Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout

A black beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of chocolate. The flavor is sweet roasted with hints of blueberries before a dry roasted end sets in. This is not a fruitbeer, but rather a dry stout - a lovely beer.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Thomas E. Completely opaque black with a small light brown head. Aroma of burned malt, tar, ashes and some vague underlying berry notes. Medium body with lots of burned malts, ashes and blueberry notes appearing in the late finish that also contains quite some malt bitterness. 260708

12 fl oz bottle. Pours brown to black with almost no head. Dense roasted and liqourice aroma. Aroma is dry,spiced and hard roasted malt with a nice chocolate smoothness. Bitter and hardroasted malt finish. Finish is dry and roasted. Nice one.

Bottle. [ Courtesy of Papsoe ] Medium black color with a average, frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy blueberry, moderate malty, burnt, chocolate, coffee, notes of smoked peat. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, and light acidic with a long duration. (Acidic is berry sweet / sour). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (121007)

Date: 02/24/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: black, scant tan head,
Aroma: dark chocolate and sweet blueberry muffin aroma,
Flavor: sweet dark chocolate flavor with lots of blueberry character, roasted malt balances the sweetness, light bitter finish,
Overall: well balanced between the chocolate and blueberry,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Dark - almost entirely black. There is a distinct blueberry accent to the slightly chocolatey, slightly burned stout. Too carbonated - really knocks out a lot of the flavour. Hints of fruit but its a simple, uninteresting mix.

(12oz bottle, thanks Pailhead) Used motor oil body topped by small brown head. Aroma is moderately sweet, blueberry, cocoa. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, blueberry, light roast. Finishes with some roasty coffee, but not particularly bitter. Smooth medium body.

Dark brown with medium head. sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and berry notes. sweet flavor with fairly hard roasted malt, caramel, coffee and mint notes. ends sweet.