Crow Peak Brewing Company
Brewpub
in
Spearfish,
South Dakota,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crow Peak Brewing Company
Established in 2007
Contact
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.
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.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz can pours a clear copper with some cloudy, white head. Nose has rusty metal, carrot, pine, soap. Flavor has malt, honey, pine, orange. Crisp finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2015
at 18:55
4.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
12oz can pours a clear gold with zero head. Nose has grist, honey, corn, light straw. Flavor has corn sweetness, mild butter, some grist. Creamy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2015
at 17:21
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
From a 50 cl bottle shared at the RB DC tasting Aug 1, 2015. Pours clear gold with an off white head. Light bodied. Sweet, white toast flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2015
at 17:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can. Poured a light orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light bitter notes, very minor resin and floral notes. A little dusty. Earthy.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2015
at 14:21
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pretty average. Pours golden with OK head. Finish has him of bitterness. Big thanks to Dclawyer for this one. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2015
at 14:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can pours out dark brown topped with a ring of a head. Nose is roast malts chocolate and some sweetness. Taste is more of the roast malts and chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2015
at 01:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Quite dark with a small and quickly dissipating head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, earthy, dry malty cocoa. Medium full body. Flavor is earthy, chocolate, lightly roasted malt, a bit of sweet fruit. Finish is medium bittersweet cocoa. Pretty solid porter.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2015
at 22:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz can pour. Much thanks to Chris for helping me knock off South Dakota. Pretty good porter here. Soft chocolate and dark fruits aroma. Slightly dusty flavor with more dark fruit than anything. Some chocolate. Dry, roasted malt finish. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2015
at 14:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of dark cocoa, subtle coffee grounds. Taste is mostly sweet milk chocolate. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2014
at 14:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. can from Willrunforbeer, thanks much!! Dark brown pour with ruby highlights, no head. Aroma is spruce to boot! Caramel and maybe a nutmeg spice. Interesting.
Flavor is much like the aroma. The spruce tip and spice is kind of over the top. Very herbal with a spice after taste. Lingering pine tree with touches of butter. Well, I do really appreciate the new state!
Flavor is much like the aroma. The spruce tip and spice is kind of over the top. Very herbal with a spice after taste. Lingering pine tree with touches of butter. Well, I do really appreciate the new state!
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2014
at 16:15