Another toast to Thursday with the Crownsmen and the beer of the hour is Fernie’s What the Huck, a wheat based ale with huckleberry and blueberry to boot. I’m no huckleberry hound or a backwoods blueberry and I’d rather have wheat in my breakfast cereal than my beer. But Farmer Steve enjoyed a Time Lapse on his do or die ski trip and I’ve sampled some nice brews from Fernie out there in Eastern BC ski country, so I tried to keep an open mind to go along with the open can in front of me.
I’m your Huckleberry.
We did sample a Fernie wheat brew before, their Straight Line White was OK, which is usually the highest praise I give a wheat beer. Most of us are familiar with blueberries but perhaps not as well acquainted with the huckleberry. The inconspicuous fruit has somehow infiltrated our vernacular. Sayings like “a huckleberry over my persimmon” makes no sense if you don’t know what a persimmon is and actually makes no sense even if you do. Then there was Huckleberry Finn and Huckleberry Hound. And when it comes to beer reviews, “I’m your huckleberry”.*
As far as this wheat and berry brew goes, it takes on a bit of a darker disposition than a typical wheat, the blue berries throwing shade. It is clear and does have a faint berry aroma. The taste is light ale and as promised on the can “a touch of berries” and those berries are blueberries. It is a light beer but with a fuller flavour than a typical wheat. As progress was made the touch of berry became a bit of berry than a bit more berry. It never got to very berry, so that was good.
As far as wheat berry beers go this one was OK but I wouldn’t call it “my huckleberry”.*
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