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Bottle/Tap: Bottle

This moment has been a long time coming.  The Beer Works restaurants are a common hangout in Boston and if you enjoy a fine micro brew, you’d do well to swing by their locations.  When I first had the blueberry ale it was at the Fenway location in 2005 after a concert and I get it every time.  The only way you could bring some home is if you bought a growler and trucked it around with you, but not anymore.  On a recent trip we came across this beer in a six-pack at one of my normal spots and I almost flipped.

I brought the beer home, put two in the fridge and let them chill for a while.  This is one beer that I like to drink cold because it tastes great.  I poured the beer in a glass, found some frozen blueberries in the freezer and dropped some in the glass.  I had a drink and was brought back to Boston, all I needed was a bucket of fries and I would have been set.

Since this was my first blueberry beer, it does hold a special place in my heart.  The blueberry flavor isn’t very strong, but the smell is great and the golden body is inviting.  With this beer, and other fruit beers, it helps to add the fruit to the drink.  As the blueberries float and sink they seem to enhance the taste of the beer.

I have been meaning to go back to the Beer Works since this is the time of year they brew the watermelon ale.  Nothing says summer like a pint with a piece of watermelon hanging on the rim.  With luck, more of their beers will make it to 6-pack status and you’ll be able to take them home with ease.