Lumberbeard Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Spokane,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Lumberbeard Brewing
Established in 2018
Contact
Description
The Lumberbeard Brewing story isn’t a complicated one. It is much like the way we like our beers: simple, straightforward, yet full of creative adventure.
Bret, our president and head brewer, fell in love with beer and the craft of brewing at the appropriate age of 21. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a degree in economics, he pursued a sensible job in the finance world. It didn’t take long for him to realize that being at a desk was not for him and he wanted to become a professional brewer. That passion led him and his family to California where he went back to school to earn a Professional Brewing Certificate at University of San Diego. He swore he would never go back to school, but beer will make you do some crazy things. From there, Bret worked as a professional brewer for several years before taking the leap to open his own brewery in Spokane.
Lumberbeard Brewing was founded in 2018 and we are so excited to have you along for this crazy journey. We are committed to making excellent beers and desire to create a community where everyone feels welcome, cared for, and can find a beer they love!
Bret, our president and head brewer, fell in love with beer and the craft of brewing at the appropriate age of 21. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a degree in economics, he pursued a sensible job in the finance world. It didn’t take long for him to realize that being at a desk was not for him and he wanted to become a professional brewer. That passion led him and his family to California where he went back to school to earn a Professional Brewing Certificate at University of San Diego. He swore he would never go back to school, but beer will make you do some crazy things. From there, Bret worked as a professional brewer for several years before taking the leap to open his own brewery in Spokane.
Lumberbeard Brewing was founded in 2018 and we are so excited to have you along for this crazy journey. We are committed to making excellent beers and desire to create a community where everyone feels welcome, cared for, and can find a beer they love!
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a huge dark tan head that mimiced a Guinness pour. Aroma is rathe smoresish with some bourbon. Very full bodied. Very sweet in a syrupy way. Heat is detectible. Not very bitter. Flavor is lots of chocolate, some marshmallow, and bourbon. Not really getting PB. Flavors are "firm", but not "strong".
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2025
at 02:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma is bready, piney. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness and very little sweetness. Citrusy hop flavors.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 11 Feb 2025
at 00:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can shared by Kyle, thanks! Pours a murky brown with an amber hue and a no head whatsoever. Aroma has a nice bourbon and caramel combination with toffee and a bit of sweet bread supporting. Flavor has toffee and bread with a growing bourbon with a bit of caramel in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2025
at 01:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma has notes of toffee, macadamia nuts, vanilla, wood, bourbon. Taste is highly sweet with light bitterness around the edges. Flavors like the aroma descriptors. Delicious but rich.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2025
at 00:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to Justin. Pours a clear amber hue with a medium white head. A big malty nose, light barrel. Rich, sweet, big hot barrel, toasted malts, caramel. Really deep toffee. Damn good.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 09:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473mL can. Pours brown with minimal head. Aroma has bourbon, macademia syrup, some vanilla. Flavour has syrup, macademia nuts, bourbon. Pretty enjoyable, but overly syrupy and sweet. Not bad per se, but falls a bit short.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Nov 2024
at 07:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can, pours a deep dark burgundy, small beige head. Aroma has plenty of macadamia nuts, light vanilla, and huge bourbon barrels. Flavour has lots of macadamia syrupy -- like if you went to Starbucks and asked for a pump of macadamia syrup -- along with vanilla and bourbon. The nuts don't across legitimately enough -- a bit too syrupy. It's clearly a well-made, high-quality beer, but the nut character isn't fully convincing. It's good, but lacking.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Nov 2024
at 07:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
1 pint can. Pours a reddish brown with little head. Aromas of bourbon, dry caramel, and toasted malts. Flavors follow same with additional vanilla that nicely balances the bourbon and malts. Warm finish. Very good overall.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2024
at 04:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Draft pour pint at Tapped, Mill Creek. Lighter orange juice haze. Thin foam. I think I was in the mood for a Lumberbeard brew more so than i was for a hazy. Creamy and slick to start, with plenty of hop burn to follow. Aroma is very nice, with a cool melon that is inviting. Similar melon is present throughout thr flavor as well, but buried in hop burn. Overall, it's not bad. Not dissing the brewer, I'm dissing the style. Can't blame anyone but myself though. I chose to order it.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2024
at 22:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours a dark brown with light head. Aromas of bourbon, brown sugar, caramel and toasted malts. Flavors follow same with some grass, dry dark fruit and rougher malts. Old style Barley Wine. Some alcohol, but not showing 16%. Probably needs some aging.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2024
at 22:29