Great Raft Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Shreveport,
Louisiana,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Great Raft Brewing
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Description
Great Raft Brewing is a Shreveport, Louisiana based craft brewery dedicated to making creative, authentic beer and helping to build a great beer culture within communities it serves. Co-founders Andrew and Lindsay Nations are Shreveport natives with a passion for beer. Born from their desire to bring exciting, flavorful, fresh craft beer to their hometown, Great Raft Brewing is bringing the craft brewing tradition to Northern Louisiana.
Great Raft Brewing was founded on the principle of brewing what we call “Real Beer.” Real Beer is brewed with creativity, passion, and authenticity. Our beer is brewed with creativity that pushes the boundaries of style, a passion for greatness, and authentic, quality ingredients. Drink Real Beer. You deserve it.
Great Raft Brewing was founded on the principle of brewing what we call “Real Beer.” Real Beer is brewed with creativity, passion, and authenticity. Our beer is brewed with creativity that pushes the boundaries of style, a passion for greatness, and authentic, quality ingredients. Drink Real Beer. You deserve it.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (6/24/22) shared by AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! It's an opaque light brown-dark yellow with thin cap of off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong sweet ruby red grapefruit and, weirdly, rye with caraway seeds! Taste is strong ruby red grapefruit over lemon-orange with background wheat. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thin texture soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, nice grapefruit beer, and somehow I conjured up some rye/caraway that made it different for me. Enjoyed it!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2022
at 02:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 oz. can. Aroma shows an abundance of ruby red grapefruit and nothing more. Other than ruby red grapefruit I can maybe only find some wheat. It certainly is tasty. It’s a nice summer drinking beer.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2022
at 22:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice roast malts some ash. Taste is more of the nice roast malts ash and a toast nut kick.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2022
at 21:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap pours out straw topped with a white head. Nose is lime tartness some cinnamon gramcracker. Taste is more of the lime notes cinnamon gramcracker and some tartness on the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2022
at 20:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can brought by Liz from Vin Carre. Pours very dark brown with a slight, transient darkish tan head. Scharzbier aroma. Slightly burnt malt with a chocolate note. Med body. Not dry, but not really sweet. Mildly bitter. Very good flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2022
at 23:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Vin Carre transported by Liz. Pours translucent gold with a largeish creamy white head. Getting grapefruit in a light way for aroma. Med body or better (creamy carbonation). Tropical, juicy, but not very sweet. Flavor is bitter, and pretty much grapefruit - tho more zest than juice. Strong flavor. Tasty flavor. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2022
at 01:45
7/10
Lighter and more carb than I'd like (hence the mess) but still a great crushable rice lager.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2022
at 17:03
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Dark chocolate malt, ash, and hay aroma. Oil black with large brown head. Moderately sweet molasses, dark chocolate malt, and mildly bitter ash and hay flavor. Great body and balance. A great beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2022
at 01:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Can was only 3/4ths full, but no loss of carbonation or off flavors and no leaks, so I’m guessing it’s more of a QC issue. The beer itself is a very nice schwarzbier, mixing chocolate and roast with mild fruity esters and a firm bitterness on the finish. Really solid version of the style. Which I’d gotten all twelve ounces.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2022
at 00:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can from John, much appreciated, 6/12/22. Canned 5/18/22. Unclear golden color with a nice frothy white head. Grains, grass, and some bright citrus notes. Lightly herbal. Rice and floral notes as well. Quite flavorful and very refreshing. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jun 2022
at 19:32