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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Pours a dusty golden/yellow color with a small, short lived white head. Very light aroma is wheat, cloves, yeast, and bananas. The flavor is deep in wheat tones with cloves, apples, cinnamon, and a little husky/bready thing in the end. Still finishes crisp and clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2009
at 11:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Pale yellow with a large, frothy white head. Dry, bready, floral aroma. Crisp and wheaty. Taste is crisp with florals and wheat. Just lightly bready and a whisk of that sour/doughy/yeast flavor. Not Bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2009
at 11:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft: Pours a dark orange with a large beige head. Nice sheet lacing. Aroma is hoppy, although rather modest in intensity. Florals, citrus, and faintly sweet. Flavor is much more crisp with hops than the aroma would suggest. Florals and grapefruit, some caramel sweetness before a resiny/floral finish. Not bad, but not really anything special.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2009
at 08:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours golden with a white head. I forgot to swirl the yeast around, so it’s only lightly hazy. Aroma is of cloves and bubblegum. Flavors of wheat, cloves and biscuit. On the light side, but still pleasant to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2009
at 17:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
A deep dark stout with a thick moka head. A light chocolate aroma, faint and discreet. In mouth, a light silky stout with light cold coffee, a bit too light, but decent. On tap at Ike’s MSP, Sept. 13 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2009
at 08:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
An amber ale with a thin lacing and silky off white head. In aroma, light pinhey c-hops over caramel malt. In mouth, a nice smooth pale ale with nice restrained floral hops, light and quaffable. On tap at Ike’s MSP, Sept. 13 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2009
at 08:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A golden amber beer with a thin white head. In aroma, nice caramel malt with notes of cinnamon, very nice. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt, with light German hops, a light buttery notes. Not bad. On tap at Ike’s MSP, Sept. 13 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2009
at 08:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A golden pils with a thick lacing white head. A nice malty pils with light berry esters, and German hopping. In mouth, a light sweetish pils with light metallic hops. A bit commercial. On tap at Ike’s MSP, Sept. 13 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2009
at 08:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beer Geek. Pours dark brown/black with a decent light tan head. Aromas of dark roast malt with coffee and chocolate. Rather full bodied with frothy carbonation. Flavor is coffee, dark roast/burnt malt and maybe a little chcoolate. The finish is slightly sweet. But the dark elements balance that. Not sure why this is perceived as thin by so many. Maybe cause it thins as the carbonation leaves?
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2009
at 19:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a hazed golden body and a fading white head. Aroma of plastic, orange and caramel. Taste is fizzy and grassy with some orange. Fizzy and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2009
at 11:04