Big Buck Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Gaylord,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Big Buck Brewery
Established in 1995
Contact
Description
With a name like Big Buck, you know what you’ll find here. Big brews, big tastes, big stuffed heads on the wall, and a big friendly Northern Michigan attitude.
Admin Note: Formerly known as Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse. Now under new ownership and name since 2018.
Admin Note: Formerly known as Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse. Now under new ownership and name since 2018.
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2008
at 17:31
4.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2008
at 17:30
4.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2008
at 17:28
5.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2007
at 18:34
5.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2007
at 18:29
3.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2007
at 18:27
5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2007
at 21:13
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2007
at 16:54
6.1/10
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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.
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.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2007
at 02:10
8.6/10
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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!
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!
Tried
on 07 Jan 2007
at 02:08