Double Elbow Beer

Client Brewer in Rochester, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Little Thistle Brewing

Established in 2024

Contact
2031 14th St NW, Rochester, MN, 55901, United States
Description
Double Elbow is the brainchild/side project of Niko Tonks, who’s been making beer for a while now, and is produced at Little Thistle Brewing in Rochester, MN, where he’s also the head brewer. Come say hi.

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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can shared by Jack, thanks! Pours near black with gray head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has has dry roast and earthy dark grains with some pine underlying. Flavor has earthy roast, dark grains and a growing pine presence.

Tried from Can on 18 Jan 2026 at 01:49


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can shared with Kyle. Pours a clear gold with a slight straw hue and a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has hay and a light pine with straw and some light grains underlying. Flavor has hay and straw throughout with a slight spruce bite and a bit of sweetness.

Tried from Can from Princeton's Liquor on 23 Oct 2025 at 23:30


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at ABR 2025. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice bready grain with some light hay underlying. Flavor has nice balance of hay grass and straw with a touch sweetness coming through.

Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2025 at 00:05


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

Sampled from the tap at Little Thistle. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has lots of straw with some earthy hay and a bit of grass underlying. Flavor has lots of hay and straw with a bit of bread and grains backing.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2025 at 17:35


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

I had four cans of this over several days all all were in great condition. Large white head and a gold beer. ops up front but for a Czech pils, I would expect more saaz and I do not get much of that here. Dry, grassy hops, bread, some yeast. A high quality beer and I would like them to try more traditional hops. --- Beer merged from original tick of Double Elbow - Inputs & Outputs on 22 Dec 2024 at 09:40 - Score: 8

Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2024 at 15:39