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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5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
12 oz can. Very dark brown. Fizzy light brown bubbles dissipate completely within seconds. Appears thin. The aroma is chocolatey with a good dose of cola and a light metallic twang. Thin, simple caramel aroma. Weak caramel sweetness in the taste. Cola underneath. Mildly nutty. Sticky and somewhat cloying. Medium to thin body. Light herbal hop bitterness in the finish. Messy flavor without much satisfying roundness.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2016 at 00:40

6.5/10
Has a cold coffee flavor a bit but not strong and overall found this porter to lack a bit of boldness.
Tried on 24 Oct 2016 at 06:00

6.5/10
aggressive bitterness but lacks malt to strike a balance so ends up being abrasive a bit rather than flavorful
Tried on 24 Oct 2016 at 05:50

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
12 oz can. The beer is bright gold in color. Perfectly clear. White head, fairly thick. Some lacing. Piney hops with light peachy fruitiness. Pretty mild. Pale malt sweetness in the background. Taste has assertive bitterness. Very bland hop flavor in the taste. Just some pine resin. Light malt sweetness right up front. Finishes dry and bitter. Light feel. Not good.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2016 at 00:53

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
12 oz can. Pale, clear beer. Small fizzy white head. It doesn’t smell like much. Mild hay-ish very pale malt. Light lemons. Quite clean, though. Mild pale malt sweetness in the taste. Fairly dry. Again, it’s very clean and lacks any off notes. Somewhat creamy but quite light on the palate. It’s a refreshing light beer. Boring but nothing wrong with it.
Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2016 at 21:55

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Draft: Clear, light gold with a white head. Grain, corn, sweet milk/cream aroma. Taste is mildly lactic grain malt, honey..... Nice body....mild.....very good.
Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2016 at 18:22

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bought a sixer to go from the brewery. Red Amber pour. Nose is malty and red fruit. Tastes of malt, light pine, red fruits, earthy bitter slight bubblegum. Semi sweet. Brought a can in backpack and cracked on summit of White Butte North Dakota the states highest point. Part of a great day.
Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2016 at 13:53

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at brewery. Nose is floral and bitter pine. Tastes quite astringent, you get some pine, floral, dish soap, grass. Bitter finish. Overall pleasant though
Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2016 at 13:40

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Can at Bitter Ester. Hazed golden pour pillowy white head. Nose is grains and bread. Tastes of dough, honey, touch lemon, grains. Watery palate.
Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2016 at 13:16

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Appearance: Clear red, small light tan head.
Aroma: Malt and slight caramel.
Taste: Medium malt, some dark fruit, caramel sweetness. Enjoyable.
Bought: Trade with RobertDale - thanks!, 355 ml can
Info: 9/7-2016, BB: ??/??-????
Tried from Can on 10 Jul 2016 at 09:56