JK (8171) reviewed Spring from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Light hop and herbal aroma. This beer looks like a lager but a good one. It is dark gold, and there is a light head. It is very clear for being unfiltered. Flavor is grassy. There are herbs and organic flavors, almost like they dropped in a handful of plant matter and got lucky because this is good stuff. Some honey. A little sweetness in the flavor, and a small dose of Town Hall yeast. Light over all, and while I prefer wheat beer in the warmer months, this isn’t a bad change up early in the season.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Not very good this time. Strange aroma of sweet honey that doesn’t fit the style. Gold with no head. Fairly bitter chalk and bitter malt; with an odd bite from carbonation and alcohol.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This is near the top of Town Hall creations. Amber colored and nearly still. I was hoping for an Abbot; but this one is a quad. It is nice to have a TH beer that is very light on the hops. They serve the beer too cold, but as it warms sweet malt comes through in the aroma and the flavor. The alcohol is hidden well, but a light burn on the tongue to remind you it is there. Some fruit.
JK (8171) reviewed Ol Jack Frost from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Looks like an imperial stout ought to; black, low carbonation, and a light, airy khaki colored head. It has an initial aroma of Sammy Smith’s imperial. The first flavor is soy sauce, but not as much as their czar jack. There is also a lot of coffee, almost making this a coffee stout. It is probably the dryest imperial stout I have had, so dry that it is hard to drink a lot of it. Fairly thick.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Nothing Belgian about this. Aroma is sort of weird honey and flowers, with bad burnt hair. Light red with no head. Light bitter flavor; flavor of a bitter describes it fairly. Light body. One of their less impressive beers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Maybe fruit beer is a better category because 150 lbs of bananas are part of the recipe. This is an opaque orange beer with almost no head. Good banana aroma, but it would benefit from more aroma and might be enhanced by some artificial banana flavoring. Good flavor as wel, with fresh bread, banana, light citrus and wheat. It does taste like banana bread in the thick, sweet finish. A good mid-winter hefeweizen.
JK (8171) reviewed Cider from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Not really similar to Strongbow at all. This cider has the appropriate, however light, apple aroma. It is light gold and still. Flavor is very light apples with a little sour bite. Unfortunately the palate is very poor; it seems literally watered down and very thin. The apple flavor is there, but it needs a little more body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The beer was served too cold and lacked all character; it was nearly indistinguishable from the Belgian ale they were serving at the same time. As it warmed the qualities started to show. The beer is cloudy brown with a small white head. The aroma has some wheat and light citrus; the aroma leads to the expectation of a sweet beer. This is like a light dunkelweizen. All appropriate aromas and flavors are there but a little lighter than they should be. Still a fairly good beer when it has a chance to warm. This one will be available for a while, and it is great to see TH branch out into another style. -----A month after my first taste, the beer has had some time to mature and subtle flavors of wheat and citrus and more abundant, but still seem underdone. The alcohol bite remains. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Not what it might have been, but still a very good beer. Light brown color and nearly still. Some cherry in the aroma, along with light malt. Strange flavor that can only be described as lemongrass, more sweet malt, some Belgian yeast and a little sourness at the end.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Excellent aroma of port, plums, and malt. The beer is black with only a thin layer of foam. Outstanding flavor. This beer is sweet, but not as sweet as the non-oak aged version. There are flavors of more port and aged red wine with tannins. Some fruit, and more malt. It becomes better, sweeter, and more full bodied as it warms to room termperature. This is an outstanding beer, and sadly they only made enough to last for one hour on tap at the brewpub.