Altered Genius Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2020

Contact
411 Merchant Street, Ambridge, PA, 15003, United States

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5.4
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tap at source. Crystal clear pale yellow with a white head. Mild berry nose. Good co2 level up front. Some pepper. A little saison bitterness but not much. Easy going for a saison. Covers its alky content well. Quite civilized for a higher alky farmhouse. Nice job AG.

Tried from Draft at Altered Genius Brewing - Ambridge Brewery on 12 Jun 2025 at 12:48


5.5
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 7

Tap at source. Crystal clear pale with an ever so slight sweet nose. Close to being flat on the palate, maybe there is a hint of tartness. Not a gose as I remember compare to all the others I've tasted but with a decent flavor and very light in character. I bet the ABV of this is very low. Some chalk in the middle. A little disappointing for a gose style yet very good civilized beer.

Tried from Draft at Altered Genius Brewing - Ambridge Brewery on 12 Jun 2025 at 12:34


4.8
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at source. Pale yellow slight haze. Nice clean fresh beer nose. Quite flat on the update. Not sure what makes this mexican, maybe they forgot to put the lemon on it. Seems a little more like plain old pale macro lager. Finishes with a tad of processed bitterness.

Tried from Draft at Altered Genius Brewing - Ambridge Brewery on 12 Jun 2025 at 12:13


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy yellow gold with a large white head. Grainy and musty with notes of lemonade and strawberry. Medium finish and body.

Tried from Draft on 26 May 2025 at 03:07


1.9
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 1 | Overall - 0.5

Mind you, I really dislike IPA but this was a sample to just get a tick. On tap its clear pale with a pond scummy head. Very mild hop perfume on the nose. First taste is exceptionally bitter. I'm not talking about hop bitter either, its that astringent phenolic feel of an immature IPA brewer. Pointed, rude. Hard to take. Not sure what to think of this. Supposedly IPA, but flat on the palate and mouthcoating. Quite rude ass. What a mess, even for an IPA.

Tried on 25 Apr 2025 at 19:05


4.9
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 5

Slight orange and nearly clear pale. Very fresh neutral nose. First taste is mild and bitter grapefruit. Yes, citrus but not really lemon. And the strawberry? Its absent. Medium co2 level sets the middle.

Tried on 25 Apr 2025 at 18:59


4.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

Nice big and black. No detectable nose. Nice burnt in initial fell like a good schwartz but this is on top of some IPA bitterness. I don't really like IPA but I find this acceptable if it wasn't for the slight phenolic bitterness I'm finding hidden in the background. The IPA is fairly muted, and it comes across like a Baltic schwartz of sorts. In the middle that astringent bitter bite starts to manifest. Finish is the long result of that stupid ass phenolic astringent bitter bite but otherwise this is not bad.

Tried on 25 Apr 2025 at 18:54


6.1
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Slightly hazy on tape at ambridge. Hazy lemon yellow. Mild nose of clean fresh beer but quite neutral. Very good cutting co2. Middle is still very good, no nonsense fresh beer personality. Very difficult to find any fruit in this. It's there if you look for it but is well hidden. Good overall beer tasting experience.

Tried on 25 Apr 2025 at 18:48


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Nice & dark brown without haze.Mild sweeter malty nose. Very mild but apparent co2 level.Good friendly taste on the uptake. Easy going and civilized. Liking this one. A tad of acceptable burnt bitterness augments this brew. Yes, pretty good brown ale for a change. Well behaved finish.

Tried from Draft at Altered Genius Brewing - Ambridge Brewery on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:00


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 7

Tap at AG trailhouse. Very light pale slight haze. Minor rubber nose. Mild initial flavor. Some decent co2. Can't really pick out any of the stuff they say is in here. Nothing over the top nor in yer face. A typical mild wit. Finishes nicely somewhat refreshing.

Tried from Draft at Altered Genius Brewing - Trailside Taproom on 01 Mar 2025 at 17:50