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Sweetwater Blue 3.02 312

Sweetwater Blue

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bottled
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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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 BustedFlat (554), Edina, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 26, 2008  
On tap at the Steamhouse in Atlanta on 10/17/08. Golden in color and a deifnite blueberry aroma. As expected blueberry dominated the taste, but it came off as a bit artificial to me. Kind of like a pale lager with some blueberry flavoring added.


 bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Nov 20, 2008  
12 oz bottle. I’ll agree with GodofThunder, this is definitely one the chicks will dig. Not bad. Very carbonated. Almost was like a soda with alcohol. I don’t really like fruity beer, so it’s not really my thing. Kinda was like a liquid alcoholic poptart


 GodOfThunder (878), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/510/20
Nov 18, 2008  
I honestly didn’t know this was a blueberry beer when I ordered it. The smell is over-the-top blueberries and the taste is ultra-sweet and fruity. It isn’t awful, but it is a little too fruity and sweet. The girls will love it, though!


 Hinez57 (132), Clinton, Mississippi, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Oct 17, 2008  
Sweet blueberry aroma with a little bit of earthen notes from the malt. Crystal clear clean beer with little head. Surprisingly refreshing flavor of light malt & hop background with sweetish blueberry dominating. Decent refreshing mouthfeel. Easily the best fruit beer I’ve had, actually the first fruit beer I’ve ever been able to say I enjoyed!


 theisti (1689), Leawood, Kansas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 15, 2008  
12 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. Best if enjoyed by 10/14/08 stamped on bottle. Pour is clear golden with a one inch white head. Very still body, almost no carbonation bubbles. Aroma of blueberry pie, fresh ripe blueberry and sweet doughy yeastiness. Its actually quite remarkable how much this smells like pie. Taste is the blueberry, front and center. Again its blueberry pie, but there is also a chemical element that is not all that pleasant. Palate is medium, with a lingering blueberry aftertaste. Interesting and unique brew, though a bit one dimensional. Thanks for sending this my way, Phil!


 merlin48 (520), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2008  
Bottle pours a slightly hazed yellow gold with a small vanilla head. Muted aroma has hints of berry and caramel. Blueberry is very subtle in the taste. Hardly any hop presence but sweetness isn’t overdone. Not bad, but quite forgettable.


 desurfer (1068), Pinellas Park, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Draft. Pours a light gold with a large white head; aroma is fruity (blueberry) with some doughy sweetness. The flavor is dominated by blueberry, but is nice and fresh rather than cloying or artificial. Would make a decent beer for a hot day.


 WeeHeavySD (3041), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/511/20
Oct 3, 2008  
12oz from Kpresley77. Pours gold with a bright white ring. Nose is consistent with blueberry syrup like bar harbor blueberry. Taste is sweet with somewhat of a nice flavor. I’m a sucker for fruit beers, yet so rarely are they really good. This is merely ok.



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