Grumpy Troll Brewery, Restaurant and Pizzeria
Brewpub
in Mount Horeb,
Wisconsin,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Grumpy Troll Restaurant and Brewery
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Snifter at GT. Opaque brown-black body. Not much head, gone after a few minutes. Smooth and sweet, nice mixture between caramel, chocolate. Lightish on the booze. Smooth, middle of the road, but quite alright.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Grumpy Troll. Deep black brown body, stained glass corners. Thin soda head. Pretty decent for the style, but certainly leans into the alcohol. Coffee tinged burn. Roasty chocolate aroma. Come off like a lagered Stout. Oily, rich specialty malts. Enjoyable, but lacks the depth of a World Class example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Grumpy Troll. Deep brown, some burgundy maybe. Thin, lacy head. Rich amber and chocolate malts balanced by some piny bitterness. Some buttery undertones. Just comes off to ringwoody for me, decent enough, but not so great. Smells like cheap, impotent beer. Cheap toffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Grumpy Troll. Unfiltered orange-brown. Half a beer dumped down the drain to get a pint. Steady creamy off-white head. Pronounced orange-citrus aroma. Creamy, almost nitro feel after the pour. Oily, classic IIPA tones in lot of respects, just about ten years late for this one to be impressive. Quite a beastly, decent offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at GT. Slightly hazy yellow-orange-tan. Steady, frothy white head. Great appearance. The aroma, however, is muted, butter tinged. Some mild lager yeast tones, but it doesn’t really nail it. The hops are too biting, acrid. I want to like it, but there is a chemical harshness that takes away from any subtlety. Points for coming close, but needs some tweaking.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at GT. Intensely thick and unfiltered, they poured a pitcher of yeastiness down the drain before pouring my glass. Thick orange-brown caramel color. Creamy, steady, off-white head. An odd hybrid, dry Cluster-like hops, thick yeast, a touch of wheat? Some odd spicy esters, from hairspray to pepper, borderline Saison tones. Yeast is overbearing. Odd, not so enjoyable. Soapy, oily finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft sampled at a tasting event. From notes. Boozy with pine and citrus. Just a hint of tropical fruits too. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at a sampling event. From notes. Coffee and chocolate with a little vanilla. Not too bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled at a tasting event. Draft, from old notes. Coffee and chocolate with dark fruits and raisins. Not too bad.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draft sampled at a tasting event. From notes. Light hops and loads of grain. Watery. Meh, nothing to seek out.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.67 |
| Beers | 63 |
| Ticks | 131 |
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