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
Genesee Brewing Company owns 2 breweries/brands:
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.

     Show


5.2/10 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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