Norway Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Norway, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Norway Brewing Company

Established in 2016

Contact
237 Main St, Norway, ME, 04268, United States
Description
Eat local. Drink local.

Norway Brewing Company is a family-owned microbrewery right off route 26 in Norway, Maine. We have a welcoming and family-friendly taproom open year-round, as well as a spacious beer garden during the warmer months. We brew our own beer and our food is hand-made and tailored to suit the season. Our goal is to use as many locally sourced ingredients as possible; we have reached out to fruit and vegetable growers, livestock and dairy farmers, as well as local grain and hop growers to create a network of producers who supply our chefs and brewers with raw ingredients grown right here in Maine. Come by and say hello... We look forward to seeing you soon!

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours hazy golden. Aroma is sout, sweet, fruits, spices. Flavor follows the nose. Body is on the light side. Overall: okish.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2018 at 12:13

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours golden. Aroma is fruits, citrus, belgian yeast. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, citrus, vanilla maybe, maple, slight wheatiness. Alcohol is reasonably covered. Overall: interesting brew, on the sweet side but i Like it.
Tried from Draft on 11 May 2018 at 06:40

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Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours golden. Aroma is sour, fruits, spices. Flavor follows the nose, but also has some acidity. Carbo is on the higher side. Overall: drinkable I guess.
Tried from Draft on 11 May 2018 at 06:35

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught at Oxbow Portland, 12/30/17.
Lightly-to-minimally hazy, blonde-brass with slight auburn hints. Off-white head atop shows moderately-low retention.
Tart, acidic juniper and strong wood/oak character mix with light cereal/biscuit and heavy lactic acid to produce a bit of an American sour-meets-sahti kind of nose. Great expression from the yeast/bacteria and juniper, adding kumquat, gooseberry and cranberry notes. Low acetic and light Brett round out the finish with no alcohol or flaw lingering.
In the mouth it's very tart, with biscuity, lightly cereal-like malts for balance. Vanilla and honey are light with high attenuation taking care of most of that. Lots of lactic acid with moderate juniper-like acidity adding spicy, gooseberry and cranberry-like notes. Tight carbonation and quite a bit of sourness and dryness, pushes it to the edge of balanced. Despite the tannin and malt/wheat structure, it has more sour/dry elements than soft/sweet and could use a bit more. Still enjoyable though and a nice nod to Sahtis and other Scandinavian beers of this sort.
Tried from Can on 09 May 2018 at 20:25

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Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours golden. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, citrus, orange. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, citrus, orange, slight caramel, some funk. Carbonation is high. Overall: ok.
Tried from Draft on 09 May 2018 at 07:42

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours yellow golden with whiteish head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, citrus, floral notes. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, citrus, floral. Overall: ok. --- Beer merged from original tick of Fjell & Fjord on 04 May 2018 at 20:17 - Score: 6. Original review text: Sweet
Tried from Draft on 09 May 2018 at 07:39

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at TCBW2018. Pours dark golden with whiteish head. Aroma is fruity, apricots, funk, brett, citrus. Flavor is sweet and bitter, sour, fruity, apricots, citrus, funk, brett. Finish is apricot bitter. Overall: very good, my kind of saison.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2018 at 07:59

5/10
Tried on 05 May 2018 at 19:17

5/10
Tried on 05 May 2018 at 19:15

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Tap at TCBW,2018, Tallinn. Color is slightly cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors Spices, fruits and malts.
Tried from Draft on 05 May 2018 at 18:01