One Well Brewing

Microbrewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: One Well Brewing

Established in 2014

Contact
4213 Portage St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States
Description
One Well Brewing produces hand-crafted beers and provides a place for like-minded folks to share ideas, art and culture in Kalamazoo, MI.

Wells have been utilized since prehistoric times and often carry cultural significance. The ability for societies to flourish hinged upon wells and this vestige represented a commonality and central meeting point that united communities. One Well Brewing seeks to emulate these qualities in its microbrewery and build a sense of community by creating a common location for like-minded people to share ideas, art and culture in Kalamazoo, MI.

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

16oz can. As a previous rater noted, this pours rather clear. The taste is rather muddled and sort of a mess. I like pina-colada flavor, but this doesn't really capture that. Doesn't really do it for me, seems rather amateur and poorly executed.

Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2020 at 03:13


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

16 oz can. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Aroma sure has a lot of rum, candied fruit. Flavor has rum with a bit of alcohol hotness, oak with traces of spices, over candy citrus. Reading that it has coconut makes some sense, too. Can't taste it clearly, but it seems to be there for some reason. Fairly sweet, but definitely not overly so. Very tasty.

Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2020 at 04:26


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Stout little 8 oz can from the brewery. Pours black with a tan head. Very rich, sweet chocolate aroma, bourbon, dark fruit, molasses. Strong chocolate flavor, oaky bourbon, molasses, definitely strong in alcohol, which gives it a soy sauce quality. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2020 at 02:22


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

8 oz can from Holiday Market. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige foam that lingers, then dissipates. Lovely nose with bourbon, oaky vanilla, milk chocolate with some plum, raisin fruity aromas. More bourbon on the palate with chocolate, cacao and dark plum and fig notes. Smooth with the bourbon barrel not overbearing. Smooth and elegant. Pretty nice BBA stout from One Well.

Tried from Can from Holiday Market on 01 Mar 2020 at 04:25


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can: Clear, very dark brown with red backlights and a minimal beige head. Coffee, chocolate scent. Taste has a sugary tang over chocolate and coffee malts.... A little lactic...and no doughnut tones that I picked up on, but very nice.

Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2019 at 21:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Fresh ground coffee, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Dark brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet latte, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay and coffee grounds flavor. Good body and balance. Great coffee presence.

Tried on 01 Sep 2019 at 00:59


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at MBGSF 2019. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head. Smooth coffee aroma. Flavor is also smooth coffee, not bitter, very nicely balanced.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jul 2019 at 05:38


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can from shrubber85, canned on March 4, 2019 poured into a glass. Hazy yellow with very little white head. Aroma is lime, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is lime and salt.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2019 at 00:04


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

Lime, malt, salt, and straw aroma. Cloudy yellow with minimal head. Mild sweet-tart lime, malt, mild salty, and very mildly bitter straw flavor. Okay body. Lime dominates but still very pleasant.

Tried on 12 Jul 2019 at 23:43


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22 ounce bottle into snifter; 2017 vintage, best before 10/3/2027. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Slight booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, pepper, roast, charred bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet, and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 12.1%, with zero lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mellowly bitter/tannic/drying finish; great soft feel. Fantastic balance between rich malts and bourbon barrel presence/integration; with solid earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and extremely impressive style example. Aged really well.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2019 at 13:35