Gizmo Brew Works

Microbrewery in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Gizmo Brew Works

Established in 2013

Contact
5907 Triangle Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27617, United States
Description
Gizmo Brew Works launched into the public sphere in April of 2013. Gizmo represents the thinkers, tinkerers, and inventors who make up RTP and the Umstead Industrial Park which we call home.

At its inception, Gizmo Brew Works inherited a 2 barrel brewhouse, making it one of the smallest production breweries in North Carolina. Strong and feisty for its size, Gizmo surged forth into the competitive beer market. As Gizmo’s reputation grows, so does its size. In 2015 new infrastructure boosted its growth with larger tanks and a new 7 bbl brewhouse. Now in 2019 we set forth on an expansion to quadruple our brewing capacity as well as opening our first satellite taproom in Chapel Hill. In addition to small-batch taproom only releases, thirsty souls can find our beer in some of the finest retail shops and restaurants/bars throughout North Carolina. We of Gizmo Brew Works hold ourselves to high standards. We self-distribute our craft, straight from our brewery to our customers, ensuring the absolute freshest beer possible.

Inquisitive drinkers can drop by the taproom to sample our wares. We offer tours every Saturday at 4pm and most weekends feature food trucks and live music.

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7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Caramel malt and fresh hay aroma. Hazy amber with large tan head. Lightly sweet caramel malt, and moderately bitter, astringent fresh hay flavor. Good body.
Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2021 at 02:39

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Clear golden coloured body with a lot of bubbles rising from the bottom, with a dense, three centimetre tall just off-white head that leaves a thin lace on the sides. Aroma of grassy, floral, herbal hops with only a dash of malts, with a tiny dose of sweetness, but a good hit of alpha acid bitterness, at least in the nose. Ultra light-bodied; Very crisp and dry hop notes dominate with a perfumey character and bite and only a smidgen of malts here, but more of a bitter tea and herbal bite, but nothing is really pungent to back it up - no malts here. Aftertaste is dry, but very one-dimensional and soft, throughout, with some light alpha acids and bitterness, but without any noticeable malts, this shows at most like a Light IPA. Overall, a decent at best IPA that really needs some depth and especially some malts to bring out something else than the dry, herbal and very grassy hop notes. Nice enough to sample from North Carolina, and while I'm glad I didn't have to fly back home with this one, I wish I didn't buy it at all! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Cary (Crossroads Boulevard), North Carolina on 30-May-2021 for US$3,99, canned on 26-February-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-June-2021.
Tried from Can on 01 Dec 2021 at 07:00

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
2 week old pint can A: Poured a tall thick puck of tan foam atop a clear black brown body. Very good retention and stringy sheets of lace. S: Strong roast coffee with a hint of cream, caramel and molasses. T: Likewise, strong moderately bitter roast coffee with nutty burnt undertones, cocoa powder and low caramel sweetness. M: Crisp carbonation, medium body and a slick creamy finish. O: Good balance of pronounced bitter and slightly sweet. I like it.
Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2021 at 22:55

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
10 day old pint can A: Lightly hazed medium gold color with a short, fast falling head. S: Bright citrus aroma featuring lemon, lime and grapefruit. Also floral notes and sweet wafer cookies. T: Light wafer cookie sweetness, heavy citrus pith and zest. Grapefruit and orange are featured more in the taste. Wood and caramel join at the end. M: Light for the strength and a bit astringent. Light stickiness offsets the hop burn to a degree. O: Good citrus bomb. A bit strong for me but despite that and the hop burn, I'd buy this again.
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2021 at 23:50

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Month old pint can A: Poured hard to a tall thick yellow beige head atop a clear brassy medium gold body. Long retention and clumpy lace. S: Light but fresh tart orange and grapefruit over caramel and honey. T: Bitter lemon lime pulp and pith fade into a woody middle before leaving a light tart citrus and floral aftertaste. M: Lightly resinous initial feel ending clean with average carbonation. O: Not much to it but what's there is very nice. I love these single hop experiments from Gizmo.
Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2021 at 23:19

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught at the brewery, 8/28/21.
Dark amber, clear. Off-white head fades to cover steadily.
Malt and yeast nose (fruity with caramel and honey backdrops). Light overall, with musty, mineral-heavy yeast strong and maybe some bare black malt.
Roasty flavor with sweetness growing pleasantly on the end, mixed with mild bitterness/acidity. Medium-light body. Interesting for sure and clean and dry. No alcohol noted. I like how much fruitiness they got out of this with no adjuncts.
Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 20:38

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Draught at the brewery, 8/28/21.
Lightly hazy, dark bronze-brass with a small-to-medium-sized, white head that shows low-to-moderate retention.
Nose is soft and malty with plentiful yellow fruit and mild citrus from the hops. Very inviting, without the usual intensely aggressive, piney-resinous West Coast style hop character. Clean and with light mineral/house yeast fruitiness. Balanced and hoppy with no alcohol noted.
Soft and malty, bordering juicy on the hops though it's not tropical. Tons of yellow fruit. This reminds me of when West Coast IPAs started, before they became the bitter style IPA. Tons of pear, lemon, tangerine, apricot and just a hint of enjoyable pine with honey and bread from the malts balancing nicely. No alcohol or flaw with a soft, malty texture. Excellent! I wish I could have tried the other roughly 100 IPAs they had available. They seem to do them very well.
Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 20:35

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draught at the brewery, 8/28/21.
Almost clear, pale golden. Small white head fades quickly to cover.
Spicy, slightly lemon-acid nose with a bit of odd pepper-like notes. Not much in the beer department, though, of course, these are light, fruity wheat beers so I'm not expecting tons. Clean, at least.
Light, fruity, slightly salted flavor with some soft, bland wheat, a light body and low, somewhat engaging carbonation. Bit vegetal and almost light metallic. Very light, low flavored, but inoffensive and fine.
Tried on 30 Aug 2021 at 17:29

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draught at the brewery, 8/28/21.
Lovely light pink, lightly hazy with a small, off-white head showing low retention.
Strong acidity in the nose is unclear whether it's acetic or from the strawberry. Little bit of saltiness, perhaps, clean otherwise, no alcohol noted.
Flavor of some breakfast cereal...is it Trix? No....oh my god, it's berry Kix. Like, exactly like berry Kix. Absurdly so. Soft and fruity with the same flavor as that cereal.
Tried on 30 Aug 2021 at 15:25

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Draught at the brewery, 8/28/21.
Clear, pale, brass-tinted golden with little/no head.
Very heavy blueberry nose. Not cheap/syrupy or anything, really, but just utterly dominated by the blueberry notes. No real sense of what beer is underneath it.
Flavor is more of the same; dominated by blueberry, quite sweet, as well, with a touch of light bitterness on the finish but not too much else here. Maybe some mild Belgian ester/phenol. It's clean at least, and I like the blueberries for what they are, but the beer as a whole is just mostly that. Very light-bodied, no alcohol or flaw noted.
Tried on 30 Aug 2021 at 14:55