Summit Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
St. Paul,
Minnesota,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Summit Brewing Company
Established in 1986
Contact
Description
Way back in 1986, before craft brewing was even cool, Summit Brewing Company Founder and President Mark Stutrud set out in St. Paul, Minnesota, to make craft beers inspired by old-world brewing traditions and ingredients. More than 30 years have passed since he first brewed our flagship Summit Extra Pale Ale, and it’s safe to say he freaking nailed it.
Today, Summit Brewing continues to infuse traditional recipes with modern ingredients from around the world, crafting high-quality and consistent craft beer out of respect for the hardworking folks who enjoy our beer.
And because we’re independently owned and operated, we get to make craft beer our way. That means relying on natural carbonation, protecting the foam, and celebrating the true dance between malts, hops, water, and yeast. It means protecting the environment, supporting the community and the arts, being kind to animals, and always having one more beer with our friends and family even if we’re already late for rotary club. It means drinking our beer fresh and cold, because warm storage turns good beer to shit. And it means never settling for “good enough,” always pulling the goalie when we’ve got a chance to win, swinging for the fences, and never, ever forgetting where we come from. Grain country represent.
Today, Summit Brewing continues to infuse traditional recipes with modern ingredients from around the world, crafting high-quality and consistent craft beer out of respect for the hardworking folks who enjoy our beer.
And because we’re independently owned and operated, we get to make craft beer our way. That means relying on natural carbonation, protecting the foam, and celebrating the true dance between malts, hops, water, and yeast. It means protecting the environment, supporting the community and the arts, being kind to animals, and always having one more beer with our friends and family even if we’re already late for rotary club. It means drinking our beer fresh and cold, because warm storage turns good beer to shit. And it means never settling for “good enough,” always pulling the goalie when we’ve got a chance to win, swinging for the fences, and never, ever forgetting where we come from. Grain country represent.
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle. A pretty respectable IPA, what you wish their regular offerings would taste like. Unfiltered greyed-orange body, thick. Glass lacing thin white head. Kind of drinks like a bigger, yeastier session IPA, there isn’t really a lot of depth of malt or hops. Refreshing, cool, crisp. Mellow for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2016
at 22:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a clear, golden yellow, with lots of effervescence and a solid, mid-sized head. Aroma is very floral, with lots of grass, some fruit, some hops. Flavor is quite grassy, too, with some citrus, and a lot of hops. Also, I’ve seen this in other reviews, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it--this beer has a touch of onion flavor to it as well (kind of odd).
Tried
on 26 Mar 2016
at 17:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Muddy Waters. Pours a clear yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grass with some citrus and a good amount of light grain. Flavor has grass, light pine and light citrus with a grain backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2016
at 14:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Muddy Waters. Pours a golden yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma combines grains, bread, grass and a bit of pine. Flavor starts with grains and bread but finish is more bitter with pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2016
at 14:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma is full of citrus with a slight tropical fruit note and a light grain backbone. Flavor has much more bitter citrus with a grapefruit bite and a bit of grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2016
at 10:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A deep dark brown ale with a thick frothy. lacing mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, light coffee, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with light peated notes, grassy hops, light mineral notes, light licorice, still solid after 2 years.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2016
at 19:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
poured from a can. This beer is very well carbonated and had a tall, lasting head. Light copper color. Aroma has dry grass, plants, and a little citrus, which i expected would mean some citrus flavor, but that wasn’t there. Flavor is dry and bitter. Some grain, minimal sweetness and hop bitterness. I have three more cans and will rerate if my impression changes, but I picked up far less tropical and citrus character than I expected. Still, it is a solid beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2016
at 12:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Nothing here we have not seen before. Gold color, not much head on this beer. Mild, grassy hops. Flavor has a lot of bread/cracker flavor, and the hops are again dry grass and dry on the palate. Not a bad beer, but not exciting in any way either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 22:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at Beer Dabbler. At least one brewery brought something new. Roasted character from the stout, but the chai is prominent in the flavor, you definitely know it is there, and I cannot recall another sweet stout I have tasted with Chai. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2016
at 19:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Hessen Haus. Ruby brown pour. Nose of red fruit and caramel. Tastes of caramel, cocoa, berry, toast. Medium bodied slight sticky
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2016
at 13:20