Crux Fermentation Project
Microbrewery
in Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crux Fermentation Project
Established in 2012
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.
Troopie (5640) reviewed Stout from Crux Fermentation Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Black pour with thick beige head. Meets the hundred watt test. Too restrained aroma, some caramel and nut, maybe served a little too cold. Lekker roasty flavour with coffee, caramel and hop notes. A hop note in the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13 - as Crux Impasse Saison. Hazed golden amber with a thin off shite head. Nose is tarte fruit, lemon rind, herbal notes, bitter orange, straw. Taste comprises light caramel, yeast notes, orange pith, lemon rind, herbal tones, farmy, earthy. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, crisp finish. Ticks all the boxes to make for a decent saison.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Snow Cave from Crux Fermentation Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear dark amber with thin off white head. Nose is banoffee pie, light booze, caramel, dark fruits. Taste comprises dark malt, toffee, marshmallow, touch of booze, sugars. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming booze in the finish. Decent enough strong ale, alcohol is well integrated, but lacks any real depth to make it a great.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Off Leash from Crux Fermentation Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Very lightly hazed golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is hops, light pine, bitter orange, sugars. Taste comprises hops, orange pith, light caramel, touch of grapefruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light hop bitterness in the finish. Decent session IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Listed as 12% ABV. Clear chestnut brown with a thin beige head. Nose is dark malts, toffee, spice, dark fruits, dates. Taste comprises dark toffee, spice, brown sugar, dates, raisens. Full end of medium bodied, fine carbonation, light booze in the finish, Ok Belgian.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Stout from Crux Fermentation Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Nitro tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Mid black with a good sized tan head. Nose is roast malt, light smoke, touch of chocolate. Taste comprises malt, dark chocolate, mineral notes, liqourice, good roasty bite. Medium bodied with oomph, fine carbonation, roast malt big in the finish. Solid enough stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13 - listed as 8% ABV. Lightly hazed pale blonde with a thin off white head. Nose is citrus, bitter orange, hops, caramel, light sugar. Taste comprises lemon zest, orange pith, light grapefruit, hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light hop bitterness in the finish. Drinkable but rather lacking for a DIPA, not enough depth to the flavours, a little washed out, simply failed to deliver.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Lightly hazed golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is hops, light piss, bitter orange, bitter grapefruit. Taste comprises ligh floral hop notes, orange pith, pine, grapefruit. Full bodied, fine carbonation, good dose of hop bitterness in the finish. Good stuff.
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Crux Porter from Crux Fermentation Project 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Crux, Bend, 23/05/13. Extremely dark mahogony brown with a medium tan head. Nose is roast malt, dark toffee, light smoke, bitter chocolate. Taste comprises light roast, mineral tones, dark toffee, molasses, light cocoa. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, roasty finish. Decent porter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the brewery, 23/05/13. Lightly hazed chestnut brown with a thin beige head. Nose is dark malt, dark toffee, sugars, light smoke. Taste comprises a big smokey kick, peat, caramel, toffee, sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light smokey note in the finish. Not a fan of Scotch/Scottish ales, if such a thing really exists, but the peaty smokey gig amidst this one made it enjoyable.
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