About
Crux is a crossroads, an intersection, the heart of something. In brewing it's that pivotal point where fermentation happens and anticipation mounts.
We’re Crux Fermentation Project— housed in a former AAMCO Transmission Plant and inspired by our location right in the heart of Bend, Oregon. Our brewery is a one-of-a-kind, built for non-traditional brewing methods like decoction mashing, open fermentation and barrel aging, and for leveraging the limitless possibilities that wild yeast strains and experimental hops present.
We’re Crux Fermentation Project— housed in a former AAMCO Transmission Plant and inspired by our location right in the heart of Bend, Oregon. Our brewery is a one-of-a-kind, built for non-traditional brewing methods like decoction mashing, open fermentation and barrel aging, and for leveraging the limitless possibilities that wild yeast strains and experimental hops present.
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12 oz can from a six pack at Kroger. A fun new addition to this year's NA lineup for me. Year 6, and I'm certain the NA brews just keep improving. Clean copper golden appearance, plenty of loose foam head. Soft orange like nose. Refreshing taste, and less recognizable is an NA than most of its counterparts. Warm weather, flavorful, ultimately sessionable IPA. Solid product. --- Beer aliased from original tick of NØMØ on 05 Mar 2022 at 01:28 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: 12 oz can from a six pack, during my 3rd annual no booze March Madness event. I've had this one before, amd its been a standout for me. A slightly cloudy amd bright golden appearance with a fading foam head. The Hop really stick out here. Juicy citrus combined with a subtle pine. A bit of a watery finish makes this drink really fast. It's cool and refreshing. Lacks a little flavor, but can't really name a NA brew that doesn't. Refreshing hop profile and a noticeable grain. Quite the win here. I'm happy to see some of these breweries known for their big beers brew something like this. Solid brew here.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 03:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from The Beer Mongers, Portland. Aroma is fruity hops, citrus, mosaic hop, orange, mildly sweet, grainy malt, citrus, bread, tropical, mango. Flavour is mildly sweet and fairly bitter. Body is medium. A little more sweet than typical for IPA from this area, it has a great balance and smoothness with a superjuicy aroma. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is citrussy hops with orange, malt, pine, lightly grapefruit. Mild sweetish flavour, moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. Pretty easy middle-of-the-road IPA, no bells and whistles.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2025
at 14:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Aroma is fruit peel, citrus, melon, fruity hop, papaya, pale malt, tropical fruits, light pine. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter. Body is medium. Good, very fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Republic. Aroma is vinous and oaky with bretty funk, notes of red wine, citrus, apricot, fleshy fruits, lemon, bready/grainy malt. Flavour is tart with a mild sweetness, modest sourness. Body is medium, you don't really taste the high abv, but there's a certain sense of heaviness. Not as sour as I like, but pretty complex with a lot going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
My 1,500th brewery. 500ml waxed bottle from Tavour. Jet black pour. Finger-high creamy tan head. Deep roasted malt aroma is redolent of molasses and dark chocolate. First sip brings notes of bittersweet roasted malt, dark chocolate and molasses. Incredibly rich, strong and bitter. Added flavors of oak and dried dark cherries. Finishes intensely bitter with notes of strong espresso.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2025
at 04:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
12oz can from Boise Co-op. Cloudy amber/golden pour, foamy white head. Light citrusy aroma, oranges. Taste falls flat, light malty flavors that disappear quickly. Started great, ended meh.
Tried
from Can
from
Boise Co-Op - The Village
on 23 Jan 2025
at 03:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
12oz can from Boise Co-op. Cloudy amber/golden pour, foamy white head. Light citrusy aroma, oranges. Taste falls flat, light malty flavors that disappear quickly. Started great, ended meh.
Tried
from Can
from
Boise Co-Op
on 23 Jan 2025
at 03:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Oak and complex vineous Bretty saison aroma. Flavor is oak, saison yeast , complexity from fruits , sawdust cedar woody note. Well balanced super complex saison like wild beer. Well barrelled. Soft. Gentle
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 17:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml from Costco Bellingham @ Ryan's shared with Farees and Josh. Appearance: almost black with a beige head. Aroma: some meaty notes from oak, some smoky and molasses character, charred barrel. Taste: moderately sweet, quite roasty, on the thin side (especially for 14%!!!), oak. Overall: meh.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2024
at 08:54