Crux Fermentation Project

Microbrewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crux Fermentation Project

Established in 2012

Contact
50 SW Division St, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Description
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.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Crux - PDX, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has gentle salt, lacto, and lightly sweet cereal malt. Flavour is salty, with plenty of saline, light lacto, some coriander, and very slight hint of champagne-like effervescence. Clean and saline-like finish. It's alright.

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2024 at 16:29


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Crux - PDX, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is fairly sweet, with sweet cereal malt, not much of the classic herbaceous notes. Flavour is crisp, with light herbaceous notes, sweet cereal, and some crisp cracker. Lacking hops and authentic helles character. Unconvincing.

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2024 at 16:29


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can from Hops & Bottles. Clear golden pour, abundant white foamy head, light lacing. Hoppy, dusty aroma, faint orange. Taste is light citrusy hops, with a little bit more bitterness and notes of citrus oil. Doesn't quite come together for me

Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2024 at 03:55


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at the Portland location. Pours dull brown. Cherry, red wine, biscuit, vanilla, apricot, tart. Medium body. Good.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2024 at 02:49


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the Portland location. Pours copper. Funk, tart, apple, berry, biscuit, cider vinegar. Medium body. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2024 at 02:45


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the Portland location. Pours clear gold. Straw, sweet, peach, dill, black pepper, lingering sweetness. Medium body. Fine.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2024 at 02:36


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at the Portland location. Pours gold. Lemon, floral, biscuit, lemon curd, passionfruit, vanilla, bright tart funk. Nice spritzy body. Excellent.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2024 at 02:34


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice grain notes some wood spice and a touch of grass. Taste is more of the nice grain wood forward spice and some nice yeast.

Tried from Can on 09 Jun 2024 at 05:50


7

On tap. Pours a clear orange hue with a medium white head. A sweet citrus nose. Toast, oranges, mild bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 27 May 2024 at 00:01


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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Aromas are clean, fresh, malty, hoppy adjunct pale lager. Flavors are similar to nose, slightly more sweet than bitter and with decent carbonation to balance. Very drinkable but nothing special.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 14 Apr 2024 at 20:07