some nutmeg? Fizzy,creamy mouthfeel. Excellent malty,tangy,bluberry, flavors. Finish is crisp,with sharp,spicy,hop note,and lingering must. Tastes a bit dated,but could be a good thing. Seems it probably dried out a bit. Maybe it lost some sweetness,and gained mustiness.Quite good.

The aroma was out of this world. I imagined myself with a fresh pail of juicy blueberries in the hot sun...exactly. Tart, wheat, must. Fairly thin mouthfeel. Flavor was that of a decent wheat beer with a bit of blueberry extract. I'd have it again, especially with a piece of berry pie.

Had some of this at Aofoxxy's last night. Pours a cloudy ruddy amber. The average fothy white head is mostly diminishing with good lacing. Very pleasant nose of blueberries, lemons, apples and perfume. Though the brew tastes a little "loose", the flavor is nice because the blueberry is an afterthought as it should be, it brings up the rear in tempo with a rewarding bitter finish. The medium soft body is dry and finishes astringent. Thanks BBB.