Hop Grail
Backdraft Blackberry
- Fruit Beer
- 5% ABV
- Label approved Aug 3
Had it? My score
90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
Newly approved Specialty
Hook & Ladder Pizza Co's Fruit Beer. Label approved 3 August 2026.
Right around the middle of the 482 Fruit Beer labels we've read.
Brewed at SPRINGFIELD BREWING COMPANY, FRONT ROW PROPERTY, LLC (Missouri). More brewed there.
From the label“Backdraft Blackberry is a crisp and refreshing wheat beer with a burst of blackberry flavor. Slightly sweet with a subtle berry tartness. Hook & Ladder offers delicious hand-tossed pies in Downtown Hollister, MO. All of our crusts and sauces are made fresh each morning from family recipes. We are also volunteer firefighters and would like to encourage everyone to find out how they can help with their own local fire district. VISIT ALL THREE OF OUR LOCATIONS”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 42–48°F (6–9°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 150–195 calories and 13–24 g carbs
About 100 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Fruit Beer. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 2nd of 2 labels we have from Hook & Ladder Pizza Co. It is one of 64 fruit beer labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 5 days after it was submitted. The brand on the label is Hook & Ladder Pizza Co; it was brewed at SPRINGFIELD BREWING COMPANY, FRONT ROW PROPERTY, LLC in Missouri. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
Clustered blackberry bunches with green leaves hang symmetrically on either side of bold white sans-serif lettering reading 'BACKDRAFT BLACKBERRY' set against a deep orange-to-burgundy flame gradient background. The composition is centered on a dark field with fire motifs, flanked by cream-coloured panels bearing marketing text and the brewery's story in small serif type. A red banner above carries the Hook & Ladder Pizza Co. branding with yellow accents and filigree detailing.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: SpecialtyBrewery: Hook & Ladder Pizza Co