Big Wood Brewery

Microbrewery in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Big Wood Brewery

Established in 2009

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3429 Centerville Road, Vadnais Heights, MN, 55127, United States

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6

Hazy amber body medium foamy off white head. Bready earthy aroma. Bready earthy grassy flavor. Medium body moderately high carbonation. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3

Tried from Crowler on 19 Jan 2023 at 21:49


7

Hazy amber body medium foamy off white head. Fruity resiny aroma. Woody resiny fruity flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/2/7/4/15 3.5

Tried from Crowler on 08 Oct 2022 at 15:57


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Stone Arch MSP. Pours a slightly hazy yellow with an orange hue and a white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has light tropical fruit and some sweet citrus with a hint of lemongrass underlying. Flavor has light mango and sweet citrus supported by sweet grains and a touch of sweet grass.

Tried from Draft on 28 Aug 2022 at 17:40


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours a slightly hazy, golden yellow, with minimal head. Aroma is dank, with some citrus, grass, and biscuit. Flavor is biscuit and malt, with grassiness, some citrus and a slight hop bitterness at the finish. Doesn't really fit with most NE-style IPAs I've tried.

Tried on 22 Jul 2019 at 19:13


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a slightly hazy, light golden yellow, with big, spotty head. Aroma is very grassy, with bread, pine/spruce hops notes. Flavor follows suit: very grassy, some maltiness, breadiness, a fairly bitter finish of pine/spruce hop flavors. Not particularly distinguished.

Tried on 02 Mar 2019 at 23:20


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from the tap at ABR 2018. Pours a near clear bright yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has earthy citrus, light grass and a grain backbone. Flavor has citrus, light grass, a bit of grain and a hint of tropical fruits.

Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2018 at 21:00


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Winterfest 2018. solid doppelbock. opaque, dark brown. some alcohol in the flavor and aroma, moderate roast, it is on the dry side for the style but it works. --- Beer merged from original tick of Doppelbockstär on 04 Aug 2018 at 09:48 - Score: 6

Tried on 04 Aug 2018 at 14:48


6.5

Old tick from 2018.

Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2018 at 00:26


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at ABR 2017. Pours a clear earthy gold with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has a good amount of lime that is slightly tart with sweet grain and a bit of corn backing. Flavor has sweet grains and bread with some lime bite coming through.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jan 2018 at 17:31


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma is mild but has notes of biscuit and grains. Flavor has grain and straw throughout with some biscuit in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2017 at 19:19