Cascade Blueberry Ale - Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

rlee1390

Indiana

4.19/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A-Cloudy pink, two finger head with a pinkish hue.

S-Blueberry, funk, some oak, and lots of blueberries.

T-Great balance of oak. blueberry and funk. Grass. More tart than sour.

M-Light and highly carbonated.

O-Better than the strawberry. A good sour, they seem to be making good ones.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2013 16:12:15 | More by rlee1390

dcloeren

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

05-22-2013 14:19:26 | More by dcloeren

twelveinches

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

05-22-2013 06:08:06 | More by twelveinches

AltBock

Ohio

3.95/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Corked and caged 750ml bottle with a dark blueberry blue label of a barrel sitting on a cart in front of barrel lid with 2 hop vines on side. Are they trying to say that this beer is barrel aged? Message received. Below the barrels is the vintage year. This bottle is from 2012. Off to the left is a description of the beer and the brewery's address.

When poured into a Ommegang Tulip, this Blueberry Wild Ale actually looked like crushed blueberries. It had that pink almost blue color that you get when you eat blueberries. This pinkish beer had a ruby red center. On top of this blueberry juice...I mean Ale was a 1/4 to 1/2 an inch pink almost blue head of foam. It had great retention! It receded just a touch and stayed with this beer until the last drop of beer was gone. On its way down, it left behind quite a few sticky streaks of pink/blue colored lace.

The aroma was sour and tart with a strong blueberry presence. Who would have guessed that. It was more tart than sour and lightly funky. I caught a whiff of that barnyard funk. Behind the blueberries was a touch of tart white grapes and a whiff of oak. That sums it up for the aroma. It didn't contain a wide range of aromas, but what was there was pretty good.

If you think this beer is going to taste like blueberry juice, you're going to be disappointed. Don't let the color of this beer fool you. This beer was filled with lightly sour and tart ripe blueberries. It wasn't more sour than tart and it wasn't more tart than sour. They were equal in the taste. There was a small barnyard funk presence in here as well. Behind the blueberry wall was a a few white grapes and a drop of oak. Like the aroma, don't expect a large variety of tastes.

This was a light to medium bodied Wild Ale that had good carbonation and a lightly sour, tart, and acidic aftertaste. This aftertaste only contained blueberries, white grapes, and touch of dry oak. This sour aftertaste doesn't linger. Your saliva can extinguish the sour aftertaste.

Like every other Cascade beer I've had, this beer is not on the cheap side. A beer of this quality can't be cheap to make and it shows it. Other than that, if you like blueberries and sour beers, you might want to open your wallet to this beer. It is certainly a unique beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 01:55:23 | More by AltBock

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-19-2013 00:13:16 | More by Photekut

leftoverburrito

Oregon

4.75/5  rDev +13.6%

05-18-2013 23:40:58 | More by leftoverburrito

jl28r1

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-18-2013 16:56:39 | More by jl28r1

moonknight31

California

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-16-2013 05:37:48 | More by moonknight31

illy0sis

Texas

4/5  rDev -4.3%

05-14-2013 22:14:36 | More by illy0sis

fsck

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -10.3%

05-12-2013 07:23:41 | More by fsck

HarmonMW

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-12-2013 02:04:19 | More by HarmonMW

koopa

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-12-2013 01:02:22 | More by koopa

lemongelo

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -4.3%

05-11-2013 15:49:00 | More by lemongelo

ThatOneGuyMoe

California

4/5  rDev -4.3%

05-10-2013 18:36:28 | More by ThatOneGuyMoe

Chico1985

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.3%

05-10-2013 18:29:16 | More by Chico1985

blackie

Virginia

4.24/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

stubby chalice at the brewpub with some NC State NCAA action

Bright blue-purple - looks rad, with a light head. Dense blueberry aromas with a concentration of deeply flavored skins. Lots of acid on the nose, tart and puckering on the palate. Not pulling a ton of oak at first, but more as it warms. Deeply fruited with the familiar Cascade acidity.

Serving type: on-tap

05-07-2013 03:15:25 | More by blackie

ncaudle

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-05-2013 16:08:39 | More by ncaudle

IPAyForHops

California

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

05-02-2013 23:43:45 | More by IPAyForHops

scotv

New York

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

05-01-2013 19:51:06 | More by scotv

zachary80

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

04-29-2013 20:55:08 | More by zachary80

Googs

New York

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

04-29-2013 18:09:51 | More by Googs

enelson

Illinois

5/5  rDev +19.6%

04-28-2013 01:33:56 | More by enelson

Noyt

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -4.3%

04-27-2013 19:29:43 | More by Noyt

distantmantra

Washington

4/5  rDev -4.3%

04-26-2013 18:48:02 | More by distantmantra

Sethzilla

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +13.6%

04-23-2013 18:54:03 | More by Sethzilla