Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Marshall, Michigan USA

bottle poured a nice black in color with a foamy tan head that held a ring on the glass. aroma starts right off with over ripe blueberry, sweetness, and lightly roasted malt. mouth feel seems light and the carbonation is very low. flavor has a bit more chocolate malt, faint smoke, and surprisingly light blueberry considering the nose. picks up some coffee as it sits and although i was somewhat torn while drinking it by the end i warmed up to it.

courtesy of frampin pours deep black, thin and quickly disappearing mocha head. Aroma is malty, light roast, some berries that had a nice almost sweet vanilla aroma. Taste, coffee, roasted malts, light blueberry palate that was optimal and not overly bitter with some added chocolate. Interesting approach and a lot better than my Buffalo Bill Blueberry Stout experience.

Ok, lots of good reviews. I just can not get by anything with blueberry not being sweet. If this had been a sweet stout, I think I really could enjoy the blueberry, but this reminded me of one of the fizzing waters you get without any sweetener, just the fruit aroma, and the dry, bitter water. Not something I want again (although I handed it off to my son’s fiance who swore she like it, and drank the rest).

Nice dark color. Nice blueberry nose. The initial palate was blue berry muffins which quickly faded to roasty smokey fruits. I am glad I got to try this one.

bottle thanks to daknole. black pour with a thin espresso head. roasted malts, chocolate and light blueberries on the nose. flavor is roasted malts with blueberry bringing the coffee out in the end.

Pour is black with thin tan head. Wow, it really smells like blueberries. Maybe a touch of chocolate in there too. Flavor is roasted malt and blueberries. Finish is a bit coffee and dark chocolate covered blueberries. Usually I am dissapointed by fruit flavored stouts, but this one delivered all I was expecting without being overpowering. Very pleasant.

The 400th rating for this beer, cool. I actully liked and enjoyed this beer. Poured into a snifter, dark brown almost black, some head. Smell is intense! Blueberry,vanilla, roasted malts. Roasted coffee flavor with a light blueberry presence, nice rich smooth palate. Finishes dry and goes down easy. Overall a nice treat.

Traded bottle from daknole. I really enjoyed this stout. All the great qualities of a good stout with notes of chocolate and roasted malt plus the slightly sweet notes of blueberries. Nothing was overpowering and berries were just hiding out in the background. Really cool.