Tamarack Brewing Company

Brewpub in Lakeside, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2007

Contact
105 Blacktail Rd Ste #1, Lakeside, MT, 59922, United States
Description
Tamarack Brewing Company opened it’s doors in the summer of 2007, which is eons in the craft beer community. We brewed 380 barrels of beer in our first year of business; more than ten years later, we are up to 4,400. Tamarack in Missoula opened in 2011, serving the same great food and drink found in Lakeside.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Clear copper-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of malt, fruit and hops. Light to medium body with flavors of roast malt, caramel and slight fruity hop. The finish is sweet with a caramel malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

Tried on 24 Dec 2020 at 21:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Quite hazy golden and super copper and even bronze-tinted body with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of dank, floral and almost skunky, resinous hops with a nice malt backbone, some subtle alcohol and a dash of sugar. Medium-bodied; Strong rich malty bite at first that has a bit of biscuits and a grassy and herbal funky with some light yeast and a dash of bread and flowers with a kick of citrus, grapefruit and alpha acids, all from the hops, towards the finish. Aftertaste shows some grass, hay, floral dryness and a touch of light citrus fruits with a more pungent hop note from the aforementioned than from anything citrusey or juicy. Overall, a nice and very crisp and dry, flower and grass-forward beer that shows it's hop character and alpha acids that way, which is nice and relatively 'old school'. I sampled this sixteen ounce pour on draught at GunSight Saloon in Columbia Falls, Montana on 27-July-2020 for US$5,00 after driving the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park with my family. 

Tried on 28 Jul 2020 at 15:48


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

16oz can at share. Bright golden pour with small foamy head. Aroma is fruity, apricots. apricots a bit more robust in the taste, then some candy sweetness which tapers off to a dry, metallic, bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2020 at 19:15


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can pours out crisp clean golden topped with a white head. Nose is sweet jammy apricot some candy notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet apricot notes and a little soap.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2020 at 02:59


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz from a convenience store in Big Fork, MT. Aroma is Smarties, apricot, grain. Pours hazy light golden with a collapsing one finger bone-white head. Taste is moderately to highly sweet and savory with flavors of apricot. Refreshing, not bad. Edit: it really is too sweet, and I had to go back and bring the score down a little.

Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2019 at 04:56


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz from a convenience store in Big Fork, MT. Aroma is biscuity malt, light pine, citrus--altogether kind of faint. Pours hazy golden with a long-lasting cream-white head that laces. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness with some candy sweet malt character alongside. Somewhat soft carbonation. Slightly above average straightforward West Coast style IPA.

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2019 at 03:49


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap. (4.5% ABV) Pours a hazy pale orange-yellow with a small, creamy, long lasting, off-white head that laces. Mild, sweet aroma of grainy wheat malt, orange and yeast. Sweet flavour of grainy wheat malt, orange peel, coriander and yeast in a crisp, dry finish. Light body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Refreshing, not bad.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2019 at 22:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Tamarack, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma brings out medium roast, oats, and dry cocoa powder. Flavour is rich, with lots of oats, cocoa and medium roast. Dry and hearty. Good stout.

Tried from Draft on 30 May 2019 at 00:14


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Tamarack, pours a hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt, some resins and toasted caramel. Flavour is along the same lines, with bready malt and very subdued resins. Dry, yet balanced. Decent amber.

Tried from Draft on 30 May 2019 at 00:13


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Tamarack, pours a hazy amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma reveals sour red fruits, some balsamic and Belgian yeast. Flavour is quite tart, with tart stone fruits, Belgian yeast and some balsamic. Nicely constructed, with a tart, acetic finish. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 30 May 2019 at 00:13