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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4/10
Tried from Can on 05 May 2018 at 14:58

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Brown black colour, off-white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, cacao, chocolate, roasted malts. Sweet flavour, caramel, cacao. Finish caramel and roasted malts.
(from 355mL can @ RBBSG'17, Evergem. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!)
Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2018 at 22:23

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
12oz can. Opaque brown-black body. Definitely some underlying oddness, but the heavier specialty malts sort of cover it up...well not really. Has that warming acidic stomach acid disgusting tone which just kills it. Like an infected Baltic Porter. Pretty bad.
Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2017 at 00:07

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
12oz can. Pretty shwaggy aroma. Shwaggy borderline off tones, brewhouse. Really weak brewing. Filtered, which might be the only thing that helps it. Antiquated caramel and toffee tones that pretty much no one wants in an IPA in 2017. More of a tan orange body than amber in my opinion. Drinkable, but on the edge. No real impressive hop tone, and an off aroma. Weak.
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2017 at 20:44

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Roast and some chocolate. Comes off a little light like khakis though. Black pour with decent head and lacing. Some caramel in otherwise bitter finish. Can.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2017 at 00:15

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2
Light straw without much else. Golden pour with ok head. Empty end like jumping off a cliff into clouds. Can.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2017 at 00:03

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12oz can. Session Amber...I suppose. Pretty unimpressive stuff, but does explore a unique niche. The aroma gets worse and worse the more I sniff it. Generous 2.9.
Tried from Can on 18 Sep 2017 at 21:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can/Fest. A- Smoky, roasty, cocoa. A- Brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Smoke, cocoa, roasty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Not bad for a plain jane porter. Nice flavor profile and thankfully not thin and watery.
Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2017 at 16:32

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft/Fest. A- Bourbon, boozy, burnt brown sugar. A- Brown color, brown liquid, minimal head. T- Booze, watery, cocoa. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, boozy finish. O- Way too boozy and somewhat of a mess. This really needs refined but somehow it was still pretty tasty.
Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2017 at 16:13

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft/Fest. A- Dank, fruity. A- Pink color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Lightly fruity, slightly sweet. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, bland finish. O- Pretty mundane. The currants are not sour, there is not salt noticeable and really just a light fruity beer.
Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2017 at 15:57