Grimm Artisanal Ales

Microbrewery in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Grimm Artisanal Ales

Established in 2013

Contact
990 Metropolitan Ave, New York City, NY, 11211, United States
Description
Grimm Artisanal Ales is a Brooklyn-based brewery founded in 2013 by Joe and Lauren Grimm after nearly a decade of tinkering with fermentation. Grimm specializes in concise, elegant ales epitomizing the creative, experimental spirit of the American artisanal beer revolution. With each limited edition release, we seek to push the boundaries of style and flavor in order to create beers with the utmost depth and complexity. For five years, Grimm operated as a nomadic brewery. Joe and Lauren would develop each recipe in the kitchen of their Gowanus apartment and travel to existing breweries near and far to craft their commercial beers.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: yellow to copper color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grassy to spicy to floral and light melon-like hops with a nice clean cracker maltiness
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together in a sweet to spicy sort of way; finishes crisp with the crackery malts and floral hop tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue with a touch of dryness
Overall: pretty good German pilsener I would return to.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:35

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light pomme-like fruits, subtle spicy yeast and light white grape notes, and subtle grassy tones; slight bready malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine semi-spicy to pomme-like fruity sweet quality; finishes semi-spicy with grassy and a kiss of lemon juice
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; good smoothness along the tongue; good dryness along the tongue
Overall: I say a nicely done Patersbier worthy coming back to and I bet would go get with some lobster tails!
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:29

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: copper in color with a two finger white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate then left some light wispy lace
Aroma: funky, basement-y, oak-barrel yet bright then slight Brett and semi-floral to grassy character all wrapping up in a fine quality
Flavor: takes the prior noted aromas to mix it on up then a subtle tangerine to clementine like taste comes in to add to the blend; finishes funky, grassy and tangerine-like
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper with a fine semi-smooth tone as the Brett seems so faded here; semi-dry along the tongue
Overall: nicely done saison even if the Brett doesn't come out as much I had hoped for.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:19

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow to semi-orange in color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet and sour tones of various cherries, good tart backing, lime and lemon tartness; subtle funk and earthy character down in there
Flavor: semi-sweet with a great sour and funky character rising while blending all the prior noted aromas; finishes sour to tart with the cherries and a light lemony note
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; some dryness with some tart to sour assertiveness
Overall: nicely done sour/wild ale with a ton going on with this one!
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:12

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: chill haze burnt yellow to cardboard orange with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemongrass; herbal to citrusy hop toned; apricots and mangoes; light clean biscuity malty underneath
Flavor: takes the prior noted aromas to blend to a fine bittersweet tone; finishes semi-herbal to apricot and a light citrusy vibe
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; smooth along the tongue, low hop bitterness
Overall: I say a nicely done TIPA I would have again.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:03

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: subtle berry sweet to tart tones with some piney to lemony tones rolling into slight sour to tart tone with a low riding bready malt deeply down in there
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to semi-sour then tart quality with a light funk and earthy vibe; finishes slightly lemony to berry tart and sour
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; slight smooth tones but also some dryness along the tongue
Overall: I liked this one for me and there's a ton of character going on with this beer.

Sidenote: after further research I have been told this is a Biere de Coupage by style

*disclaimer the numbers I put in this beer are based on personal preference and do not reflect towards the style since I do not know enough about "Biere de Coupages" yet.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 18:55

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: jet black in the pour and was jet black in the glass with a finger and a half of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet coffee, roasted coffee, nice level of cacao, dark chocolate-ish and a nice level of vanilla
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to roasty and toasty quality; finishes with the dark chocolate and vanilla notes
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under with a light sipping sort of aspect to this; some smoothness but also a lingering dryness
Overall: I say a very nicely done impy stout worthy of coming back to.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2026 at 18:11

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: murky yellow pale color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peachy to apricot-like tones up front with some citrusy and grassy tones in the middle then a funky to sour vibe rolling in from underneath and fully blending
Flavor: sour and tart in the front combining the prior noted aromas to a fine quality; finishes semi-peachy and apricot-like with ample tart and sour vibes
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; the sour and tart character does act fairly assertive towards the tongue, good dry hopping quality here
Overall: a dry hopped sour ale I would very much welcome again.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 18:05

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: clear golden yellow color with a finger and a half of white foamy head; this dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light tones of grassy to floral to earthy hops with a clean cracker malt base
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet quality; finishes semi-floral to grassy hopped with the clean malts
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to medium, very sessionable; sturdy smoothness along the tongue with a hint of dryness.
Overall: a very nicely done German pilsener I would welcome again.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2026 at 17:58

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: jet black in the glass with a finger's worth of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: big milk chocolatey tones, coffee sweet and coffee roasty tones, some blueberry & black currants sweet & tart aspects, and a light animal cracker maltiness further underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet to roasty quality which rides into the finish the same way
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; very nice smoothness and a touch of creaminess on the tongue
Overall: a wonderful impy stout very worthy of coming back to.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2026 at 03:42