Gruff Brewing Company (US)
Microbrewery
in
Bellingham,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Gruff Brewing Company (US)
Established in 2014
Contact
104 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA, 98225, United States
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom Clear deep dark brown with a fine creamy offwhite head and lacing Mellow medium roast of chocolate maltinrss. Bitterness coming mostly from the roast malt. A little late charcoal roast bite
Tried
from Draft
at
Gruff Brewing Company (US)
on 06 Apr 2025
at 23:46
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom. Clear medium reddish amber. Clean toasted malt woody. Clean subtle piney hop bite
Tried
from Draft
at
Gruff Brewing Company (US)
on 06 Apr 2025
at 23:34
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4
On tap at Downtime, Ferndale. Hazy golden yellow appearance. Rocky head. Would never recognize this as a blonde ale in a blind. Flavor has oddly sweet candy like note. Some orange zest. Aroma is awful as far as any beer style standards go. Rotten fruit, corny, vegetal aroma. Flavor barely attempts to save this. I'm as optimistic as they get in veer, but this was far from good. Rare miss for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2023
at 00:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom. Clear very light pale yellow/golden. Light grain malt aromas and flavors. Slightly papery. Soft cereal malt palate a d very light hop character. Soft cereal malt trailer. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 06:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom clear very light golden. Faint slightly sweet golden malt aromas and flavors. Lingering grainy trailer
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 06:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom Clear very light pale yellow/orange. Thin wispy white head and sporty lacing. Grainy husky malt aromas and flavors. Dry modest sharp hop bite. That papery husky malt character comes back. Dry and clean. Well attenuated
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 06:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom. Clear pale orange light amber. Definitely some light toasted malts. Vienna maybe. A little woody but a very nice clean crisp malty pale. Modestly hopped. Pleasant .
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 05:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/taproom Slight haze on this light pale golden pour. Some tropical/“hazy” notes but more straight up citrus pithiness overall. Especially the late bitter bite. Light bodied and well attenuated sep for a 7.2%. Clean finish . Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 05:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Bellingham brewery/tasting room. Hazy soft golden with a nice sticky white head and lacing. Decent slightly sweet grapefruit flavors, modestly hopped and fairly light. It tasty a d refreshing. Fresh. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2021
at 05:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Enjoyed on tap at Gruff, first visit. I insisted on disagreeing with Berko on this beer. No way was this beer this infected. Its not as bad as he claimed, but there is a bit of a miscue here. Its oddly sweet. Rich with some sort of infection. Has a bunch of grapefruit notes up front. Odd sweetness follows. Harsh, and a bit unpleasant. A small bit of this is all I can really handle. Not the beer for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2018
at 04:01