Muckraker Beermaker

Microbrewery in Franklin, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸

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12 Cork Hill Road, Franklin, NJ, 07416, United States

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
16 ounce can. Number one with a bullet. Cloudy pale gold color. Frothy white head. Earthy, herbal, floral malty aroma. Light, biscuity malt flavor upfront. Slightly bitter with hints of citrus and pear. A hint of sea salt as brew warms. Brief dry finish has more herbalistic tendencies.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2021 at 04:13

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle from the brewery, via delivery, 9/29/21. Pours a fizzy / bubbly golden-orange color with a quick dissipating head. The aroma is vinous and oaky, slight viegar thing as well, with some underling tropical notes. Wouldn't have specifically picked out either passionfruit or prickly pear here without being told, but knowing they are present I can taste them both slightly. The flavor is much brighter and fruitier than the aroma interestingly, with the vinegar and oak both fading quite a bit and being replaced by a refreshing, slightly tart, fruit forward quality. There's some back-end funkiness as well here. DI drank most of it out of a glass, but I threw some of the bottle into a lidded mug just to see if it would come off differently without the presence of the aroma, and in the mug I hardly get any of the vinegar or wood notes that were some prominent out the glass. This information is not really relevant to my review / rating, I was just curious. Overall, I quite like this one. Well done.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2021 at 17:02

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Yellow color. A-fruit-peach. T-lemon, wheat/light malt, sour.
Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2021 at 20:18

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
750 ml bottle from the brewery, via delivery - early spring 2021, consumed 8/13/21. Mostly clear reddish color, with a fizzy beige head. Nice berry sweetness and tartness on the aroma with some yeast, wood, and a little vanilla. I'm not getting a ton of nuttiness here as far as the almond goes, the flavor is mostly fruit. Nicely done and quite tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2021 at 20:46

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
750 ml bottle from the brewery, via delivery, 6/9/21. Pours an unclear gold, very fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Getting a lot of wine grape must and funk on the opening aroma, some citrus underneath. As it sits a little longer it gets funkier, lots of classic brett - barnyard, horse blanket, etc... Drinks funky with a lot of dryness. This is a fun one. Not sure what it's ideal amount of time in bottle would be, but it is drinking great right now.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2021 at 14:59

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle from Muckraker, via delivery, 4/6/21. Hazy orange, slightly pink hue, fizzy white head. Bright grape, saison yeast, some floral / juniper notes, and a good bit of cherry as well. Everything's well-balanced, leaning grape over cherry. Big, flavorful, and unique. This is really nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2021 at 20:09

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
19.2 tall boy crowler from the brewery, via delivery, 2/11/21. Hazed yellowish color with a fizzy, bubbly white head. The aroma is funky and a little fruity. It doesn't say brett in the description, but I'm getting all the brett indicators here. Earth, barnyard funk, grass, and spice. Bright, zesty citrus / lemon. Really flavorful stuff, and hitting a funky IPA beat that I hardly come across in recent years. Super crushable without being at all watery. Had a damn good mouthfeel for a 4% beer. Definitely enjoyed this one a lot.
Tried from Crowler on 11 Feb 2021 at 20:39

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle from the brewery, via delivery, 2/10/21. Pours ruby red with a fizzy pink head. Bright grape must, funk, and wood on the aroma. Flavor is more on the jammy / red berries side of the house than the aroma. A little sweet, balanced nicely by an earthy funkiness. Really nice flavor development across the board here. Liked this beer a lot.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2021 at 22:05

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Touch of perfume and fruit on the nose. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Light pith and some pale malts. A little perfumy.
Tried from Crowler on 13 Nov 2019 at 13:07

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Coconut first and creamy notes. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Nice Coconut notes, everything else is in the background. Not sour.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2019 at 12:50