Hay Camp Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Rapid City,
South Dakota,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hay Camp Brewing Company
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
Hay Camp Brewing Company is Rapid City's first production brewery. We are a nanobrewery that produces small batch handcrafted beers exclusive to onsite sales. The tavern emulates Rapid City's early developmental era, originally established as a hay camp in the Black Hills. With Karl Koth and Sam Papendick being brewers and tavern operators, the customers will be educated on how each beer is unique and which offering pairs best with their particular taste. And our front of the house main man, Sam Coil, will be offering up great events and good times. We look forward to serving up the best craft brews in town.
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draught at source: pours gold with white head. Limey citrus or something. Kettle soured sweetness. Unexciting beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught at source: pours dark amber with white head. Aroma is dark fruit, light toast. Taste is sweetish and fruity.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Draught at source: pours black with creamy head. Aroma is smoke, roast, chocolate. Nice smoke flavor. Well roasted. Great aftertaste. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught at source: pours gold with white head. Aroma is light fruitiness, breadiness. Taste is light, easily bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:13
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught at source: pours gold with white head. Aroma is floral, bready. Nicely malty pils. Low bitterness. Pretty solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draught at source: pours gold with white head. Light bread and grain, with light dankness. Clean and very light taste. Fine. In honesty did not realize that they were going for a session IPA on this.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2025
at 15:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
s: licorice | bourbon | burnt coffee
a: oily dark brown body | no head at all
t: caramelised sugars | smoked meat | fennel on finish
p: soy sauce | deep chocolates | earthy malts
o: smoother after 5+ years (fresh would have been TOO strong) | complex rustic notes | good to try if you can find it & are out seeing Mount Rushmore!!!
75 cL wax capped bottle | Smith's Liqour Gallery: Rapid City, South Dakota | 25-June-2020 | US$17,99 | bottled: 26-March-2020 | sampled: 11 & 12 July 2025, just over five years after purchase!
a: oily dark brown body | no head at all
t: caramelised sugars | smoked meat | fennel on finish
p: soy sauce | deep chocolates | earthy malts
o: smoother after 5+ years (fresh would have been TOO strong) | complex rustic notes | good to try if you can find it & are out seeing Mount Rushmore!!!
75 cL wax capped bottle | Smith's Liqour Gallery: Rapid City, South Dakota | 25-June-2020 | US$17,99 | bottled: 26-March-2020 | sampled: 11 & 12 July 2025, just over five years after purchase!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2025
at 05:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from explosivedog: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is dark chocolate, licorice, roasty. Taste is slightly bitter, sweet, light bitterness. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2023
at 04:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black. Liquorice, bourbon, dark chocolate, earthy, tobacco. Medium body. Old school. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2023
at 03:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by explosivedog: pours black motor oil with beige head. Aroma is bourbon, licorice, vanilla. Slightly sweet, dry, lightly bitter, bourbon finish. Nice. old school
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2023
at 02:05