Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout

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

12 oz bottle. Thought this would be an interesting beer, as I don’t imagine blueberry and stouts going well, but I’ve been surprised before. Pours an almost completely opaque black with a small tan head that is disappating rapidly. Smells of chocolate, malt, and a little blueberry. Tastes of chocolate, malt, and barely any blueberry. Goes down pretty smoothly, with a bit of a bitter bite at the end. Much more blueberry in the aroma than in the taste, but I’m not terribly surprised. Overall ok, but not my favorite of the Dark Horse stouts.

Bottle. Pours dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty blueberry aroma with hints of licorice and choclate. Smooth roasted malty licorice flavor with some hints of berry. Has a roasted malty bitter chocolate finish.

BOTTLE: dark black pour, blueberry aroma. Taste is roasty, chocolate, and some blueberry, with a little bit of carbonated zing.

12oz bottle from Binny’s Orland Park singles rack. Pours black with big creamy tan head. Aroma is of blueberry muffins, malt and some chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt and blueberries with touch of vanilla sweetness. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. Would be great if they could pack in a little more blueberry flavor.

Smells like blueberry pie filling, with notes of chocolate and vanilla. Pours black with a HUGE head...Taste is less than I expected. Not very heavy on the blueberries like I hoped. Slight hints of chocolate and oatmeal with the lightest bit of vanilla in there. Very smooth and creamy on the palate. As far as dry stouts go, its one of the better Ive had.

The descriptions says it all...chocolate, malt and blueberries. The blueberries are about perfect, not to strong, not too weak, just about right! Very impressed with this brew, I could get used to this.

Thanks 17thfloor! Pours jet black with a nice creamy light brown head. Aroma is very robust with chocolate malt and a big coffee and bitter chocolate presence. Beneath is a very biting blueberry tart note that adds a whole new level to the aroma. Flavor starts with a nice soft blueberry sweetness rounded with a nice malty body. Mmmmm liquid sweet blueberry muffin. Through the swallow the blueberry flavor loses ground to a bitter or bakers chocolate and ever so slight hop presence. Regains a bit of blueberry tartness in the swallow and lingers along with the dark malt, much like a blueberry dark chocolate. Medium to full body and mild carbonation. Deliciously melds the flavors to a well rounded but not overly aggressive beer.

Had it on tap. This is a nice dark stout, but it has *sparkle* to it somehow which I did not expect. It has the slightly floral taste of blueberry, but not in an obnoxious way and it is very chocolaty. I truly enjoyed this one.