Genesee Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Rochester,
New York,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
FIFCO USA
Associated Venue: Genesee Brewing Company - Brew House
Established in 1878
Contact
445 St Paul St, Rochester, NY, 14605, United States
Subsidiaries
Description
The Genesee Brewing Company, based in Rochester, New York, is one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in the United States. It was founded by Mathius Kondolf, one of Rochester’s early entrepreneurs, after purchasing the Reisky & Spies Brewery (since 1857), changing its name to The Genesee Brewery.
The Genesee Brewing Company is since 2012 part of FIFCO USA, the largest independently owned beer company in the United States. With a focus on product quality, facility upgrades (including the relighting of the iconic Genesee Beer & Ale sign), conservation initiatives and employee safety, FIFCO USA has invested in the Genesee family of beers, its employees and the community.
In 2012 The Genessee Brew House was created to capture and share with you the long history of The Genesee Brewery - one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in America.
The Genesee Brewing Company is since 2012 part of FIFCO USA, the largest independently owned beer company in the United States. With a focus on product quality, facility upgrades (including the relighting of the iconic Genesee Beer & Ale sign), conservation initiatives and employee safety, FIFCO USA has invested in the Genesee family of beers, its employees and the community.
In 2012 The Genessee Brew House was created to capture and share with you the long history of The Genesee Brewery - one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in America.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
12oz can. Poured a pale golden color with a fizzy, medium sized white head. Aroma was light corn, light malts. Actually not as bad as it may first seem. Light bitterness, touch corn. Light grain. Mild floral hops.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2021
at 06:20
6/10
Amber pour. Thin foam. Sweet flavor of barley and nut. Barley palate. Easy carbonation
Tried
on 10 Mar 2021
at 02:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can labeled Spring Bock: Dinner roll and graham cracker nose, honey highlights. Clear copper, medium head. Honey, bread. Dried leaf finish. Medium body, easy carbonation. Probably the best beer I've had from this brewery. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2021
at 01:52
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pours golden with a thin white head. Aroma of sweet artificial lemon. Taste has artificial strawberry, some lemon, vaguely malty. Palate is nonexistent. Bad.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2020
at 00:08
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. can from Downtown Produce. Pours a crystal clear pale gold color with a white head and good retention. Almost no lacing. Skunky malt aroma. Generic Euro lager flavor with just a tiny skunk finish. Relatively smooth and less grainy than a typical lager. Light body. It won't win any awards, but a respectable cheap beer.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2020
at 23:15
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
My third of the Hemptails malt liquors to sample. They got progressively better within the limitations of the style. The 23.5 oz can is out of the fridge and gets bagged before I lift the tab. It does have the best of the scents, sort of a danky, orange creamsicle. The taste is along those lines too. Orange-citrus, a nod to reefer and somewhat sweet. Maybe the 8% will kick in later. One could do worse than this.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2020
at 21:57
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Amber body, thin white head. Wood and toast aroma. Malty taste, somewhat sweet with a bit of smoke? Tin from co-worker
Tried
on 22 Aug 2020
at 05:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can from Consumers Beverages. Plae golden body, light haze, fizzy head. Aroma features pink grapefruit notes, full. Taste, even moreso. Fleshy pink grapefruit flavors, with some citrus tanginess that trails off to a faint bitterness at the finish. Did someone say summer beer?
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2020
at 00:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz can from Wegmans. Clear amber pour, small off white creamy head . Malty aroma, woody, minor sweetness. Taste concentrates on the malts, some caramel, light sweet notes. Nothing too fancy, but solid.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2020
at 01:30
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
My first go with Hemptails was somewhat underwhelming, maybe I expected too much. I’m trying now with Passionfruit Express. A 23.5 oz can, 8% abv. Consuming out of the can, paper bag in place. A not offensive first taste, moderately sweet, a slight experience of reefer, some kind of fruit represented here, my take of it since I am no passionfruit expert. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2020
at 01:49