About
It all started with a humble homebrew kit and the drive to make better beer. Tired of the same bland and dated choices everywhere, Air Force friends Eric Wallace and Dick Doore set out to make the kind of beer that excited them; beer they wanted to drink. A hobby quickly became an obsession and it wasn't long before Left Hand Brewing opened for business on January 22, 1994. Left Hand has steadily increased its production, making the Brewers Association’s Top 50 Craft Brewers list in 2012.
6/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:50
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:49
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can (7/19/24) pour from Total Wine & More, Burlington. Opaque dark brown with trace sparkle, ring of head and no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt & peanuts, vanilla, milk chocolate. Taste is strong roasted malt & peanut butter, lactose and mild cherry. Smooth, thick texture, full body, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Lactose a bit strong.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2024
at 03:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 0.355l. Aroma is herbal, grainy, mild caramelly and faint citrusy. Pours clear brown amber color with medium sized soapy cappuccino-like head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts medium sweet caramelly and grainy, following is herbal, mild fruity and slightly medicinal, mouthfeel is rather dry, while finish is average bitter. Medium body, creamy texture and soft carbonation in palate. A bit blunt saw…
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2024
at 22:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nitro at the Uprise Taproom. Pours black, with a big, frothy, tan head. The aroma is mellow mint, milk chocolate, cinnamon, and butterscotch. Sweet and malty, with no real bitterness. Medium body, smooth, and clean. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2024
at 19:08
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear, yellow color, with a big, foamy, white head. The aroma is orange pith, hay, corn husks, and water crackers. Dry and musty, with a mellow, acrid bitterness. Light, thin, and astringent. Weak and poor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 19:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Cloudy, dark yellow-ish, brass colour with small to average, super dense, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, wheaty malty and zesty, citrusy fruity, minimally spicy aroma, hints of orange peel, a touch of coriander. Taste is sweet-ish, wheaty malty, slightly yeasty fruity, minimally citrusy fruity and barely spicy, diluted hints of pear, orange peel, almost undetectable vestiges of coriander. Watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, super dense, creamy carbonation. Well working (but in this case useless or counter-productive) nitro effect, rather watery, barely spicy - OK. Would prefer a non-nitro version with a tad more coriander.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2024
at 22:08
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
pours big and black with no head. Nose is cinnamon forward. First taste is spicy, like peppers but not too hot, just a little warmth. More like a pastry stout than a milk stout. A little boozy near the end. Decent co2 throughout.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2024
at 21:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can. Bright amber orange pour. Large rocky beige head live festive lacing. Mild toasted malt aroma. Flavor is sweet caramel malt and spicy hops. Remarkably smooth and quite flavorful. Great balance. Disappointed by the low overall ratings for this, as I have found this to be one of the better Marzens I have tasted this year.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Nov 2024
at 03:15