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Sweetwater Blue 3.02 312

Sweetwater Blue

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 Scubatrip (388), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 23, 2005  
On tap at the Brewgrass Festival in Asheville, pours a hazy pale oranges and smells and tastes like a blueberry muffin. A bit overly so.


 Veeve (312), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 23, 2005  
on tap at Asheville brewfestival. slightly murky goden-straw color. such a full and almost overwhelming blueberry flavor. but different and interesting and good. takes like bread and blueberries. silky mouthfeel. my notes have FRESH!!! in big capitol letters like that. so I guess it tasted fresh and fruity.


 TheBeerOrg (1589), Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 19, 2005  
Pours light golden with a slight haze, and fully receding white head. Aroma of blueberries, much like the ones picked from my backyard. Taste is lightly sweet with blueberries, bready malts, with lively carbonation. Finishes on a somewhat flat note, I’m crediting the wheat for that. There’s only a slight lingering berry taste. This is a good beer, for what it is. I was really impressed with the authentic blueberry aroma.


 tronraner (1938), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Oct 15, 2005  
(Knoxville Brewers’ Jam). Pours clear orange-yellow with faint white head. The aroma is, surprise, blueberries. The flavor is, again, blueberries, with some zest and light malt. Meh.


 JMerritt (1325), Macomb, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2005  
GABF 2005. I’m a sucker for a fruit beer when it seems as though the fruit addition is non-artificial. And that is what I got here. Pale gold with a frothy, whipped egg-looking white head. BIG blueberry aroma, very fresh, you can almost picture the little blue berries with their slightly frosted skins. Fresh blueberries carry well into the flavor, with some sweet malted milk balls - it’s like drinking a blueberry pancake. I really fell in love with this.


 Cable (286), SE, Oklahoma, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/514/20
Sep 25, 2005  
Sampled from bottle, gift from Staleyiv. Pours a brilliant gold with a lasting white head. The aroma of this beer is by far its most unique and enticing feature. The blueberries and bready malts grab your attention immediately and invite you to take a taste. The flavor is balanced and the finish is clean and dry for a fruit beer. I appreciate the fact that the fruit is present, but it is not syrupy sweet. The very low carbonation might make one think that the body is lighter than it is. A very good fruit beer.


stiffy42j (67), Brunswick, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 14, 2005  
Smells like blueberries and flowers. Blueberry in flavor but not as much body as I had hoped. More flavor is apparent in the after taste though. Not my most favorite Sweetwater brew but it is still good. This is a good summertime beer.


snclrlws (19), Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 10, 2005  
No head, light color, not really much to look at, but is a good, refreshing beer, especially on hot summer days in Georgia. Tastes like blueberry pancakes, not overdone on the fruitiness. Some subtle flavoring, not just a fruit beer. Very nice little number.



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