OFallon Blackberry Scottish Ale

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

Date: 05/08/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark blood red, whispy beige head, rich malt aroma with hints of light sweet blackberry offset by some smoke, big creamy body, sweet blackberry balanced by otherwise dry malt flavor, quite tasty, not sure why it’s called a scottish style ale, amazing high rating for a fruit beer but the blackberry is just a character and not the whole story, must have hit the mood just right
-------- /> Date: 05/16/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

with age the blackberry fades and leaves just the malt flavor lacking much character, better fresh,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

12oz bottle. Poured a dark orange color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of strong berries and some caramel. Tastes of strong berries, caramel and very light peat. Thin body. Strong berry presence.

12oz bottle @Pauls Gathering Thanks microgrog-pours an off white ring for a head and hazy amber color. Aroma is medium malt-toffee, secondry earthy hops. Taste is medium malt-toffee, secondry earthy hops.

Pours a clear copper amber with a thick, frothy, and lightly-lacing cream-colored head. Aroma is dry, grainy, and earthy with some buried rich caramel and lightly tart blackberry fruitiness. Body starts with some fizzy sweetness and a hint of blackberry sourness, thining considerably before a very dry, sticky, semi-burnt finish. I don’t think that fruit flavors mix very well with Scottish ales. At least the lack of balance leaves something to be desired here.

Bottle... My first rating as a Floridian... Clear, caramel-colored ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Chocolate, caramel, blackberry nose. Slightly oxidized. Malty, fruity flavor. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Crisp, but malty finish. Thanks to vyvvy for sending the bottle my way!

Peachy fruitiness and round malt sweetness distract from the said blackberries...Roasted and toasted malts form a pleasurable body, accompanied by level-headed sweetness and well-integrated fruit...Nothing spectacular, but an interesting idea nonetheless...

I had this beer on my want list for over a year, only because I’ve had a few others from OFallon, and even though they’ve mostly been terrible, they at least attempt to bring something new to the table. I like weird beer, so wanted to find this one some day. Found a bottle in Nashville, TN actually, and overall I’d have to say it was a similar experience with their other beers, meaning it tasted and smelled downright lousy, but at least it was something new. Has a slightly hazy ruby red colored body, maybe some dark orange hues as well. Very nasty nose of artificial "randomberry" flavoring, with some candy-like grape scents as well. Smells like a magic marker and cheap candy. Stinging cheap plasticy berry and sugar flavors everywhere. I poured most of it out, but at least it was interesting to try.

"...subtle hint of blackberry..." My buttocks! Handsome pour, a clear light brown body with a fizzy off-white head. The aroma is tolerable, caramel and butterscotch with the blackberry SUBTLY creeping in. The flavor is dominated by the fruit coupled with an odd nutty bitterness and the faintest trace of smoke. Finishes on a SUBTLE fruit note.

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