Buffalo Bills Blueberry Stout

Brewed by Buffalo Bills Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Hayward, California USA

Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: dark brown with ruby edges, creamy tan head, sudsy lace
Aroma: sweet and tart blueberry aroma, touch of dark chocolate in the background
Flavor: sweet blueberry flavor, light chocolate, touch of roasted aong with a blueberry skin bitterness, light fruity tartness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle) Creamy, medium tan head atop brown-black body, nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, blueberry, some chocolate, light roast. Taste is medium sweet, bittersweet chocolate, roast, blueberry. Medium body, some creaminess. The blueberry is nicely complementary.

12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of blueberries, chocolate, and some roast. Tastes of blueberries, chocolate, light roast, and a touch of caramel. Medium sweet with a light tart finish.

Bottle... Pours midnight black with a mid-sized, creamy, beige head. Fantastic retention. The aroma is a nice swirl of blueberry, coffee and chocolate. Full-bodied and creamy with prickly carbonation. Sweet, acrid and fruity. Chocolate, blueberry and coffee with decent bitterness. Surprisingly well-done. I’ll be drinking more of this. Underrated, I think.

Bottle (Blueberry Oatmeal Stout): Pours an opaque black with a large, frothy tan head. Aroma boast big blueberry character even upon uncapping along with some sweet doughy pale and roasted malts. Body starts with full carbonation and silky, earthy dark chocolate and sweet caramel malty notes giving way to fresh fruity blueberries. Finishes roasty and bittersweet with some lingering roasted coffee presence. A well-made and enjoyable blueberry stout.

According to my bottle’s label, this was brewed by Pyramid for Buffalo Bill’s Brewery. I was under the impression that contract beers were supposed to go under the actual brewer. (?) Be that as it may -
It’s about time one of these overly fruited up Stouts was listed under Fruit Beer. And this time it’s one with my bane of the fruit world, the dreaded blueberry. Nice look, a dark mahogany body - nearly black - with a creamy tan head, but it reeks of a fruit that overpowers any beverage or food that it’s added to. Oh, there’s a touch of roasted barley and coffee, too, but you may as well have stuck your nose into a freshly baked pie. There’s more of those roasted ingredients in the flavor, but the blueberries take on an off bitterness that detracts from the Stout-ness of it all. The finish is dry, bitter, and burnt.
Gotta go now and brush my teeth and gargle... then drink a few sane IPAs...

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Dark brown color with a moderate tan head and some lace. Heavy wild blueberry aroma along with roasted malt, pepper, light vanilla, and mild dryer fabric softener sheet scents. Very interesting in scent. Quite full in feel. Dark bread flavors along with bitter cherry and some rather bitter floral hops. Quite dry and somewhat acidic in the finish, much like licking a 9v battery. LInger does return to some roasted malts and a light fruitiness. I have always wanted to brew a blueberry stout, perhaps this will actually get me back to brewing as I have not found many that are very good.

Bottle from Belmont Party. Poured clear ruby color with a medium frothy brown head that diminished slowly with fair lacing. Medium berry friut and chocolate aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium sweet flavor with medium sweet finish of moderate duration. This soft fruity beer met my expectations.