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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Draft. From notes. Herbal and citrus hops with bready and caramel malts. Not too shabby.
Tried from Draft on 13 Jul 2014 at 12:22

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear mahogany, medium beige tan head, dissipates quickly, nice lacing. Aroma is smoky, coffee, burned coffee. Flavor does, quite smoky, burned, light sweet, light bitter, a but of acid. Medium body, tasty.
Tried from Draft on 23 Apr 2014 at 15:09

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Tap. Pours crystal clear orange, medium off white head, creamy with nice lacing. Aroma is light, faint notes of caramel and pine. Flavor is medium sweet, grape jelly (!), spruce, bread, pine, light bitter. Lingering bitter jelly finish, but bit harsh. Medium body. Surely interesting, not sure how great it is, but points for originality.
Tried from Draft on 23 Apr 2014 at 15:04

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Tap at Old Fashioned. Unfiltered cloudy orange. No real head, thin oily residue. Sweet orange-clove aroma. Medium bodied, doughy malt backbone. Zesty citrus lemon-banana clove flavor. Enjoyable, but not really on the level of classic Bavarian examples. A nice citrus bite, smooth sweet finish. Well balanced.
Tried from Draft on 18 May 2013 at 20:23

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a very pale yellow color with a thin, creamy head that leaves a fair bit of lacing. Faint grainy aroma. Taste was of sweet grains, pale malts, and some grassy hops. Light bodied and overly carbonated. Decent enough on a hot summer day I suppose.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2013 at 11:47

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Brown-black with a beige head. Fruity artificial cherry tones. I don’t get much bourbon at all, just sweet chocolate sugariness. Medium bodied, pretty unimpressive. Cocoa sweetness. Easy drinker. Whateva.
Tried on 13 Mar 2013 at 17:21

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 ounce bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a light copper color with a medium white head. A light caramel malty nose and some fruity hops. Nothing like a big IIPA: sweet , yes some light dankness, bitter orange peel, caramel, earthy. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2012 at 15:24

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Bottle shared by Dallas, thanks
Appearance: Hazy golden with a small off-white head and good lacing
Aroma and taste of caramel and piney
Nice and smooth, tastes like a barley wine
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2012 at 16:08

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap. Pours clear pale amber with a small off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma is honey, toffee, and grass. Flavor is lightly sweet with a light grassy bitterness and some unidentified light spiciness. Light bodied. Kind of the definition of an average beer.
Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2012 at 08:10

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear buttery amber with a tiny white head, no retention and no lacing. Aroma is pure spices - nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, clove, plus some caramel. Flavor is the same, spice dominated and quite sweet with obvious pumpkin notes. Lightly astringent, light to medium body. Pretty good effort, if overspiced for my taste.
Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2012 at 08:05