Mother Road Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Flagstaff,
Arizona,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Mother Road Brewing Company - Pike Brewery
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Description
Driving on a dark stretch of two lane road, the Marquess family headed into the final stretch of their journey home. Pondering how to better live their creed of 'finding joy in the adventure,' they came up with a plan to join their passions of craft beer, travel, Arizona and the enjoyment of life. Founded, was Mother Road Brewing Company.
The Mother Road was the moniker given to U.S. Highway 66 by Grapes of Wrath author John Steinbeck, as he shared the story of the fictional Joad family, who traveled the road in hopes of trading desperation and heartache for hope and new beginnings. The Mother Road Brewery now resides along a lost portion of the storied highway, symbolizing both the journey we’ve made and our passion for craft beer, motoring and history.
The Mother Road was the moniker given to U.S. Highway 66 by Grapes of Wrath author John Steinbeck, as he shared the story of the fictional Joad family, who traveled the road in hopes of trading desperation and heartache for hope and new beginnings. The Mother Road Brewery now resides along a lost portion of the storied highway, symbolizing both the journey we’ve made and our passion for craft beer, motoring and history.
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at OHSO. hazy bright golden color, medium white head. Nice fruity citrus aroma. Taste is bittersweet summer fruit. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2016
at 17:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Raven Cafe in Prescott. Black color, beige head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of pine cones dipped in coffee. Taste is very roasty pine. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2016
at 16:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 1.5
From a 12 oz bottle is a clear gold color with a slight head. The aroma is malty and the taste has hints of metal and finishes with a bread dough quality
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2015
at 18:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Flavors of bread. Crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2015
at 18:16
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can (the kind where the whole top peels off when opened, very cool) pours with a nearly clear gold body that supports a dirty white head that leaves behind spotty lacing. The opened can turns out to be a great place to assess the aroma after the poor. I get loads of tropical fruit notes like cantaloupe, pineapple and mango to go along with a bit of tangelo and spicy earthy faintly dank hoppiness. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of pineapple and cantaloupe juiciness to go along with some bitter grapefruit and mild levels of bitter onion like dankness. It gets a little juicy with ripe tangelo joining in about midway. In the background is a clean supportive malty base. Solid stuff here with plenty of juiciness and moderate hop bitterness to create a tasty harmony of hoppy flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2015
at 18:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
Poured From a 12 oz bottle it is a clear light amber color with a slight head. The aroma is malty and the taste is a bitter beginning that ends with hints of pineapple
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 17:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
From a 12 oz bottle shared at the OBX. Pours a clear copper with a thin off white head. Malty nose. Flavors of tropical fruit and salt. Smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 17:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Deep unfiltered brown-black body. Steady, foamy rusty beige head. Not much of an aroma, sort of muted. OK for what it is, pretty down the middle, straightforward...which is a good thing here. A solid Black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2015
at 22:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12oz bottle. Doesn’t smell impressive...grainy, dry, cheap. This is a pretty weak offering. Inexpert brewing, mild off tones. Buttery, grainy, certainly captures none of the sublime tones of the style. Definitely wouldn’t get this again, and would be traumatized had I picked up a sixpack. Avoid unless you are a serious ticker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2015
at 22:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle. Filtered orange-copper body. Thin, oily off-white head. Not that impressive of an aroma...some caramel, mild fuggle-like hops. Soapy and earthy, with a caramel malt backdrop. Not impressive at all, tastes like a 90s brewpub APA. Pretty weak overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2015
at 23:41