Franconia Brewing Company

Microbrewery in McKinney, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Franconia Brewery

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495 McKinney Pkwy, McKinney, TX, 75071, United States

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7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle (thanks to blutt59). Banana, orange, clove, wheat malt aroma. Hazy golden yellow with insanely large head. Sweet banana, clove, and creamy wheat malt flavor. Mildly bitter herbal hay flavor. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2015 at 19:31

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Coffee, chocolate malt and hay aroma. Dark brown with large tan head. Sweet chocolate malt and moderately bitter herbal quinine flavor. Good body. Good - very hoppy for a dunkel.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2015 at 20:17

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft on the brewery tour: Poured a marbled brown with an off white to light beige head. Aroma is roasted malts and sweet. Taste is nice blend of toffee, caramel, and roasted malts. There is nothing better than drinking a fresh dunkel at the source.
Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2015 at 00:34

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft at brewery tour: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma was light grain. Taste was crisp fresh grain with that light bitter I grew found of in my Germany days. Solid pils!
Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2015 at 00:30

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Draft. Clear yellow color, small white head. Aroma of lightly floral straw and grass. Taste has lightly peppery hay. Plain.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2014 at 07:55

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Dark brown color, medium off white head. Aroma of roasty cocoa. Taste is sweet, malted milk balls. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2014 at 05:52

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sampled at the 2014 Untapped festival in Fort Worth. Pours a very hazy brown with a slight amber hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is mainly notes of dark grains and dark bread. Flavor has the same dark grains and dark bread notes with a hint of bitter coffee underlying.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2014 at 07:22

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Tap - the first and most powerful aroma and flavor of this beer is powerful buttery diacetyl - the slick texture doesn’t make it easier to ignore this flavor - outside of this, there is some simple malt sweetness and lightly grassy hops, but mostly this tastes like butter - bleh.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2014 at 20:47

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Thanks to crajun for the trade! Pours a slightly hazy yellow with a smallish white head. The aroma is more like an American wheat than a German Hefe. Very little clove/banana, just a spicy wheat aroma. The flavor follows the aroma. OK but not outstanding.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2013 at 17:06

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample at Ginger Man in Houston. Clear straw color with a medium fluffy white head that recedes gradually. Sticky small patches of lace. Aroma of grassy hops, malt and wood. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal hops, earthy malt and slight oak. The finish is mildly bitter with a grassy hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried on 27 Jul 2013 at 08:00