Big Rock Brewery
Regional Brewery
in
Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1985
Contact
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Description
Proud Early Bird of Craft Beer - The Big Rock Story
17,000 years ago, a glacier carried a huge rock onto the Alberta prairies where none like it had been before. This "big rock" is the glacial erratic we take our name from, as no doubt, our founder's notion of creating a craft brewery in 1985 was a bit erratic at the time.
The rooster represents our early arrival as craft brewers. It's also a bit of a nod to the "cock of the walk" bravura that Ed McNally had when he started Big Rock Brewery.
We craft our beer with our brewmasters’ skill and imagination, utilizing local ingredients and innovative processes, all rooted in Ed McNally's original passion for excellence and in doing things differently and better.
17,000 years ago, a glacier carried a huge rock onto the Alberta prairies where none like it had been before. This "big rock" is the glacial erratic we take our name from, as no doubt, our founder's notion of creating a craft brewery in 1985 was a bit erratic at the time.
The rooster represents our early arrival as craft brewers. It's also a bit of a nod to the "cock of the walk" bravura that Ed McNally had when he started Big Rock Brewery.
We craft our beer with our brewmasters’ skill and imagination, utilizing local ingredients and innovative processes, all rooted in Ed McNally's original passion for excellence and in doing things differently and better.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Toronto's Festival of Beer on 07/24/2022.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2022
at 14:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Poured from the tap. Clear-ish copper brown with small white head. Mild biscuit malt, touch of caramel malt, quite uninteresting.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2022
at 03:03
4/10
Honey and sweet hay malt on the sip. Straight into a pungent leafy bitterness that lingers. Not great.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2022
at 19:57
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Golden clean colour with no carbonation, but a big frothy white cap, good stay and lots of light foamy lacing. Macrobrew hops feeling fake in the nose. Not grassy, not herbal, more medicinal. The mouthfeel confirms the light carbonation, to none. The taste shows this macro hops, giving some decent bitterness for a lager, and mild dryness in the finish. Not my favourite, hoppier lager.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2022
at 01:26
6.6/10
Typical, nothing worth noting. Surprisingly not smooth if anything. Nothing off though, just earthy in a slightly harsher way. Sk lb
Tried
on 18 Dec 2021
at 21:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2021
at 00:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
473mL can, pours a clear copper golden with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out earthy and piney hops, and crisp bready malt. Flavour is bizarre, with a lot of sweet malt upfront which buries the earthy, piney hops. There's also traces of butter in here that don't help. Too sweet, not assertive enough on the hops, and generally just flawed. Poor beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2021
at 04:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
473mL can, pours a hazy pale golden with a medium white head. Nose is semi-juicy with stone fruits, gentle citrus hops, and traces of butter. Flavour brings out citrus hops, light sweetness, crisp biscuity malt, and traces of butter. Crisp and juicy, but also flawed with the butter. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2021
at 04:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
473mL can, pours a hazy bright golden with a medium white head. Aroma is somewhat metallic, with some juicy hops, and light citrus. Flavour is along the same lines, with light metallic notes, juicy hops, citrus notes, and gentle stone fruits. Bitter and somewhat metallic, but reigned in somewhat by the juiciness. Okay, but flawed.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2021
at 04:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
473mL can, pours an opaque peachy golden with a large white foamy head. Aroma bursts with vibrant tropical fruits, citrus hops, and lots of juiciness. Flavour is quite juicy as well, with citrus hops, bitter citrus peel, and juicy, tropical stone fruits. Vibrant and juicy, with nice hopping. For a sub-5% IPA, this is pretty impressive really. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2021
at 03:15