Pearl Street Brewery

Microbrewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Pearl Street Brewery

Established in 1999

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1401 St Andrew St, La Crosse, WI, 54603, United States
Description
La Crosse Wisconsin is a beer town. It’s been that way since La Crosse was just a settlement more than 160 years ago. There’s something special about living in a beer town — but brewing beer in a beer town? Totally kick-ass.

We’ve been at it since 1999. Crankin’ out award-winning beers and being part of the history of this town. Brewing great beer isn’t everything — it’s the only thing. Come on in and check it out.

Pearl Street Brewery is a pioneering craft brewery located in the heart of the Driftless area in the historic La Crosse Footwear building at 1401 Saint Andrew Street, La Crosse, WI 54603.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle sent for review. The beer starts out with a big puffy head, which throws up aromatics of, well, animal dander. That means it’s pretty strong, like the Amarillo hops in, say, Gumballhead. Then there’s a side of lemonade to go along. The body is a cloudy burnished brass color, with some particles visible. Of course, the taste has a tongue-curling bitterness, like chewing on pine needles with a lime rickey chaser. There is caramel or Crystal malt to provide support, which helps mitigate the extra hop aromatics. The finish brings an added bit of cantaloupe for good measure. Another beer with a taste all its own, and not for the faint of heart.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2017 at 19:36

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Tap at Vintage. Fading beige head. on top of an unfiltered amber-brown body. Brutally infected, not sure what is going on here, but it definitely should have been dumped. Bitingly cherry sour. Gross, not drinkable. Not Scottish and certainly crap.
Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2016 at 21:53

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Mr. Brews Plover. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has bitter citrus and pine notes with a bit of grain/rye backing. Flavor has a nice bitter citrus with light pine, rye and grains backing.
Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2016 at 09:23

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Black brew sitting under an impressive head of tan foam.

Roasted malt dominates the smell with both sweet and bitter notes. Chocolate is there and provides most of the bitterness.

Chocolate is on the sweet side in the taste. Roasted malt gives the bitter, I taste the oats in the background.

Smooth mouthfeel.

A nice brew, imho. Thanks Tyler!
Tried on 01 Aug 2016 at 19:44

7/10
Roasted malt with chocolate and oats. Silky smooth mouthfeel. Very enjoyable. Thanks again, Tyler!
Tried on 01 Aug 2016 at 17:29

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Gold color. A little cloudy. Lightly sweet. Typical hefeweizen flavors, banana and clove, but the palate is too thin and the flavors are too light, almost like a kristalweizen.
Tried on 29 Feb 2016 at 22:07

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear pale orange, large white head, nice lacing. Aroma is very dank, line, melon, hints of cat piss, heavy spruce, juniper. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, hugely pungent, dank. Whoah. Medium light body.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2015 at 15:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, thanks to Jimmy. Pours quite murky burgundy, small pink head, decent lacing. Aroma is fresh raspberry jam. Flavor is hella raspberry, hints of tartness, not funky per se, but there is a slight tanginess. More of a fruit beer than a sour, but pretty tasty on its own merits. Best Pearl Street beer I have tried by a wide margin.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2015 at 14:46

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Filtered dulled orange-copper body. Foamy, glass lacing white head. A pretty solid IPA, displays the new varietal in an interesting fashion. Herbal, spicy, hints of hairspray phenolic. Almost there, drinkable, but not really world class stuff at all.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2015 at 20:00

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Pours a clear light yellow gold with a white head that dissipates quickly and nearly completely. Aroma has a good amount of sweet apple with a touch of earthy wheat and a hint of tartness. Flavor is more wheat forward with a bit of an apple not underlying.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2015 at 15:25