Millys Tavern Blueberry Ale

Brewed by Millys Tavern
Style: Fruit Beer
Manchester, New Hampshire USA

Sample from growler shared by brewer Dirtymike with the crowd at the Ratebeer Mondial gathering. Light strawberry-pink color, fine-bubbled head...fruit-tart nose with a slightly acerbic/acidic quality...sour, tart body is peppery at the finish, only light and simple fruitiness...tingly, strong carbonation. Mmm, think I could have used a bigger sample and one even fresher.

Obvious blueberry aroma with a perfumey, peppery character. Clear pinkish tan with decent white head that covers lastingly and leaves some lacing. Fair fruit flavour doesn’t dominate the wheat character of the base beer and has a nicely tart finish. Soft carbonation with a medium body and creamy texture. I think I’d prefer this with crisper carbonation but in any case it was very good and that could be that it deteriorated in the few hours in the growler. Enjoyed at the Ratebeer Mondial Gathering 2005.

Had a sample of this at Milly’s Tavern. It had a clear color, but the more I looked at it, the more the edges were a light violet color. Big blueberry smell. The taste was very good! The bign blueberry-ness was in the aroma, not so much the taste, which was perfect. Too many fruit beers try to overpower you with a strong taste. This is perfectly flavorful. I’m going to fill my growler with this the next time I’m at Milly’s.

On tap at Milly’s. Clearish beer with a slight purple tinge to it. Fruity aroma. Very nice clean mouthfeel with a light blueberry taste that wasn’t overpowering by any means. Just right. I normally odn’t like blueberries, but this was great!

Growler from Dirtymike at the 6/4/05 Mondial Gathering. Pale-amber color, with light violet tinges and a hint of auburn on the edge. White-pink head is ample-sized and lasting, with light lacing. Smells of blueberry juice, lightly tart, hints of pale grains and perfumey esters. Flavor of blueberry juice, blueberry skins and dry, grainy malt. Good malt sweetness and a wonderful balancing tartness that I have not found in other blueberry beers. Low carbonation, medium body. Not sweet and artificial in the least. A great introduction to the brewery! Kind of like the first batch of Au Courant, which I also absolutely loved. That smooth, honeyish malt in good quantity with a spicy/perfumey, tart fruit flavor.

Couleur rougeâtre pale, bonne formation de mousse blanche, plutôt diminuante. Aromes très présent de bleuets. Très parfumée, on y reconnaît clairement la chaire du fruit ainsi que quelques effluves de poivre noir. Une touche de citron et de limette en bouche, on perd légèrement la caractéristique du fruit. Plutôt sèche en bouche, finale légèrement surette. Un bonne bière aux fruits, légère et facile à boire.

Pours a clear reddish copper color with a thin white head. Aroma and flavor of blueberries and malt. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation.

growler. copper colour with a red tinge, small white head. very nice aroma consists of well...blueberry pancakes. Blueberries are more difficult to detect in the body at least as far as the aroma is concerned. light tartness. spritzy carbonation held up quite nicely. interesting.