Sweet Potato Ale
Bent River Brewing Company

Sweet Potato AleSweet Potato Ale
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From:
Bent River Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #255
ABV:
4.81%
Score:
81
Ranked #25,720
Avg:
3.53 | pDev: 17.56%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
83
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 27, 2023
Added:
Sep 22, 2005
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  18
This medium-bodied American Wheat Ale is brewed with sweet potatoes, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and cloves. Taste and enjoy with us one of our favorite things about fall.
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Rated: 3.44 by SoundMakesSense from Indiana

Sep 27, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by wisrarebeer from Wisconsin

Jan 25, 2023
 
Rated: 5 by ehensn from Iowa

Jan 26, 2022
 
Rated: 3.04 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Dec 04, 2021
 
Rated: 3.5 by TwilightBeerCareer from Illinois

Feb 14, 2021
 
Rated: 3.69 by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio

Apr 17, 2020
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Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois

2.88/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12oz bottle, shared with my brother-in-law, Chris. Thanks to Chris & Lilli for giving me a bottle to try. Pours a hazy orange with a beige head. Spicy aroma of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, all spice, and ginger. Flavors are spicy as well - all similar to the aroma; sweet potato is modest along with faint wheat and grain. Medium body, moderate carbonation, balanced finish. Just ok. Drinks like a pumpkin beer.
Jan 15, 2020
 
Rated: 2.68 by Chilmer from Iowa

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Half-full from Illinois

Mar 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4.21 by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

Jan 30, 2018
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Reviewed by Tone from Missouri

3.25/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear copper color. 1/4 inch head of an off-white color. Poor retention and poor lacing. Smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet malt, and pumpkin/sweet potato. Fits the style of a Fruit / Vegetable Beer. Mouth feel is smooth and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of cinnamon, all spice, sweet malt, and pumpkin/sweet potato. Overall, poor appearance, good feel, and mostly spice in aroma and body.
Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by LarrysDeerGut from Illinois

Nov 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by rossracing from Illinois

Nov 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.46 by Rollmeaway2loadout from Illinois

Oct 29, 2017
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Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado

2.27/5  rDev -35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
A twelve ounce bottle with some cryptic code stamped on the bottle under the label. I hate when breweries just can't put a simple date on the bottle or label. Pouring this in my old school Atlas Prager sham pilsner glass.

Look- Pours a dark gold and somewhat amber color leaving a couple centimeters of off white foam that settles to a thin ring. No lacing is left behind.

Smell- A mix of strong pie spices including cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice that combined smell a bit like mouthwash. There's something earthy lingering in the back. Sweet potatoes?

Taste- An abundance of the usual pie spices. There's cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Something earthy and cereal-like appear in the finish.

Feel- Thin, flat and boring.

Overall- It's not quite a drain pour, but close. This beer is spiced to the point that it smells and tastes like mouthwash or toothpaste. A thin artificial tasting abomination. I'm glad it was a gift and not a waste of my money.
Jan 08, 2017
 
Rated: 2.84 by scruffwhor from Illinois

Dec 29, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.77/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours a nice dark iced tea color with a fleeting head of only 1/2 finger, then a thin ring. 30% transparency.

Aroma is actually much like a Pumpkin ale, with cinnamon, yam, gourd, and nutmeg. It does smell delicious, like a baked pumpkin pie.

The spice flavors are there, namely cinnamon and nutmeg, followed by citrus peel, sweet potato, and pumpkin filling. The citrus (lemon, orange rind) sort of clashes, and malts begin to wax metallic. Finishes on what I can only say is like juicy fruit gum and day old cola.

The feel is highly carbonated and appropriately so; a medium body and a slightly chalky finish.

Overall, Sweet Potato Ale isn't too bad though it's not great either. Had I bought a six pack, I wouldn't cry. It's easy drinking. It just has a lot to be desired where the clashing comes in.
Dec 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by Rammed96 from Maryland

Nov 12, 2016
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Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois

3.98/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Taste: Just semi sweet, wheat, veggie notes, with sweet potato and cinnamon. smooth with a clean finish. Pumpkin spices in the nose. Dark amber in color, unfiltered, with no real head. Medium body, and very drinkable. 20 IBUs
Nov 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by TonyTwins from Nebraska

Oct 31, 2016
Sweet Potato Ale from Bent River Brewing Company
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 83 ratings