Excelsior Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Excelsior Brewing Company

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421 3rd St, Excelsior, MN, 55331, United States

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8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at Winterfest 2020. Pours a clear pale straw yellow with a white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has an earthy straw and grass combination with some hay backing. Flavor has a nice dry grass note supported by straw and hay notes.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jan 2020 at 17:44

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft at Hotel. I was trying hard to like this, to find some redeeming quality, but alas. Cloudy medium brown pour, small, filmy head. Light toasted malt aroma, taste follows, getting sweet. There's an odd element in both the aroma and taste, i can't put my finger on it. But it takes this in a bad direction.
Tried from Draft on 04 Apr 2019 at 20:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at First Draft - Minneapolis, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is loaded with freshly roasted peanuts, with light roast and a touch of cocoa. Flavour is along the same lines, but with rather muted peanuts upfront, and a touch of cocoa. Pleasant flavours, but it's all rather muted and lacking punch. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2018 at 03:48

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2018. Pours a cloudy gold with a slight amber hue and an off-white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a decent amount of dragonfruit with a bit of strawberry and a sweet grain backbone. Flavor has light fruits and dragonfruit with a hint of citrus and a sweet grain backbone.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2018 at 20:11

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2018. Pours near black with a light brown head that lasts throughout the ber. Aroma has a real nice peanut butter note supported by dark grains and a bit of earthy roast. Flavor has dark grains, peanut butter and a bit of earthy roast but is a touch thin.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2018 at 20:08

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
On tap at Hopcat Minneapolis. Pours a hazy copper with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has bread and grass with a touch of clove and wheat backing. Flavor has bread and wheat with light clove and light fruits supporting.
Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2018 at 22:43

5.5/10
330ml, bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2017 at 12:46

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
A plethora? Hardly. Aroma wasn't too bad Coco dry roasted malt that was pleasant. But that was the best part of the beer. Body was a little thin. Flavor was on the sweet side with cocoa and a little malt. A forgettable beer.
Tried on 02 Sep 2017 at 23:11

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
I don't detect any hotson here at all except for maybe somehow by the slight bitterness that's present although that bitterness could be the result of most anything. The beer itself is a very Bland flavor. Aroma is also very Bland. Appearance has a small creamy but long-lasting head and a dirty dark amber color. A nondescript and totally forgettable beer and a choice only if everything else is worse.
Tried on 30 Aug 2017 at 22:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Minnesota Winterfest 2017. Pours a clear crisp gold with a yellow hue and a bubbly white heart that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of citrus, slightly tart with a grains and yogurt backing. Flavor has notes of earthy citrus, light tartness, and sweet grains backing.
Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2017 at 21:46