Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub

Brewpub in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
2716 East 38th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Description
Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub opened in September 2012 with much anticipation. A neighborhood, crowd-funded, investment model put this brewpub on the national scene. This was due to the offer of free beer for life, in return for a $1000 investment. Three years later, Northbound is an award-winning brewpub and operates in its humble space with several nods from the City Pages ‘Best Of’ issues, 2015 Kind-of-A-Big-Deal Awards and a Silver Medal from the World Beer Cup, as well as being featured on an episode of ‘Beer Geeks’ and most recently the Piggin’ Out episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.

Unlike most brewery taprooms, Northbound is a bonafide full-service brewpub with a restaurant and full bar that includes a great whiskey selection. Northbound continues to grow and evolve with its scratch kitchen, equipped with two industrial smokers and also by consistently pumping out adventurous top-notch beers. Look for the highly anticipated Snow Series Beers this winter, which includes the award-winning Snownami, a Chocolate Raspberry Imperial Stout.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft at the source. Clear golden color, thick creamy head. Floral aroma. Taste has lightly bitter fruit. OK.
Tried from Draft on 12 Mar 2016 at 14:27

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a sweet clementine citrus with a touch of bitterness underlying and a bit of grain underlying. Flavor is full of sweet clementine and sweet grains with just a hint of bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2015 at 20:42

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. Pours a clear deep gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a light wheat and honey dew notes with a touch of earthiness underlying. Flavor is more honey due forward with some earthy wheat supporting.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jun 2015 at 21:44

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear brown with an amber hue and an off-white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has a good amount of bread and nuttiness with some sweet dark grains and agave underlying. Flavor has sweet dark grains, bread and agave with a touch of nuttiness.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2015 at 20:56

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark amber with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a decent amount of bread and toffee with a hint of roast underlining. Flavor has dark grains and toffee up front with a growing roasted malt and light smoke note through the finish.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2015 at 20:20

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a bit of bitter citrus and grass but is mainly notes of bread and earthy rye. Flavor has a bit of citrus up front with rye throughout and some earthy grains in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2015 at 20:09

8/10
Tried on 03 Jan 2015 at 15:07

8/10
Tried on 03 Jan 2015 at 15:06