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Sweetwater Blue 3.02 312

Sweetwater Blue

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bottled
common

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3123.03/5.03.02/5.04.8%76.6Flute
Commercial Description:
Sweetwater Blue is a unique lighter style ale enhanced with a hint of fresh blueberry. When you drink this beer take a good whiff first and you’ll smell the blueberry influence, but on the taste it’s extremely subtle and the finish is extra clean. Ain’t no fruit beer, but it is our breakfast beer, usually folks that are looking to quench their thirst or for those that are new to the “good beer” lifestyle; this is their choice. This brew and the ESB were the original two to go through the tanks at SweetWater in February 1997.

Medals: Bronze medal winner at the 1998 World Beer Cup, Fruit Beer category; Always the funky favorite at any outdoor beer festival

Malt: 2 Row, Wheat

Hops: Centenial
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 Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 19, 2008  
This is an experiment. I’m rating a beer and singing heavy metal at band practice. It’s weird when things taste like blueberries but aren’t blue. This one is straw colored. Thin white head. It’s not completely dominated by blue berry at first. There’s a bit of citrus that I assume comes from the wheat and a good balance of hops. The more I sip, the more the blueberry flavor stacks up and by the end I’ve grown rather bored. I don’t know if I’m impressed with this beer for not being too hard to finish despite the abundance of berry or if I’m impressed with myself for being able to get it down rather quick despite the abundance of berry.


 asedzie (457), San Francisco, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 9, 2008  
Tap at ATL airport brewpub. Pours golden with no real head. Aroma has cookie dough, blue berry muffins, light hints of fruity hops. Flavor is grainy, moderate crisp lager-type hop finish. Palate is just slightly watery.


 Cybercat (819), Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 2, 2008  
Color is a typical golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is not strong, but good for an ale with a decided blueberry overtone. Blueberry flavor dominates the taste, which is otherwise average but tasty and refreshing. A smooth and delightful ale.


 gottalottaibu (243), charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/103/515/20
Feb 26, 2008  
pours very still with small thin head. nice inviting faint aroma of blueberries. taste is similar. blueberries stay in the background and never overpower. nice and clean.


 gsteph (266), knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 19, 2008  
Hazy, golden straw color with a thin white head. Aroma is fresh, clean and...blueberries. That just about sums it up. There is a slight blueberry influence, not soapy like other blueberry brews, very refreshing and crisp. Not much in the way of sweetness or bitterness and the body has a good thickness to it. This is almost like a flavored wheat. Not a favorite but would drink again. Definitely a summer selection.


 boto (1345), Granby, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
Feb 17, 2008  
12 oz. bottle: This one pours a pretty clear, golden color. There was a small white head on it that didn’t linger. The aroma is definitely blueberries, and not really anything else. Fortunately, they are not overpowering. The taste is pretty good. The blueberries are evident, but not overly done. There is a hint of dryness in the finish. Overall, decent and refreshing.


 Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 27, 2008  
Clear gold color with a white head. Aroma is of sweet blueberries. Tastes like a Belgian white ale, but with a blueberry flavor as opposed to citrus. The "commercial description" listed is pretty much dead on.


 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Courtesy of JimboWood. Pours kind of a pinkish yellow with a small white head. Aroma is blueberries and somewhat grainy. Flavors are mostly over ripe blueberries with very minimal sweetness and a little tartness in the finish. Not bad.



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