Great Northern Brewing Company
Client Brewer
in
Whitefish,
Montana,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Great Northern Brewing Company
- Out of business
Established in 1995
Contact
Description
Founded in 1995 in the mountain town of Whitefish, Montana, our recipes, ingredients and brands are inspired by our rugged surroundings and adventurous spirit. After a brief hiatus, we’re thrilled to announce the return of local favorites Going to the Sun IPA and Wild Huckleberry Lager…both returning to store shelves and a watering hole near you!
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap. Pours a clear amber with a small, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Faint, sweet aroma of bready malt, caramel and a hint of earthy hops. Sweet flavour of caramel malt and biscuit with a dry, bitter hop finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2017
at 02:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap. Pours a cloudy pale yellow with a medium, frothy, long lasting white head that laces. Sweet, mild aroma of wheat malt, lemon and light yeast. Sweet flavour of wheat malt, lemon, floral and yeast with a mildly bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2017
at 21:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Aroma is floral, fruity (berry, citrus), caramel, ginger ale. Pours hazy new penny copper with a thick bone-white head with good retention and some lace. Taste is sweet, mildly bitter. Mouthfeel is a little watery. With that ABV, those IBUs, and that mouthfeel, it seems more like a straight pale ale. Kind of boring whatever it is. 6,4,5,4,10=2.9. 5/21/19 update; 12 oz can: they've upped the IBUs to 51, and now it definitely tastes like an IPA, and not a bad one either. It's moderately bitter with flavors of citrus, pine, floral notes. I wonder if this a fresher can than the bottle I had before. Upgraded from a 2.9 to a 3.6.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2017
at 20:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Marcus. Pours orange gold with a white head. Aroma is floral. Med body or so. Flavor is an odd sort of cooked pale stone fruit with some slightly roasty malt and after notes of diacetyl. I don’t like that. Not a terrible beer, but for me it’s not too enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2016
at 22:00
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Marcus. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is spicy and citrus - not very strong. About med body. Flavor is mildly spicy/citrus and has a definite wheat flavor. Better than a lot of wheats. Not really bitter, but decently so. Could be lake beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2016
at 18:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Slightly hazed amber with a white head. A bit of smoky tea leaf, orange malt scent. Orange-peel, caramel malt, light orange and tea flavour. Pretty good.....nice Earl Grey notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 16:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tea, orange caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Lightly sweet orange, tea, caramel malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Body a bit light. Okay but don’t get much tea flavor.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2016
at 17:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Orange/peach, caramel malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Mildly sweet orange caramel malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Decent, standard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2016
at 16:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle at the Roosevelt Lodge restaurant in Yellowstone. Pours a pale, bubbly yellow, with a small, white head. The aroma is lemon cream, straw and dry grass, light banana, and a bit of bread dough. Sweet and grainy, with a mild bitterness that balances nicely. Light body, with an effervescent and crisp mouthfeel. This a wheat forward and nicely yeasty beer. refreshing and simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2016
at 14:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice copper and bronze glow to a thinnish, single centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of earth, toffee, pears and apples and a bit of very mellow english or low a.a. hops. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong earthy and biscuity malt flavours with some caramel and toffee and a touch of light herbal hops and a touch of grass coupled with some sweeter elements on the end, but nothing too deep or strong either way. Aftertaste is rather bland with only a touch of biscuits and earth and a little hop bitterness, but not much. Overall, not such a great beer, which is too bad, because the name and beer bottle are nice, but that’s the way it goes. Definitely not worth carting this all the way from rural Montana to Washington then up to Maine, but still, neat for me to try. However, if you are based out West, there is no real need to sample this one at all. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Vintage Cellars in Great Falls, Montana on 20-June-2016 for US$1,75 sampled in my hotel room here in Portland, Maine on 29-July-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2016
at 12:17