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.
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Clear golden color, small white head, solid lacing. Aroma of freshly cut wet grass and anise, wow! Taste is bitter lemon, grass, flowers. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2012
at 16:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle in 2007. A slightly hoppy India Pale Ale, but is disappointingly bland when drank.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2012
at 12:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle. Reddish, copper color with a medium sized beige head and lot’s of medium sized bubbles. Mild toasted malt aroma hints at baked bread. Some foral hops,too. Dryish toasted malt flavor with a slight sour apple flavor. Some citrus hops in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2012
at 17:58
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A lightly hopped summer beer. Aroma has dry hops, and flavor is on the dry side also. It actually has more flavor than I expected, and the light palate makes it good for warm summer weather.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2012
at 10:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle. Pours dark copper with a thin, persistent, beige head and heavy lacing. The aroma is bread, butterscotch, earthy hops, and butter. The flavor is fairly sweet and a little bitter. The palate is medium, astringent, grainy, and clean. Overall, this is a nice, easy-drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2012
at 19:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Really good IPA from St. Paul’s Summit Brewing. Pours a copper-gold with medium head. Strong hop aroma. Flavor a bit like heavily-mineraled water, with the citrus and pine bite of your best IPAs. Very satisfying beer on a hot day. Nice clean, bitter finish.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2012
at 11:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A decent IPA from Summit, but rough around the edges. The hops give a solid green herbal flavor with some grapefruit thrown in to boot, yet the beer has a harshness that makes the finish mildly abrasive. Prickly carbonation doesn’t help. Still, there’s a bready, citric center that makes Saga drinkable, and the herbal, bitter fade assuages the spiky texture.
Tried
on 27 May 2012
at 17:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@Monks Cafe Wallingatan, Stockholm. Reddish brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma is bready, toffeeish with quite strong hoppyness as well. Flavour is crystal and caramel malts with some fruity, wooden and ripe fruity sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2012
at 22:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled@Monks Cafe Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pale yellowish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet wheat, mild grass, some slight gluelike notes as well as mild citrus. Flavour is very similar. Quite sweet, without too much balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2012
at 22:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Banana, clove, and caramel malt aroma. Cloudy dark amber color with large tan head. Mildly sweet banana, clove, caramel malt flavor. Body a bit light. Not bad - would have liked a bit more malt though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2012
at 16:44