Olde Main Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Ames, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Olde Main Brewing Co.

Established in 2004

Closed in 2019

Contact
316 Main St, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
Description
We're a brewery that distributes delicious beer across Iowa.

Our Brewmaster Cory O'Neel joined us in the spring of 2016. Cory is a 26-year veteran brewer who specializes in brewing quality control and microbiology. He and his crew have revolutionized the beer at Olde Main. If you haven't had his beer yet, you are missing out. The original eight tap lines have been upgraded to 16 so Cory and his staff have plenty of room to play. Come taste the 'New' Olde Main!!

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle-dissipating tan-dk copper. A-lactose, chocolate, earthy, vegetal. T-lactose, chocolate, earthy, vegetal, med malt. 2.4 *121230-Olde Main -on tap-better than the bottled version. No flaws come out. 3.3

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2012 at 05:37


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12oz bottle-thin lt brown-black. A-roasty/ashy/cocoa-dk malt. Lactose @cellar temp and the ashy/burnt fades too. T-ashy/roasty-dk malt, biting, earthy hops.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2012 at 05:33


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle-tight lt tan-hazy amber. A-lf malt, fruity. T-lt malt-caramel, slight spice hops.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2012 at 05:26


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12oz bottle-dissipating white-hazy gold. A-musty/sweet wheat. T-Sweet wheat, 2nd spice hops, some apple.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2012 at 05:23


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared by John. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of caramel, sweet malt, cocoa, squash and light lactose. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2012 at 10:44


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Received this in trade from tedpeer, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a slightly cloudy orange-amber with a smallish bubbly off white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is malty, a bit fruity, but kind of bland. Would have done well with some hop presence. Taste is malty, I get some caramel, some toffee, very dry finish. Mouthfeel is kind of watery maybe a bit oily. Body is a bit thin. Carbonation is crisp. Not a bad beer, just somewhat unremarkable. I could see a bud drinker transitioning to this quite easily.

Tried on 09 Feb 2011 at 16:54


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle. Murky amber-brown color. Big, steady beige head. Aroma of pungent, citrus laced amber malt. Very fruity, almost approaching berry tones with the amber malt. Slightly lemony, there is a chance that this is infected. Still does the job as an Amber, pretty drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2010 at 21:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle. Murky orange-brown, with a lively off-white head. Fresh brewhouse aroma. Mild and medium bodied, comes off quite English. Somewhat soapy, with mellow carbonation. Quite one-dimensional and sessionable. Not bad, but pretty tame and insipid.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2010 at 23:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle. Hazy, muted orange-tan. Thin, oily head laces the sides of the glass. Sweet, slightly herbal aroma. Nowhere on the bottle does it specify a style other than "Belgian style ale". I suppose Witbier is close enough, but this is definitely more along the lines of these new school spice bomb American Saisons. Where this one succeeds is in the light doughy body, with its smooth wheaty vanilla tones. There is some herbal lemony sourness, but that balances it out well. Pretty good for what it is.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2010 at 21:35


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12oz bottle. Deep, unfiltered brown-amber. Thick, creamy beige head. Sweet roasty brown malt tones, some cherry undertones. I would say this bottle is infected, as it reminds me a sour beer. Medium bodied, with some acidic cherry notes under the smooth malt tones. Off, but my kind of off I suppose.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2010 at 19:55