Little Thistle Brewing
Microbrewery in Rochester, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
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We look forward to welcoming you at Little Thistle Brewing Co. We are a family-owned, local craft brewery and taproom located in Rochester with an emphasis on high-quality craft beer from approachable, easy-drinking beer to beers that are unique and experimental. A little something for everyone.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2021. Pours a clear orange with an amber hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a toasted bread note with grain and biscuit supporting. Flavor is a touch thin with toasted bread, straw and a hint of biscuit backing
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2021
at 00:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at SMOAK Rochester, 8.7.20. Clear golf large foamy white head fair retention. Aroma of dank leafy hops, resin, pale malt. Taste is resin, pine, grapefruit, dank. Like let's just call it CBD dank. Medium bodied lingering bitterness. Nice.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2020
at 20:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Sample from the tap at Winterfest 2020. Pours earthy dark brown with a tan head that starts and remains at the edges. Aroma has a lot of roast and some coffee with dark grains and a hint of vanilla underlying. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts and a hint of coffee bitterness with a touch of vanilla in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2020
at 16:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2019. Pours near black with a light creamy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of dark grains and coconut with chocolate and vanilla underlying. Flavor has a dark grains, coconut and vanilla with a bit of earthy roast underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2019
at 03:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2019. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has an earthy graham cracker, vanilla, tart lime and a bit of lactose. Flavor has vanilla and tart lime with a bit of graham cracker with a bit of lactose backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2019
at 03:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2019. Pours a clear amber red with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a lot of earthy beet with a touch of ginger and a light wheat note underlying. Flavor has a tart beet note with earthy wheat and light ginger supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2019
at 03:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2018. Pours a cloudy yellow with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a lot of earthy citrus, light tropical fruit, a touch of dankness and sweet grains backing. Flavor has dank tropical fruits, a bit of citrus and a bit of hay backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2018
at 22:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2018. Pours like orange juice with no head whatsoever. Aroma is full of mango and passionfruit with tart citrus and sweet wheat backing. Flavor has sweet mango, passionfruit, lots of juicy tropical fruits and a hint of wheat backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2018
at 22:54