Against the Grain Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Louisville,
Kentucky,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2011
Contact
Description
Against The Grain offers an eclectic line of canned and barrel-aged beers. We can be found in up to 43 states in the good o' USA, upwards of 25 countries around the world, and, of course, right here the home in Louisville, KY.
Against the Grain Portland is our production facility. We have a three vessel 30 barrel system alongside five 60 barrel fermenters and our canning line. We also barrel age all of our beer at this location. (only open for special events)
(As of Dec 23, 2025, Against the Grain is a production brewery only).
Against the Grain Portland is our production facility. We have a three vessel 30 barrel system alongside five 60 barrel fermenters and our canning line. We also barrel age all of our beer at this location. (only open for special events)
(As of Dec 23, 2025, Against the Grain is a production brewery only).
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tangerine. Some marmalade. Golden pour with decent head. Bittersweet finish, some booze. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2023
at 01:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned. Hazy copper colour with a mediumsized foamy beige head. Aroma is roasted, nutty, chocolety with some caramel malts and mild floral tones. Flavour is nutty, some oats, mild toffee, spicy and mildly chocolaty tones. Smooth, but has a quite big bang to it.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2023
at 17:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canned (from Alko). Golden colour with a mediumsized white head. Aroma is bready and sweet malts along with some resin, wood and mild zesty tones. Flavour is big time toffeeish and crisp biscuity malts with some slight citrus and mild grassy tons.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2023
at 16:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Roast and a little lemon. Black pour with decent head. Light bitter end. Creamy mocha head. Light bitter end. Body medium. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2023
at 22:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Orangeish amber colour with a mediumsized head. Aroma is mango, citrus, some caramel and mild alcohol as well. Flavour is very fruity, nectary, some floral bitteress along with a bit wooden and some sweet malts to it. Fresh and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 16:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8/9/2023. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Kentucky rating #5. Pours black with a small bubbly tan coloured ring. Aroma is rich, woody, lightly smoked, roasted malt, dark fruits, coconut, dark chocolate, coffee. Very nicely balanced sweetness and woody roasty bitterness. Quite full bodied, soft carbonation. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2023
at 09:44
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Honey smoked ham, apple, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Dark amber with small head. Mildly sweet smoked ham, apple, caramel malt, and mildly bitter grass and mint flavor. Good body. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2023
at 22:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out amber topped with a sand head. Nose is nice sweet caramel toffee malts and some bourbon barrel vanilla notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts caramel bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2023
at 23:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 473mL can. Clear mahogany brown with full beige head. Nutty caramel and biscuit malt. Simple, but decently done brown ale.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2023
at 02:13
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.6
Pint can. Clear copper pour with a large foamy off white head that has fair retention. The aroma is mild with grains, caramel and some sawdust. The taste, like the aroma, features, malts, caramel and some lightly bitter woods. The palate is clean and crisp with soft carbonation. Finishes short and semisweet. Overall: decent Oktoberfest--very traditional--but not different or exciting, but that is not expected in this style.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2023
at 15:35