OFallon Blackberry Scottish Ale

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

I’m very much surprised to see the rating of this beer on this site; I thought it was good, better in fact than the Wheach, which I also liked. I would recommend this beer; it was like a good blackberry iced tea, except replace the tea part with a very mild Scotch Ale. I really liked it. The beer poured a hazy red with good head formation. Aroma was quite berry-ish, with not a lot of Scotch ale aroma. However, flavor was definitely Scotch ale with some berry aftertaste. The beer flavor is pretty mild for a Scotch ale, but with some good berry aftertaste. I found it quite refreshing, and I really liked it; better than the Wheach in fact.

12oz bottle poured in a Sam Adams special glass. This beer pours just like tea with a quickly disappearing head. It has a complex fruity ester aroma mixed with a touch of garbage. It’s a mid-level quality ale with some nicely infused fruit (maybe blackberry but I won’t swear to it) flavors. All in all it isn’t bad but it is something that I’ll probably drink no more than once a year and that’s just because it’s local.

A pretty gross odor at first, but it settled down to an average ale. Clear brown color with light brown head. A bit of a sour fruitiness to it.

12 oz Bottle: Blackberry, dark malts, caramel, it smells quite like a Scottish tan a fruit beer. More of the notes and the appearance of a Scottish ale than a fruit beer. Anyway, Appearance is dark but clear reddish/maroon color with a medium sized tan head that lingers. Taste is quite fruity though with the blackberries coming through in the taste big time. The Malts take a back seat and the subtle caramel and toffee notes are there too. Overall, It smelled good at first but it ended up like any other fruit beer, I did not enjoy this beer.

Pours a hazy purple with a light head. The aroma is full of blackberry. The mouthfeel and taste is where this brew falls down. Thin and fizzy, with just a hint of the blackberry that the aroma promised.

Hazy, dirty orange-brown body, thin buff head. Aroma of burnt caramel, peat, and blackberry syrup. Light, thin body, emphasizing peat, with toast, caramel, and rather subtle blackberry that diminishes in the long, smoky aftertaste. Light tartness. Just too watered-down.

Reddish purple with a off-white head. Weak aroma, a touch of dusty malts and just a hint of berry. Vague earthiness. Soft maltiness, with a dry ashy character and again just a hint of any berry. Medium, soft mouthfeel is its only real plus. Quite a bit of a letdown.

Watery-brownish color, like old cola. A little bit of tan head. Nice aroma--very strong berry. Bland flavor. Sweet, flat, a bit of berries and malt but not much more. Not so great.