MiddleCoast Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Traverse City,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: MiddleCoast Brewing Company
Established in 2017
Contact
331 E State St, Traverse City, MI, 49684, United States
Description
MiddleCoast Brewing Company, formerly named Monkey Fist Brewing Company, is a group of friends who have become family. We brew a portfolio of hand crafted brands that are designed to bring out the beer lover in all of us. Located in beautiful downtown Traverse City, Michigan, we celebrate the culture and climate of the Great Lakes and northern Michigan. We are on our great country's middle coast and we are happy to be here. Our mantra “We take our beer more seriously than ourselves” speaks to the importance we place on quality and having a great time serving you, our guests. Cheers!
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can from Tavour. Dark brown pour with a fine beige head. Roasty aroma with coffee accents. Coffe figures to be a bit more prominent in the taste, backed up by some light roasty bitterness and chocolate accents.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2020
at 18:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours out dark brown topped with a small tan head. Nose is toast malts roast and some coffee. Taste is more of the nice roast malts chocolate coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2020
at 03:15
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tallboy can, pours gorgeous orange amber with white head. Medium body. Pine and grapefruit aroma, resin tangerine grapefruit taste. Medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2020
at 01:41
6/10
Tried
on 03 Mar 2020
at 01:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Big Top in Roslyn: pours darkish amber with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma is toffee and caramel. Taste is sweet, low bitterness, hint of toast. A steal for $1 a can.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2019
at 04:36
8/10
Tried
on 15 Dec 2019
at 10:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into lager glass, no can dating. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty DMS aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance of pale malts and earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malts and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Nicely clean on lager flavors, not overly fruity/yeasty. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a very good German pilsner. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malts and earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Nice pils malt showcase, with balanced noble hops. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and good style example. Just wish it was cleaner, with a lot lower fruity/DMS notes.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 17:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma is yeast, coriander, mild berry. Flavor is complete carbon copy of the nose. Very slight tartness in the finish. Subtle all the way around.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2019
at 12:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a weizen glass. Clear golden with medium white head. Aroma is wheat esters, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters and cherry.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2019
at 00:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Golden body with a frothy, white head. Aroma of brett, cherry, toasted grain, light barnyard. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation. Feel of cough medicine in the finish. Muddled and clunky.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2019
at 20:53