Beer – #1050 – Kereru – Blueberry Stout
Kereru Blueberry Stout. A seemingly improbable mix. I’ve always thought as Kereru as more conservative brewer, but some of their recent releases make me think that they’ve been playing a long game.
smooth and sweet
Kereru Blueberry Stout a 500ml bottle of a beer that is 6.9% ABV, which is around 207 calories a serve, This is 2.7 standard drinks in New Zealand.
Stout is about right
An impressive addition of smooth and sweet, New Zealand blueberries rounds out this lovely stout to levels of amazing excellence.
Which than came to the question “Have you any idea what a blueberry tastes like?” to which I shrug and that should suggest probably not. I do know what they are and what they taste like, I’m being disingenuous, but from memory they are not the boldest of the fruits, and seem to be one of thrones that go better in muffins.But that’s not true either, because clearly there are some baselines in what a stout is, and this has those, the chocolate from the roasted oats the milky malt, but it is what this doesn’t have, and what makes this rather lovely is that there is a properly understated and clearly present soft fruit note that takes away any tart edge or tang that you might find in beer like this.
The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as 9 of its things from the thing. It is nearer to 8 /12 but I don’t do halves and use the round up method, and this deserves that as it’s rather too easy drinking and pleasing and mellow
The double dip review
- Where did I get it? Liquorland had them, but they may not now.
- Am I enjoying it? I really am
- Would I have another? I would, these are not common beers though, get them or miss them
- Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? I would because there are lots of variations on Stout and this is one that someone has thought about, and as it happens has got right.
Music for this: ”Run Home Slow by The Teskey Brothers on the Spotify player. I will be having this on vinyl when I can get the effort to get to the store, which is in town and I am not.
STOUT
Many stouts do not fit the classic “Irish” definition as exemplified by Guinness, either due to their hop or roast rates, or higher gravity (in the case of many American stouts). They are still basic stouts, however, not falling into any of the subclasses.
A life just as ordinary 