Little Beast Brewing

Microbrewery in Clackamas, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Little Beast Beer Garden

Established in 2017

Contact
11517 SE Hwy 212, Clackamas, OR, 97015, United States
Description
Crafting mixed culture ale in the beautiful Pacific Northwest
Founded by partners in life and work, Charles Porter and Brenda Crow, Little Beast is a family brewery with a passion for making great beer and sharing it with others.

We craft wild, wood-aged and blended beer naturally with diverse cultures, including Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and wild flora. By harnessing the little beasts that ferment our beer, we capture their untamed beauty and produce farmhouse beers that are diverse in flavor and rare in character.

Admin Note: Beer Garden/Tap Room in Portland, production in Clakamas, OR.

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

On tap at Little Beast, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out an earthy character, with light floral notes and berries. Flavour is herbal and earthy, with tart berries, floral notes, and spicy, earthy notes. Tart and earthy body. It's alright.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 22:17


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Little Beast, pours a cloudy golden with a medium white head. Aroma brings out rustic saison yeast, gentle hops, and biscuity notes. Flavour is very bright, with fresh piney hops, rustic saison yeast, and crisp biscuity malt. Rustic and fresh. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 22:11


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Little Beast, pours a deep dark mahogany with a tiny head. Nose brings out deep dark cherry notes, with gentle Belgian yeast. Flavour reveals intense dark red cherries upfront, with light Belgian yeast, alcohol, and moderate tartness. The montmorency cherries are nicely situated and offer a great depth. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 21:45


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

On tap at Little Beast, pours a cloudy bright reddish pink with a small white head. Aroma brings out leather, horse blanket, and wonderfully fresh, musty cherries. Flavour is damn close to an authentic Belgian kriek lambic, with tart, juicy, dry cherries, barnyard funk, and horse blanket. Wonderful interplay between the fruit and souring bacteria. Lovely.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 21:35


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Little Beast, pours a cloudy dull golden with a medium white head. Aroma is very musty and earthy, with lots of feet-like brett, rustic saison yeast, and some cereal graininess. Flavour is along the same lines, with tons of musty brett, farmhouse notes, and just a hint of residual sweetness. Despite the strange mustiness, it's very pleasant. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 21:31


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

On tap at Little Beast, pours a cloudy bright hot pink with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of Pinot Noir grape, tart cherries (even though there aren't any here), with a touch of coriander. Flavour is loaded with fresh cherries upfront, with red grapes, and moderate tartness. Fruit-dominated and funky. This is lovely.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2019 at 21:26


4.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Good looking beer clear gold body with white head. Aroma was hay and pepper. Peppery taste, didn't taste much like a pilsner to me. Quick finish.

Tried on 25 May 2019 at 04:02


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

Hazy, dull amber. Just a thin head. It has a bit of wood, Soft body. Has a bit of balsamic. Has a light body. Not all that complex…not coming together. So they attempted this style, didn’t miss completely.

Tried on 31 Dec 2018 at 03:56


5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Tasting at Oakes' Manor, bottle
Cloudy amber colour. Earthy and chalky and dirty beer, with almost no acidity; defined as Red Sour, it's nothing like that, but also nothing like anything else.
Not very good.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2018 at 17:39


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

375ml bottle at Josh's. Pours a hazy copper with a whitehead. Aroma is not very pleasant with humid cellar and dark fruits notes. Taste is similar, a bit dry. It's ok.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2018 at 07:53