OFallon Blackberry Scottish Ale

Brewed by OFallon Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
OFallon, Missouri USA

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, light brown, fully diminishing. Body is dark amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, cookie), with notes of cherries/berries and soap, hint of smoke. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, slightly unclean. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, fizzy carbonation. Man, can O’Fallon not brew a beer without adding some kind of fruit or spice or vegetable or *something* to it? This is my 7th beer from these guys, and only one of them was unflavored? Sheesh.

tart, blackberry aroma. Pours a cloudy orange-brown, thin head. Yeasty with berries. Sweet, thin and overall weak.

Dr. Seuss label. Big head on dark amber. Big berry and peat aroma. Dirty flavour. Weak berries and mud.

Thanks to theisti fot the bottle. Hazy mahogany color with a small to medium head. Aroma of brown sugar, berries and toffee. Taste bring out the coffee and chocolate, which was rather surprising...but not unpleasant. Also some smoke, especially in the aftertaste. Altogether, I liked this beer. It seems like a mess of flavors, but it turns out to be very drinkable.

Dark brownish color. Smell of malt, dark fruit, blackberries, chocolate and coffee. Taste of chalk, light coco, hops, little smoke and berries. Tangy and sour at the end of each sip.

Sounded interesting and didn’t cost too much. The pour was good, dark reddish/brown with little tanish head. Smelled pretty good, a lot more like berries than a Scottish ale or anything else. Tasted ok, but a little too watered down, but still something I might drink again.

Dark copper color with a thick head. I can definitely smell the components of this (peat, blackberry, sweet malt), but I’m not sure they are blending so smoothly. An almost sour, slightly tart hint. Strong, sweet malt body with a definite ring of blackberries. Thankfully it seems like fresh blackberry, not a horrid extract that ruins the beer. I think the very subtle smoke is too much and it sets up a bad contrast. I’ll certainly finish the bottle and may even drink it again in my life, but it’s not high on my list.

12 oz bottle attained from Friar Tucks in Peoria. Pours a red brwon color with a thin white head. Nose of chocolate, licorice, blackberry and fig. Blackberry/fruit flavors a little watery finishes with black licorice. Ok.