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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
750 mL bottle poured and split. Golden copper pour with a patchy fizz head. Orange fruit dominant aroma, with a soft plastic feature. Flavor is orange fruit, high carb throughout, and a bitter hop finish. Some peach and tangerine notes to compliment. Citrus and bitterness carries on and lingers. Overall a very good IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2016 at 13:20

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured. Much thanks to Dan for sharing. Pours a near black with a tan swirl head. Coffee heavy aroma with some wood character. Flavor is very dry, oak, coffee, good roasted malt. Dry toasty finish. Very fun beer to try. Good stuff.
Tried from Can on 06 May 2016 at 15:06

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a clear, reddish-copper, with smallish head. Dank aroma, filled with hops, citrus, fruit, and basement odors. Flavor is very tropical, with loads of fruit, a ton of hop bite, and just a smidge of malt sweetness to balance it all. This is a really good IPA.
Tried on 27 Mar 2016 at 16:38

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can sample in Sioux Falls. Hazy golden amber color, white head. Aroma has orange, grapefruit, pine. Taste is balanced and fruity. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2015 at 07:33

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can sample. Cloudy brown color, tan head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Taste is peppery coffee grounds and cocoa.
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2015 at 11:56

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Paul. Pours a clear gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is earth and grain. Medium mouth, earth, grain, honey, very sweet, decent.
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2015 at 16:57

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Paul. Pours a clear gold with medium frothy white head. The aroma is strong grass, wheat, pine. Medium mouth, pine, grass, lingering bitterness, decent.
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2015 at 16:52

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from the Firkin at Happy Gnome Firkin Fest 2015. Pours near black with a dark brown head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has notes of musty dark grains supported by roasted malts, nuttiness and a bit dark fruits. Flavor has a bit of a smores notes to it with graham cracker and chocolate and has a bit of dark fruits underlying.
Tried on 24 Apr 2015 at 20:55

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can. Explodes with a sediment filled copper color. Off white head and some decent lacing follow. I’ ll agree with the last reviewer and say that nothing here is right. Sour, earthy, caramel. Well past its prime? Or just plain nasty? IDK
Tried from Can on 09 Feb 2015 at 17:37

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Can thanks to TheHoff43. Pours hazy amber, large puffy off-white head, dissipates fairly slowly leaving clumpy lacing. Aroma is pine and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter lots of pine resin and a strong caramel malt backbone. Medium body, somewhat resinous mouthfeel. This would have been a good IPA like 15 years ago. Not so much now.
Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2015 at 00:30