jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Hard Way® IPA from Martin City Brewing Company 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
A: crystal clear golden body | thick soapy white head
A: grapefruit | yeast | hop pellets
F: orange zest | toffee | cardboardie finish
T: crisp malts | caramel | bready end
O: complete balance | fresh hops | citrusey but not 'juicy'
12 oz can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Kansas City, Missouri | 12-January-2026 | US$1,67 | canned: 08-December-2025 | sampled: a few minutes after purchase on 12-January-2026
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
8 oz half pour draft at Martin City Brewing Company Pizza & Tap (Mission Farms) in Overland Park, Kansas. The pour is a brown copper, clear, with a one inch foamy light khaki head. Nice coating lace left behind. The aroma is rich toffee malt, roast, and some cherry fruit sweetness. The taste is cherry malt, rich toffee, and a slight herbal medicinal finish with some syrup sweetness. The palate is medium to heavier bodied with soft carbonation and the lingering cherry malt sweetness. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Shaker pint draft at Martin City Brewing Company Pizza & Tap in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a copper golden ruby with almost no head, it was a very full pour. The aroma is caramel toffee malt, some black cherry fruit and floral. The taste is a rich caramel malt, slight toffee some of the black cherry from the nose, all with a present floral taste. The palate is medium bodied with soft carbonation and the sweet malt floral finish. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
8 oz draft at Martin City Brewing at Mission Farms in Leawood, Kansas. The pour is a clear golden with a limited white head. The aroma is honey malt, and a hint of floral. The taste is chewy honey malt, mixed with the grass, then a bright apple fruit sweetness. The palate is medium to light bodied with soft, lower carbonation and a kind of muddled malty finish.
theisti (5540) reviewed Fair Way from Martin City Brewing Company 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
8 oz draft at Martin City Brewing at Mission Farms in Leawood, Kansas. The pour is a clear golden with a limited white head. The aroma is citrus lime and lemongrass. The taste is bright citrus lime, then transitions into the lemongrass, and finishes with lemon zest and some of the rind. The palate is light bodied with active carbonation and the lemony finish, along with a bit of dirtiness to the lingering finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Shaker pint draft at the Mission Farms location of the Martin City Brewing Company Pizza and Tap in Overland Park, Kansas. The pour is an opaque black brown with a minimal dark khaki head. Leaves behind more lace than was expected. The aroma is roast, char malt, coffee and even more of the roast. The taste is the roast malt, soft char flavor, the light coffee and then finishes with a dry mineral with more roast. The palate is medium to light bodied with active carbonation and the dry mineral roast finish, with char in the after taste. Nicely put together, clean and easy to drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
8 oz goblet draft at the Mission Farms location of the Martin City Brewing Company Pizza and Tap in Overland Park, Kansas. The pour is mostly clear golden with a small foamy white head. The aroma is soft grain, corn and a touch of floral soft sweetness. The taste is sweet corn, hint of apple, cereal grain and clean to the back. The palate is light to medium bodied with soft carbonation and the sweetish finish. Clean, easy drinking beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Shaker pint draft at Martin City Brewing Company Coast to Coast Pub in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a clear golden with a limited white head. The aroma is cereal grain along with a bit of floral. The taste is the cereal malt grain, a nice noble hop and a touch of mineral earth towards the back. The palate is light to medium bodied with soft carbonation and the dry mineral finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
8 oz draft at the Martin City Brewing Company Coast to Coast Pub in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a clear golden with only the lace of a white head. The aroma is fruity, fruit stripe gum, a little bit of cereal malt behind the fruit. The taste is the fruit stripe gum, bubble gum, a sweet cream and a bit of the cereal malt closing it out. The palate is light bodied, active carbonation and a clean finish. Interesting, though not entirely my thing.
theisti (5540) reviewed Cafe Amber from Martin City Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
8 oz draft at the Martin City Brewing Company Coast to Coast Pub in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a clear amber, dark copper brown with only a wisp of off white head. The aroma is coffee, fresh grounds and caramel malt. The taste is a nice blend of the caramel malt character and the decently fresh coffee and nuttiness. The palate is light to medium bodied with low carbonation and a nice coffee, soft roast drier finish. Interesting, well done.