Crow Peak Brewing Company

Brewpub in Spearfish, South Dakota, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crow Peak Brewing Company

Established in 2007

Contact
125 US-14, Spearfish, SD, 57783, United States
Description
Crow Peak Brewing Company, crafting South Dakota's beer culture!

Crow Peak Brewing Company started in the spring of 2007 as a modest 5-barrel brewery with on-premise sales in the form of pints and off-premise sales in the form of 64-ounce growlers. The brewery was extremely successful, and in order to provide a quality local beer to other parts of the State and beyond, a brewery expansion was in order. The beautiful new brewery building opened for business in December of 2009.

However, our beers were still being brewed on our 5-barrel system while we were waiting for our new 30-barrel brew house – three 60-barrel fermentation vessels and 60-barrel bright beer tank to arrive and be installed. Installation of the new equipment, plumbing, wiring and boiler system was completed in June of 2010. In addition to the larger brewing system, a Cask automated canning line was brought online in the fall of 2010, allowing us to distribute our product in both draft and packaged form.

By the end of 2015, Crow Peak Brewing Company was producing 2,000 barrels of beer annually and was distributing its products in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Minnesota. We were finding it hard to keep up with demand, especially in the summer months so we underwent a second expansion in 2018. With two additional fermentation vessels and one additional bright beer tank, we are now able to produce approximately 5,000 barrels annually.

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Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2019 at 12:45



7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear cola with a tan head head. Aromas of chocolate and coffee. Flavors are moderately sweet cocoa.

Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2019 at 21:25


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aromas of grass. Flavors are bitter pine. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2019 at 21:21


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy pink with a white head. Aromas of berries. Flavors are sour fruit with a pinch of salt. A little too acetic for my taste.

Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2019 at 21:06


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy ruby reddish copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of toffee, cocoa, plum, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of toffee, cocoa, plum, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, roasted nuts, brown bread/crust, cocoa, plum, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Slight lingering resins through the glass. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an excellent Irish red ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; nicely soft feel. Very clean and rich English malt complexity; restrained fruity yeast, and balancing earthy hops. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering. A bit more bitter/drying than expected, but still spot on style example.

Tried from Can on 29 May 2019 at 02:45


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

From a 12 oz. can. Pours a clear light gold with an off white head. Aroma of bread with some peach notes. Flavors are mild sweet white toast with a subtle hop bite. Pretty quaffable.

Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2018 at 21:35


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Can 355ml (TCrBF, thanks Travlr!)
My second beer from SD. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma has chillies and sweetness. Light-bodied. Honey, chilli, very sweet and burning. Duh.

Tried from Can on 17 May 2018 at 16:31


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can at TCrBF (as Wicca). Pours clear golden. Aroma is very weak, maybe some caramel, chili, some hops. Flavor is sweet and bitter, caramel, fruits, chili. Overall: drinkable, I have had much worse, this is just lacking any proper character. --- Beer merged from original tick of Wickedly Charming Chili Ale on 05 May 2018 at 15:00 - Score: 5

Tried from Can on 09 May 2018 at 18:54


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Sample from the can at TCrBF, Tallinn. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Paprika, some chili, herbs and malts. I hate paprika.

Tried from Can on 08 May 2018 at 07:17