BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Antler Ale from Big Buck Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap at the brewpub. Clear amber colored ale with some nice sheets of lacing. Sweet coppery and malty taste. Syrupy mouthfeel.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Pours with a small white head covering what looks like fizzy pale golden body. Not a great smell, very little aroma. Watery corny taste with some metal. Weak.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Naked Light from Big Buck Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
On tap at the brewery. Indicated 3.5% ABV. Pours with a small, white head and a chill hazed golden body. Aroma is a perfume like grassy hops. Taste is very metallicy with maybe stale malts. Could be a dirty line, but very bad.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Summer Citrus from Big Buck Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at the Gaylord, MI location. Described as a "Sitrus Wheat," which I assume is an unintentional misspelling. Hazy yellow-orange body, thin off-white head. Grassy, citrusy, light aroma. Lemony, slightly tart body, almost tropical tasting, with bready, tangy wheat and yeast esters. I picked up some type of spicing, too, possibly grains of paradise. Strange and a bit over-the-top to be refreshing.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Munich Helles from Big Buck Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at the Gaylord, MI location. Clear straw body, light, thin off-white head. Light floral nose with some sweetness. Sweetened breads in the body, with bitter grassy hops balance. A bit honeyish. Quaffable, OK.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Naked Light from Big Buck Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
On tap at the Gaylord location. Clear straw body, thin off-white head. Light clover nectar aroma, almost non-existent. Slightly corny body, sweet and grainy or husky. Not especially impressive, but nothing to pour down the drain, either, which is the point I suppose.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Big Buck Beer from Big Buck Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at the Gaylord, MI location. Clear straw body, medium off-white head. Light biscuity, floral aroma. Crisp herbal, floral hops bite balanced by light bready malt. Kind of bland but inoffensive with no serious flaws.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Hefe-Weizen from Big Buck Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the Gaylord, MI location. Basic, but tasty, hefeweizen, pouring a cloudy yellow-orange topped by a thick off-white head. Characteristic clove-banana ester notes paired with light bready, tangy wheat. They’re a dime a dozen, but hefeweizens are great for humid summer nights.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Kelly Select Kolsch from Big Buck Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy blond color. This is a new crazy idea: it’s served with a slice of lime in the glass! Remove it to have some real flavor. Bot the aroma and the flavor show some crispy malt; the hopping is good, strong, leaving behind some good aromas. A good example.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed India Pale Ale from Big Buck Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Draught at the brewpub, as Armadillo I.P.A., 6.2% ABV
Hazy light amber color with a nice lace. Powerful hoppy aroma, fruity (oranges) and with a sharp pine needles character. Medium body structure, enough malt flavor, and most of all a strong hopping, (again with a lot of resins and pine needles). Very good!