Grand River Bumbleberry Wheat Ale

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:16 pm

Picked up a 500mL bottle of this from the brewery today.

It's definitely something more tame for Grand River, but I think it worked out well. The berry aspects are more on the subtle side, and your typical Grand River malt profile shines through a lot. All in all a solid summer beer, just don't expect it to blow your mind.

By the way, the entire Grand River line-up is available in 500mL bottles now at the brewery. Good job Rob, on both this beer, and getting the bottle thing going.

sphilp · Post by **sphilp** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:01 pm

yes, hopefully not to long before its at the lcbo, and the stout is released

tupalev · Post by **tupalev** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:57 pm

http://news.therecord.com/News/article/409976

Article on the beer and the recent move to 500ml bottles, and well, other Grand River news in general...

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:44 pm

I think it's going on tap at The Rhino, as I heard the owner saying they are getting a "bumble-something".
Unfortunately, it's replacing Mill St's Raspberry and The Rhino isn't big on cleaning their lines.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:06 am

what stout is Grand River working on?

sphilp · Post by **sphilp** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:09 am

maybe rob can chime in with an update, but he mentioned to me a few months back that they were looking at making an imperial stout for this winter.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:43 pm

that sounds like avery good idea to me. hopefully it happens

boney · Post by **boney** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:35 am

I got to try this yesterday at The Pheonix in Hamilton.....on one of their rotating taps right now. I definitely agree with Jesse and I was unexpectedly impressed. Very well balanced for a fruit based beer. The sweetness of the berry was not overwhelming, ample malts were present with really pleasant cereal notes near the end. I could totally session this, and I don't generally want to session a fruit beer. Nice.

Hamilton Brian · Post by **Hamilton Brian** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:12 pm

Had it at the Judge on Friday and it was quite nice.