Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery: Des Moines
Brewpub
in West Des Moines,
Iowa,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Kelly Companies
Associated Venue: Rock Bottom - Des Moines
Established in 1997
Closed in 2018
In other words, there is a unique beer menu at every Rock Bottom in addition to our core line up of consistent flavor profiles that you can expect at any Rock Bottom you visit nationwide.
But, you’re thirsty and want to know what beers you can expect down here, right?
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap. Offwhite-gold. A-clove-spice, citrus, bready lt malt. T-follows, crisp and dry finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Bright lemon citrus notes, tart and raw oak. Perfumy and complex. Hazy light brown with no head. Soured malts that hit and sting the back of your throat. Citrus disappears and caramel malty notes, plum and some soured dark fruit jump in. Very unusual and potent.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft - Oak, apple and balsamic notes. Cloudy yellow brown with no head. Lots of cider vinegar, fruity tartness and an oaky finish. Definitely odd and a little muddy for flavor, but refreshing and tart.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft - Dark roast malts, dark chocolate and some light sour cherry. Deep mahogany with a brown head. Dark roast, dark chocolate and the sour cherry throughout. They hit flavor profile and with a low ABV, just not my taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Growler shared by John. Pours dark brown. Nose and taste of molasses, syrup, toffee, oak and caramel. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Growler. Foamy tan head that disappears-mahogany/brown. A-roasty med malt, dk fruit-date/prune, some earthy. T-earthy, dk fruit-prune/raisin, med malt-dk bread/roasty. Thanks ERIC.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Offwhite-hazy gold. A-spice/floral, lt malt. T-spice/floral, fruiy, Sweet lt malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap-offwhite-gold. A-orange/rein, sweet med malt. T-resin/orange/spice hops with some bite, sweet lt/med malt.