Crux Fermentation Project

Microbrewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Oregon Beverage Collective
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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Ken at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours brown, no head, orange glints. Aroma is mildly sour with fruit/cherry notes. Med body or better. Flavor is slightly sour red berry, arguably cherry, with an odd touch of chocolate - like often found in US browns, but not so much in Flemish ales. Finishes towards sour, not very dry, not very bitter, and I think a bit maltier than usual for the style. Nice ale!
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 16:48

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Draft pour at Special Brews. Pours a clear golden color with an oily head. Bitter hop forward aroma. Nothing crazy unique here. Just a basic, though good imperial. Piney hops with a bit of orange and citrus hints. Good beer here.
Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2015 at 20:13

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Draft EBF - NEED LABEL - Pours reddish amber - Nose/taste of candy sugar, fruit cake, spice, grape - medium body.
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2015 at 23:23

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Draft at EBF - Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of lemon cake, light sour funk and white sugar - Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2015 at 23:22

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Bottle from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours gold with a white head. Lots of citrus in the aroma, but it also is grassy and especially fruity. Med body or nearly. Flavor is grassy, citrus (lemongrass?) with very light malt for a backbone. It’s well towards dry, and it’s very bitter. Sessionable it is.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2015 at 22:32

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Draft - Raisin, some plum and dark sugars. Hazy maroon with a decent beige head. Some cherry and plum notes with some dark sugars. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2015 at 16:40

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Draft - Dark roast, some chocolate, some booze and wood. Jet black with a decent brown head. Boozy sweet bourbon, very unbalanced and a bit hot.
Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2015 at 16:34

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On tap. Pours out a golden topped with a small head. Nose is sick apricot jam pear peach lots of barrel and brett. Taste is more of the fruit combo and plenty of funk.
Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2015 at 21:56

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On tap pours out a crisp golden with a ring of head only. Nose is citrus tangerines vanilla lots of barrel notes. Taste is more of the tangerines vanilla barrel some malty sweetness.
Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2015 at 21:25

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Draught at Apex, Portland
Blond color. Dry Pilsner, credibly mitteleuropean, with a mild grassy and lemony hopping; the malt profile is simple, but at least it’s a bit crispy.
Nice.
Tried on 05 Apr 2015 at 02:25