Sea Dog Blue Paw Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Fruit Beer
Topsham, Maine USA

From bottle (as Kennebunkport label). Light sweet saccharin nose with a bit of fake blueberry aroma - like BooBerry cereal. Light bit of carbonic gaseousness and acidity and not much hops. Golden orange-amber clear with very little head. Medium watery body with medium carbonation. Starts sweet with light malt flavor, some corn sweetness, and a bunch of fruity character. Fake blueberry notes with a saccharin sweetness. Light acidity with mild bitter finish and light sweet after.

12 oz bottle (thanks again to Pam). Aroma is actually fairly pleasant but fairly one dimensional. Its really like smelling a bowl of blueberry morning cereal with just a very faint hint of citrusy wheat. Pour had a pretty minor carbonated white head, a very translucent body, and golden orange color. A light feeling beer, but not watery, and has a fairly dull feel without a lot of kick. The blueberry in this actually blends nicely into the flavor and is not overpowering. Sadly there’s not a ton of other flavor besides some light citrus and mixed cereal grains. Really overall, this is pretty mediocre. I would have liked it more if it had some more refreshing qualities.

Not bad. Strong blueberry aroma and flavor. Certainly not my favorite fruit beer, but worth a try.

Bottled. Pale dead looking orange with medium whit head that totally disappears. I’ll admit I’m not a fruit beer guy to start with but on top of that this beer really just isn’t good. It is very flat and non-lively. The aroma is blueberry and faint bland wheat (no surprises there huh). The flavor is sweet, maltless and horrible. Horrible use of Wild Maine Blueberries because i’m sure the blueberries themselves aren’t this bad.

This beer has a clear, lighter flavor, too light for me. You expect more cloudiness and bold wheat flavor from a wheat beer. You don’t get much bluebes or wheat until late in the sip.

Bottle. Pours with a clear yellow color. Aromas are pure blueberry. Flavor is more subtle than the aroma suggests, so the beer is well balanced and not totally overpowered by the fruit. A very refreshing summer beer.

Bottle. Pours a darker gold with a temporary white head. Nose of blueberry pancake mix, some wheat, cereal, corn. Taste of blueberry muffins up front and then fades to stale cereal, lemon, seltzer water. Interesting. As far as blueberry beers go, this is one step above say AB’s Wild Blue, which is disgusting.

Copper. Smalll, fast head. Aroma: Light blueberry, sweat. Flavor: Blueberry, sweat. No body, no finish! Sorry guys, I just wasn’t impressed with this beer. It was like the blueberries were mashed over a Sumo-Wrestling match and thrown into a tank of swill. Sea Dog has done far better than this. Perhaps teenage girls will like it.