Sweet and sour blueberry lacquering affects candi-sugared Belgian-like yeast influence to white wheat backdrop. Minty herbal freshness sneaks inside blueberry pancake-like dessert option.

Brazenly engaging purple-browned ‘malt beverage’ christened as a porter/ Scotch ale hybrid never gets bombastic despite saturated mocha fruiting. Initially, creamy coffee-roasted black chocolate richness and ashen pine-tarred charcoal astringency overwhelm advertised sweet ‘n sour blueberry blot. Bourbon whiskey esplanade reaches sharp cola nuttiness, chafing blueberry pie tartness as well as tertiary blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry and acai pureeing. Confectionery blueberry-jammed blueberry muffin underside, slim bruised cherry wisp, and teensy hazelnut drift likewise affect rich mocha-molasses malting. Imagine a liquid German Black Forest Cake with blueberry syrup.

Taking its gloomy moniker and blueberry-horned label from free Jazz legend Miles Davis’ highly regarded Kinda Blue album, this fruited ale’s just not worthy of the exalted stature pertained to. Muted blueberry tartness stays subdued while the honeyed wheat spine gets frail, making an inappropriate impression for the moderate straw-hazed dry body. Mild grassy-hopped citrus subsidy mellows to lemon-limed juniper bittering as cake-like cereal-grained pale malting undone by fizzy carbolic astringency. A bland summery session beer for unenlightened lawn mowers.

Exacting blueberry-flavored soda-fizzed clear-yellowed fruit ale bottled for nearby Ellicottville Brewery by praiseworthy Southern Tier. Pronounced sweet-sour blueberry theme lacquers corn-breaded wheat-cracked backbone. Minor soapiness seeps into sugared malt slip.

On tap, overwhelmingly slick sour ale lacquers blueberry pancake theme with cloying blueberry syrup stickiness. Sun-dried oaken cherry and cranberry tartness reaches solvent pomegranate acridity countering pasty saccharine-like sucrose slackness and cake-battered fruited malts.

Overwhelming blueberry sweetness invades the senses, coating the tongue so deeply its minor wheat base is barely felt. On follow-up swigs, modestly tart blackberry-raspberry rasp peaks through ester-y finish, receding to diacetyl flicker.

Despite brisk hop-frisked pep and easygoing white breaded lightness, wild blueberries get concealed in murky malt doldrums. Needs to push the fruitiness to the forefront.

Fresh blueberry essence ignites golden-hazed fruit ale. But corn-oiled grassy-bottomed acridity, phenol hop bittering and delicate lacquering nearly undermine sweet and sour blueberry ripeness.

Initial blueberry distinction edged out by sharp grain presence until strong lingering alcohol-fueled finish. As fruit-flavored ale, just o.k.

Impressive short-headed moderate-bodied golden-hazed ale (found in 64-ounce bottle under Eagle Brook Saloon name) with immediate bitter-hopped blueberry essence lingering to juniper-spiced barley-wheat finish. Lacks intimidating fruited tartness of competing Sea Dog Wild Blueberry but maintains better crisp watered gentleness and more compact blueberry resilience.

Lightest pale yellowed fruit ale offers bittersweet blueberry essence that quickly diminishes to washed out phenol drear. Disappointingly, inviting blueberry waft outlasts flavor profile and floral-herbal backup becomes non-factor. Fizzy Pez-candied tartness recedes.