F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac)

Commercial Brewery in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: F.X. Matt Brewing Company

Established in 1888

Contact
830 Varick St, Utica, NY, 13502, United States
Subsidiaries
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) owns 2 breweries:

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4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Reddish amber ale with a thick off-white coca-cola head. Sweet grassy malt aroma. Light sweet malt with berry notes, lightly lactic. Rather light bodied but good for summer.
Tried on 04 Aug 2005 at 17:03

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
This was a really disappointing beer. The description had me really looking forward to it but this was surprisingly bland. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a slightly reddish caramel color with a small tan head. The aroma is sweet and has a vague berry nature. The flavor is mildly sweet with a light vague fruit flavor. Not much body to this one.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2005 at 22:58

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Apple, clove and coriander aroma. Orange yellow color - cloudy with small head. Slightly sweet apple and coriander flavor with decent body. Saranac did a pretty good job in copying a Belgian witbier - actually could pass as an average witbier in Belgium.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2005 at 19:55

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Cranberry, strawberry, orange and nutty aroma. Reddish amber color - small head with slight efferverscence. Sour cranberry/orange malt flavor. Not bad for a fruit beer - smooth and drinkable just nothing special or memorable.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2005 at 19:23

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Very light sweet malt aroma. Medium golden yellow color with small head. Sweet apple malt flavor with mild hops finish. A pleasant mild pilsener but not very strong - light.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2005 at 21:02

3.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle. Soapy lemon aroma. Amber with little head. Light lemon malt flavor. Medium carbonation. Blah unexciting beer if you can call it that. Nothing offensive but nothing exciting.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2005 at 20:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Nice banana, peach and clove aroma. Orange yellow color - cloudy with small head. Sweet banana and clove flavor. Decent body for a Hefe. Pretty good - has some decent weizen characteristics.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2005 at 19:13

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Mild maple syrup aroma. Light amber color with little head. Sweet syrup and corn flavor. Little body - not much of a resemblance to it’s German namesake.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2005 at 18:53

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a light honey color with a large orange-white head. The aroma is sweet crisp malts, citrus and pepper. The flavor is rather dry with a bit of an artificial lemon flavor underneath and touches of cardboard and pepper. The finish is dry and tangy.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2005 at 14:01

1.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
Slightly hazy dark amber coloured body with a super-thin off-white head. Aroma of mild malt, raisins, mild sugars and little else. Light-bodied; Sharp pungent maltiness with tons of cardboard and funky metallic flavours. Aftertaste shows bad qualities-nothing good at all in this one. Overall, a bad beer-maybe one of the worst Sary beers - and that is VERY bad! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle pulled from the Christmas twelve pack purchased at Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 09-January-2005.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2005 at 21:30