Laughing Dog Huckleberry Cream Ale

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Ponderay, Idaho USA

The huckleberry is everywhere in this drink - Very sweet drink with a nice creamy medium body. NIce looking in the glass - the head is a little too much to deal with, took over 15mins to pour - a tad re-donk-ulous. Nice drink though, very sweet. Pretty dry witha a slightly sour twist.

12 oz. bottle. Berry dominates the aroma at first. Fruity wine and fruit punch scents. Soapy. Potpourri fragrance. Herbal, sweet, and spicy. Apple cinnamon. Complex and cool smell. Did I just step into a scented candle store? Unique aroma but a little overpowering. Pours a sparkling, translucent gold with a great degree of long-lasting bubbling. Huge amount of frothy, uneven, off-white to light cream-colored head. Produces fluffy lacing. Too much head; overflowed the glass despite a careful pour. Otherwise, I would have given the appearance a 4, because it is a neat-looking beer. Bitter and slightly sour taste (wine-like sourness, not from infection). Very little berry flavor initially, although it does emerge to a small degree upon multiple sips. Typical, boring, American wheat beer. Not disgusting but certainly not good. Dry aftertaste. Light body. Overly frothy. I got this bottle about four months ago, so it’s probably past its prime, but it isn’t spoiled. This beer shows promise in the appearance and, especially, the aroma, but it’s all downhill from there.

Poured a clear golden color with a small whitehead. The aroma was sweet and candy like. Berry notes and a strong odd quality. The flavor was fruity but very bitter and dry with a light body. Long bitterness.

12oz bottle shared by Sliffy & Pud - Poured amber with a white head. Aromas of blueberry pie and it was quite delightful. I could sniff this all day. Unfortunately the flavor was well not quite as good.. Blueberry flavor there with some dough notes, but lots of artificial flavors and I got some soapy notes as well. Slight carbonation with a somewhat fizzy mouthfeel.

Bottle thanks to BuckeyeBoy: Pours a clear gold with a white head. Aroma, smelled like a blueberry muffin, some sweetness as well. Flavor, berries, soapy, fruity, some hoppy notes on the end. Not bad.

Bottle: Vibrant golden, fairly clear, moderate sudsy white head, dies quickly, sparce lacing, a few streams of carbonation.   Whoa, extremely strong Huckleberry on the nose.   Slight pepper as well.   Peppery sweet fruitiness on the tongue, huckleberry I can only assume although it does have some Salmonberry and Blueberry attributes.   Perhaps thats the pepper talking.   While the fruitiness does appear somewhat artificially flavored, it is very prominant in this beer which for me certainly helps as this is definitely a Fruit Beer.   Strong nose, peppery, with a fairly assertive fruit flavor.   The underlying beer here is not that discernable.   Cream Ale or Kolsch, what does it matter.   It all takes a back seat to the strong KAPOW of the fruit flavor.   Of the few Huckleberry beers I have had this one takes the cake.   Body and mouthfeel are fairly moderate.   Finish is fruity, and long lasting.   Lingering pepper notes.   Enjoyable, even if a bit artificial.

Bought a six pack at the IGA on 12th and Sherman in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Light clear straw gold color with decent frothy white head. Smelled of huckleberries. Taste is a bit dry and a minor huckleberry flavor. Decent hop flavor, light on the malt. Not a bad beer, but a bit light and could use more huckleberries. It is light and refreshing, just lacking the fruit depth I was expecting.

On tap in Sandpoint, the huckleberries just burst from The Glass making me think it may be too sweet but its is not,Just well balenced with the rest of the brew It is a cool refreshing beer