Great Crescent Brewery
Microbrewery in Aurora, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Description
(Original Great Crescent Brewing closed in 2024. Purchased by Holtkamp Winery in 2025)
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared at Martin T tasting, CBC Clerkenwell - London. Cheers! Pours black-brown with a big, tight, creamy brown head. Dusty cocoa in the nose, sweet brown bread. Medium sweet flavour with nice cocoa and dark bread notes, moderate roast, ash, milk chocolate. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Creamy texture. Sweet finish, some dry cocoa, light drying burnt wood, more ash, some dried dark fruits. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2018
at 21:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, 1 pint, savoured on July 19 2016; eye: mahogany, semi-opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, malt, coconut, roasted malt, light alcohol; mouth: bourbon, malt, coconut, roasted malt, light alcohol, finale in bourbon with presence of coconut, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, silky texture; overall: interesting FRANÇAIS Canette, 1 pinte, savourée le 19 juillet 2016; œil : acajou, semi-opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt, noix de coco, malt torréfié, léger alcool; bouche : bourbon, malt, noix de coco, malt torréfié, léger alcool, finale en bourbon avec présence de noix de coco, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture soyeuse; en résumé : intéressante
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2017
at 10:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with loads of bourbon barrel notes, woody notes, coconut oil, vanilla, alcohol warmth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with light vanilla notes, licorice, coconut oil, light bourbon barrel notes and alcohol warmth. Very good. Can at the Big Deck tasting 2016.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2016
at 18:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Draft: Pours black with a tan head. Cholate, maple syrup aroma.....coffee roast.... Taste is dark, roasty chocolate malt, maple syrup, a little smoke. Really nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 16:43
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draft: Bubbly, hazy gold with a short, white head. Honey, grass, grain scent. Slightly bitter grain malt taste. Grassy hops. Pretty easy-drinking.....not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2015
at 17:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Grainy malt and orange aroma. Clear gold with a ginormous off-white head. Barley malt and weedy dandelion greens hops flavor. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2015
at 13:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
can - This brew is hugely over-carbonated with an enormous light tan head. I had to pour it in stages. It smells like a characteristic, mildly funky saison yeast. The flavor is tart with spicy yeast and a certain mild, off-tasting malty taste that doesn’t quite come together. It’s okay but probably not one I’ll be looking for again.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2015
at 15:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Light musty spicy cherry malt aroma. Amber with giant head. Lactic cherry and barley malt flavor. Light bitter herbal finish. Pleasant - a nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2014
at 15:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Funky Belgain yeast and musty cherry malt aroma. Hazy amber with a huge beige head. Musty cherry and metallic flavor. Medium body, soft/flat carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2014
at 18:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Sweet caramel candy malt aroma. Clear deep chestnut with a ginormous creamy beige head. Toasty caramel malt and light grassy bitter hops flavor. Light body, lively carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2014
at 15:16