Great River Brewery

Microbrewery in Davenport, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2004

Closed in 2019

Contact
332 E 2nd St, Davenport, IA, 52801, United States
Description
Locally owned and operated. Every drop brewed and canned on site at GRB.

We are a family owned craft brewery that began in 2004 in Iowa City and moved to our present location in Davenport in 2009. Our owners are the brewers and 100% of our beer is brewed here at our location in Davenport. We also can our beers and craft sodas on site. We have a small tasting room and a large patio with views of the roller dam on the Mississippi River. Once a month we hold a tasting party to introduce our newest seasonal or small batch beers.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft. Golden amber color, white head. Aroma of cotton candi. Taste is sweet caramel apple candy. Sweet stuff.
Tried from Draft on 20 Aug 2015 at 10:02

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at GTMW 2015. Deep brown color, thin beige head. Aroma of vanilla, booze, cocoa. Taste has vanilla, whiskey, coffee. Sweet stuff.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2015 at 10:10

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at GTMW 2015. Hazy yellow color, thick creamy white head. Aroma of dusty cocoa. Taste is chocolatey straw. Interesting and easy to drink.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2015 at 10:07

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
From my dear brother: Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate and nuts. Taste is a bit sweet. Low bitterness in general. Rather smooth. Generally pretty simple. Not a bad beer though.
Tried on 17 May 2015 at 22:39

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Clear deep amber color, medium white head. Aroma of light toast and grapefruit. Taste is fruity citrus on a caramel background. Easy drinking.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2015 at 09:43

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Deep brown with chestnut accents and a light tan head. Chocolate, light roasted malts, a bit of caramel, espresso, some background fruitiness. Relatively thin body. Flavor is heavier on the roasted malt and chocolate with light sweet fruit. A solid brown ale but would be improved by a fuller body. Good beer, though.
Tried on 12 Apr 2015 at 23:02

6.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Medium dark brown with a light beige head. Mostly an aroma of roasted malt but has a bit of sweet caramel, too. Flavor is roasted, earth, light cocoa. Finish is lightly sweet and bitter. A pretty standard stout, mostly. Good.
Tried on 02 Apr 2015 at 01:19

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can 16fl.oz. [ As Great River Owney Irish Style Red Ale ].Clear medium red amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty malt, light tobacco, tart fruit - berry notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dusty malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20140517]
Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2014 at 12:36

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can. Red amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, berries. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, berries, caramel, floral. Medium body. Boring beer.
Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2014 at 00:23

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Thanks Olivia for the can.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy brown color with a one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light speckled lacing here and there in a messy sort of way.
The smell had some light crisp roasty coffee to some light sweet chocolate.
The taste was mainly sweet and tried to hold a respectable roastiness but somehow through this flavoring it seemed like it just wasn’t balanced enough.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat subdued and gave off a clear crisp sweetness rolling over my tongue.
Overall, kinda weird as a stout - I’m not used to having a stout of this nature. Would I have it again? Maybe...
Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2014 at 23:39