Belching Beaver

Microbrewery in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
980 Park Center Dr, Ste A, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
Description
Launched in 2012 by by Thomas Vogel, Dave Mobley, and brewmaster Troy Smith, Belching Beaver Brewery evolved from a desire to make great beer and have a ‘Dam Good Time’ doing it. The award-winning craft beer company is focused on two things: First, have a brand that offers quality craft beer, while also being whimsical and fun to inspire good times. Each Belching Beaver beer release carries its own individual style and personality. Second, make beer for everyone and all palates. Our San Diego Brewery hosts 5 different locations serving craft beer you're going to love, of which the Oceanside Brewhouse is the production brewery.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 8
16 oz. can. Pours black, with a big, foamy, brown head. The aroma is chocolate syrup, bright strawberry, chalk, cinnamon, and caramel. Very sweet and malty, with a hint of bitterness. Medium to heavy body, with a malty and smooth finish. Delicious!
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2022 at 14:54

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark brown, on the nose with a butterscotch character - ok, that's caramel flavour. On the palate that caramel is pretty prominent, some chocolate and a fair bit of alcohol. A bit clunky, but maybe that's just me not digging the caramel character.
Tried on 02 Jul 2022 at 05:35

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of dark sugars, earthy cocoa and a hint of barrels. Flavour is chocolatey and barrel-heavy, with lots of dark cocoa, dark sugars, and a hint of bourbon barrels. Lots of dark sugars, kind of murky, with a sugary bourbon finish. Not the most complex or elegant BA impie, but it's solid.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2022 at 05:34

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16 oz. Aroma is grainy, lightly grassy. Pours nearly clear golden with a one+ finger bone white head with excellent retention. Taste has a mild to moderate bitterness.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2022 at 00:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Aces & Ales. Clear pale gold, white head. Pils malt, citrus notes. Bit hoppy for a pils.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2022 at 21:14

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours slightly translucent gold with a large creamy head that turned to lacing froth. Aroma of earth and pale fruit over lightly roasty malt. Med body. Flavor is earth, pale stone fruit, and something like a mushroom. Quite dry. Decently bitter. It's even slightly astringent. Very different, but I like the flavor.
Tried from Can on 18 Jun 2022 at 02:23

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle from Hops & Bottles. Near black pour, barely there bubbly head. Caramel aroma, sweet. More caramel in the taste, light barrel notes. One of the better show cases for caramel in a beer that I've had. Tasty, sweet. Not overly strong.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2022 at 04:45

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
OnTap Foggy light pale lemon yellow Thin off white head. Light and juicy tropical notes but also a strong sharp pithy bite.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2022 at 19:11

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
500 ml. Aroma has notes of bourbon, chocolate, sherry, raisin, vanilla, toffee. Pours very dark brown to black with a thin beige head that settles into a ring quickly. Taste is moderately to highly sweet with a lightly bitter edge. Slightly salty. Strong caramel flavor, also bourbon, coffee, sherry. Good, but pretty rich.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2022 at 03:27

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
16 oz. Aroma has notes of chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, roast, caramel, dark bread. Pours black with a thin beige head that falls into a ring pretty quickly. Taste is lightly to moderately sweet with a lightly bitter edge. Tastes a lot like Neapolitan ice cream with all three flavors fully represented, with some leafy hop presence in the background. Velvety mouthfeel. Underrated.
Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2022 at 23:37