Surly Brewing Company
Regional Brewery
in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Surly Brewing Company
Established in 2006
Contact
Description
Great Beer Above All Else
Surly: The frustration we felt when we couldn't find a good beer, much less a great one, in Minnesota. So we made some.
Great beer is all that really matters. Well, that and pushing your limits a bit, looking out for your people, taking pride in where you’re from, and having as much damn fun as you can while doing it.
Brewed Aggressively in Minnesota
Surly: The frustration we felt when we couldn't find a good beer, much less a great one, in Minnesota. So we made some.
Great beer is all that really matters. Well, that and pushing your limits a bit, looking out for your people, taking pride in where you’re from, and having as much damn fun as you can while doing it.
Brewed Aggressively in Minnesota
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottled 750ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & Hrabren. Brownish coloured, small beige head, berries and light caramel in the nose. Tartish fruity, dried fruits, light barrel and acetic touch in the finish. Bit funky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2025
at 18:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper with an amber hue and a light tan head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a sweet smoke and oak note with sweet grains and bread backing. Flavor has sweet grains and a bit of cookie with a bit of smoke and oak in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 27 Apr 2025
at 17:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has lots of straw with a bit of hay, an hint of lemon and a touch of sweet grain coming through. Flavor is hay forward with growing straw and a bit of sweet grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 27 Apr 2025
at 16:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.75l bottle courtesy of Buckeyeboy, enormous thanks. Should've been my 20k in lack of special beers brewed for that, wasn't, then was randomly opened by Hrabren and Ogi while I was in an adjacent room, so it won't even be for 20k rated beers. So sad. Still, phuket, one big bottle gone from the fridge! So, let's go. Very dark brown, murky body, traces of an off-white head. Pleasant aroma, without almost any oxidation, combining dried fruit, red fruit and some acetic touches. Lean, soft, tart, mildly acetic taste, bit bretty, some malty touches, dried fruit, very well balanced, funky, very drinkable. I would almost say chuggable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2025
at 19:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
0.75 l bottle kind courtesy of Marko, shared with Ogi and him, thanks. Dark amber to purple, small off-white head. Aroma is dark fruit, black currant, dark cherry, some red fruit and berries. Cocoa and chocolate. Funky, bretty, lightly cheesy, goaty. Soft earthy notes. Vinous, oaky. Intense sharp sourness, grapefruit skin, astringent, biting. Nice red fruit skins, tannic, oak barrel. Medium body, soft to moderate effervescent carbonation. Roasty and zesty bitterness. Soft vinegar notes. Lasting finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2025
at 19:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Navigator. Not sure how you manage to make a 5.5% IPA taste sugary and dextrose laden, but they did it. Bold Mosaic, but such an undesirable body. Has that gas station IPA feel. Not that good.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2025
at 23:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Opaque colour, smallbeige head. Roasted sweetish bourbon aroma. Medium-bodied. Smoot, roasted vanilla bourbony flavour. Good! 4oz 3 bucks!
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2025
at 02:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aromas and flavors are mainly lightly sweet malt with a barrist hint of hop. A little bitter, okay body and carbonation. Drinkable and forgettable.
Tried
from Can
from
Woodman's Foods - Onalaska
on 16 Apr 2025
at 23:43
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Sample, thanks oh6gdx Hazy golden, fizzy head. Aroma of grapefruit soda. Sweetish with light body and clean mouthfeel. Like a spritzy, lemonade heavy radler. No bittterness. Lifeless and void of everything likable.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2025
at 21:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Solid nice hop juice.
Quite true to style.
Cloudy yellow and a fine head.
Fine intensity in the aroma.
Not to sweet either. Ok carbonation level.
Tropical, citric and pine
[Can at Ofstad Plaza in Hamar, Norway]
Quite true to style.
Cloudy yellow and a fine head.
Fine intensity in the aroma.
Not to sweet either. Ok carbonation level.
Tropical, citric and pine
[Can at Ofstad Plaza in Hamar, Norway]
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2025
at 16:45