Gneiss Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Limerick, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2013
Closed in 2024
Contact
Description
Gneiss is a German-inspired weizen-brauerei striving for a balance between the characteristics of the old world layered upon the nuances and eccentricity of the modern era of brewing. Work Hard. Play Hard. Be Gneiss!
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Flute pours a sunset orange with frothy white head. Nose has orange and some muddled fruit, some yeast and grist. Flavor isn't as good, pithy, citrus, grass, yeast. Finishes a bit tannic. 6 4 6 3 11
Tried
on 04 Jul 2021
at 19:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at River Road tavern Lightly hazy light gold in color with a thin white head that recedes. Light crackery bread with some earthy spicy hops and a bit of astringency. Needs a bit of work but not horrible.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2021
at 00:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can pour from trade with Johnnnniee via the Packie--thanks, John! It's a hazy dark yellow-light brown with decent sparkle, finger-width white foamy head with poor retention and sparse lacing. Aroma is moderately strong wheat, fruity esters, bubblegum, clove, hint of tart fruit. Taste is strong wheat, European malts, fruity esters, bubblegum, light banana, hint of tart fruit. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, average-to-lively carbonation and finish as taste with dry mild lingering bitterness. Overall, a nice complexity and strength of aromas and flavors. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2021
at 03:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
16 oz. can. Aroma is all cold brew coffee. The flavor has lasting coffee, slight prune, with a very mild sour hint underneath. Texture is thinner with a dry texture. I wish I could find more of the Schwarzbier. Also, the sour note throws this off a bit.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2020
at 22:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
No date on can. Couldn’t find information about this on the brewery website either. Slightly hazy deep gold color. Aroma shows me slight citrus, herbal hints and for some strange reason coconut. Why do I taste coconut? Weak citrus, mild earthy bitterness. Lighter body. It shows mild drinkability.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2019
at 21:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma has slight caramel, apples nuance. Flavor is toffee, dark fruit hints, toasted grain. Mild earthy bitterness in the finish. Body leans on the thin side. For the style just ok for me.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2019
at 20:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma shows me weak cracker, light milled grain, yeast. Flavor is what the aroma suggests. Body is extremely light (bordering watery). Still overall, drinkable.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2019
at 23:12
8/10
One last beer for 2018!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2018
at 21:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can, from Nikki's @ Providence. Pours faintly cloudy pale yellow with small foamy whitish head, malt aroma with faint grassy hops, high carbonation, mild malty taste with light grassy hops, thin body, abrupt finish. Smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2018
at 23:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Great Lost Bear - Portland. Pours clear yellow with a foamy, white head. Not much to the nose, some vague pale grains, dry bread. Light sweet flavour with a subtle tangy off note, soft bitter hay. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Somewhat dry in the finish, more or grains, hay. So so overall. Drinkable.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2018
at 18:44