Sweetwater Dank Tank Big Ol’ Belgian Blue Balls

Brewed by Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Atlanta, Georgia USA

I think a majority of the blueberries fell out of the beer leaving only the slightest of hints. This was not superb but it was a good normal beer.

Name: Blue Balls
Date: August 29, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy copper, wispy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, lots of fruity esters, light fusel alcohol
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of sweet fruityness, light esters, hint of spicyness

Name: Blue Balls
Date: October 20, 2009
Mode: bottle
Words: Hop City
big rich and fruity blueberry bubblegum,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

An alright beer, sampled at Darkness Day. Pours a clear light orange red with no head. Aroma is yeast, clove and berries. Flavor is sweet. Palate is sour, bretty and thin.

22 oz bottle courtesy of GAManiac. Thanks, Grant! POurs a muted orange amber, a bit hazy, getting darker as it goes up, a small offwhite head that laces a bit. Aromas are grainy, cereal malts, light sweetness of honey, wheat, and a light fruity berry essence. Slight Belgian yeast, doughy. Initial is lighter side of medium bodied, flour, dough, bread, and cereal malts up front, wheat with a light Belgian spice, decent banana, slight pear and apple fruitiness, a bit of dry champagne, light blueberry after all the cereal malts. Very subtle rye malts, Belgian yeast comes on stronger further in, dry and fruity, as the berry helps ease that down a bit, but still pretty much banana and Belgian yeast forward after everything. A bit of florals, light bitterness in the finish. This is ok, but not a huge fruit element overall for me, just a bit of a lacking Belgian.. not bad.

Sampled from 22-oz bomber during Darkness Day 2009 in Brooklyn Center, MN. Pours a semi-clear dark amber colored brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma of Belgian yeast, bread dough, a hint of banana and some light berries. Taste is medium bodied, some carbonation with flavors of Belgian yeast, banana esters, some light tart berries, golden grain malt and some rye. Finish is semi-sweet with a yeast and golden grain malt aftertaste. Blueberries are well hidden in this special beer.

22oz bottle. Blue ’Dank Tank’ Label. Deep Amber color. Rock white head. No aroma of fresh bluebeeries. Only the aroma of fresh sourdough dough, a nice Belgian yeast spice character. Lots of bread in the nose. No fruit. Flavor is the same. Lots of bread, no fruit. Very dry, full bodied. Lots of malt, heavy chewy texture. Finishes with a bit of a sweet apple cider tartness. A bit of sweet in the end. Very good, don’t know if I’d go running for this one again though.

These blue balls are courtesy of markwise. Pours clear deep copper with amber core and thin off white head. The aroma is interesting to say the least with Belgian spicy yeast notes, light fruity blueberry and along with spiced apple. The taste brings up some of the same characteristics. I get yeasty spice moving into berry fruitiness, winter spices and apple.

Pours a hazy reddish amber with a small off-white head that recedes to a tiny collar quickly and leaves no lacing at all. For a beer with tons of blueberries, I don’t smell much in the way of blueberries. There is a ton of Belgian yeast, candi sugar and bananas, lots of bananas. Like the smell, sugary sweet with lots of bananas and Belgian yeast. I’m still not getting any blueberries, except maybe a little bit in the finish after it warms a bit. The mouthfeel is slick with low carbonation and sticky sweet overall. This is a big, sweet fruit beer with much less blueberries than I was expecting. It’s a good beer, but a little bit too sweet to be extremely drinkable.