Laughing Dog Huckleberry Cream Ale

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

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

On tap at the brewery, visited on saturday7-1-06 and got to talk to the brewer Fred Colby. Verry light golden color pours a bright white head with an intense berry aroma thought oh my this will be syrupy sweet but pleasently surprised its not. they modified the hops in the creme ale to showcased the berrys ( according to Fred the brewer). head dissapated after about 3 swallows but lacing hung around ,nice beer taste followed by a light berry aftertaste, verry light and refreshing beer I like this one for a friut beer but as I have said i like this brewery.

wow! delicious! where has the huckleberry been all my life? Sweet and delicious, taste is akin to blueberry, but more... foresty? there are hops in this beer, in a way that compliments the berries. the palate is wonderfully smooth. one bottle filled three glasses because of the huge head... I’d say don’t store these real long or they might blow.

Aroma is fantastic. Berries, berries, berries. Pours a dark yellow. Taste has berries a a nice finishing hop.

2007 - Washington Brewers Festival – Kenmore WA
A light purple in color with thin purple head. Liked the aroma with a waft of fruity huckleberries lingering. The flavor was that of a nice fruit beer A great beer with the right amount of fruit added. The beer was refreshing and great and a true treasure to find. Great stuff.

Bottle, courtesy ditmier. Pours a dark straw color, with a thin white head, and a nice ring of lacing on the glass. Strawberries in the nose, mango, cream and banana, some brown sugar. Flavor has a lot of what I can only assume is huckleberry (never tasted it?), strawberry. Very creamy, tastes like a breakfast strudel. It rules. Crisp and immensely drinkable. Thin-bodied overall. Second cream ale I’ve had from this brewery, both rock.

Bottle: Pours a gold color with spotty lacing and decent head. The nose is bright and fresh with nice sweet huckleberry and sweet malts as well, like a fruit sorbet or a fruit pie, nice smell. The flavor is tasty, the hop bitterness stands out a bit more than I usually like, but it has a decent body and plenty of clean malty flavor and fruity accents that keep coming up. Finishes smooth and creamy. Delicious huckleberry beer, an Idaho classic.

In the bottle from 99 Bottles in Federal Way WA. This was an absurd joke to pour. It freakin’ exploded out of the 12 oz bottle with about 2 liters of foam. The berry aroma filled the kitchen immediately. A dark gold and ginormous off white head. The thing smells like a berry flavored TCBY waffle cone. This is an incredible aroma. Delicious thick abd creamy palate with an intense berry taste that amazingly is not super sweet. Nor does it have a chemical or seed-like off taste. This is remarkably delicious. I deduct huge points for the crappy over carbonation.