About
Our mission has been to produce vibrant, quality and innovative beer with a truly authentic team of humans since 2015. Structures Brewing was founded by James Alexander after spending years working at breweries in Washington, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
In 2021, forces were joined when Bryan Cardwell partnered with James. Bryan comes from a background of world class brewing experience in Washington and Oregon. Together they have meshed their skills of brewing great hoppy beer and lager beer... while also loving to explore the realms of curiosity in Imperial Stouts, Barleywines and Smoothie Sours.
In 2021, forces were joined when Bryan Cardwell partnered with James. Bryan comes from a background of world class brewing experience in Washington and Oregon. Together they have meshed their skills of brewing great hoppy beer and lager beer... while also loving to explore the realms of curiosity in Imperial Stouts, Barleywines and Smoothie Sours.
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml (got from the brewery in almost 2 years after ordering, hehe!) shared with a gang after being forced by Farees and Alex. Appearance: dark brown with a floating coconut shit on top. Aroma: toasted coconut, burnt sugar, not very exciting. Taste: about the same lines, surprisingly it seems a bit on the thin side, a lot of toasted coconut. Overall: ok, not the best one from them.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2022
at 07:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Black with minimal beige head. Mild vanilla and coconut with alcohol heat. Too hot, unbalanced. Not worth the upsell.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2022
at 07:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Jet black with a small white head. Woody and some coconut. Soft and woody with some chocolate and light coconut. The adjuncts are not coming through.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2022
at 07:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Trailbend taproom. Pours a hazy yellow with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates slowly to the edge and laces. Aroma has slightly dank citrus and light mango with a bit of earthy grass backing. Flavor has slightly dank tropical fruits with a bit of earthy citrus and some light grains backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2022
at 01:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Structures, pours black with a small, muddy dark brown head. Aroma is dominated by the peppermint—all other elements take a backseat unfortunately. There's some barrel, some dark fruits and caramel, but the “hint of peppermint”, as per the description, is more like a dominating element. Flavour has a lot of peppermint and dark fruits upfront. The palate is what ruins this though, with a very felt-like, muddy, gritty, chalky palate that is just not pleasant. This is very disappointing and not even all that drinkable. Really a shame -- glad I wasn't stuck with a big expensive bottle of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2021
at 06:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Structures, pours a dirty dark brown / near-black with a small beige head. Aroma is hot, with lots of bourbon barrels, caramel, and dark dried fruits. Flavour is quite decadent, with intense dark dried fruits, lots of bourbon barrels, and caramel. It could be a bit better dialled in — there's a slightly jumbled element to it, but the mix of flavours and the barrel aging is quite impressive. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2021
at 05:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Structures, pours an opaque cloudy peachy orange with a small white head. Aroma is bright and dank, with a wonderful citrus hops, dankness, and stone fruit juiciness. Flavour is bright and juicy, with lots of juicy stone fruits, dank hops, some citrus rind, and a little pine. Bright, juicy, assertive. That's just fantastic.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2021
at 05:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
8oz during the quick meeting with Tom. Appearance: a bit murky brown with a beige head. Aroma: lots of toffee, caramel, and bourbon. Taste: along the same lines, tons of bourbon and booze. Overall: very nice.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2021
at 23:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Power tasting at Matt's, bottle
Oily, black colour, no head. Aroma of boutique coffee, followed by the maple when it warms up. Good body strength, the mouthfeel is round and smooth, dark chocolate, some cacao, ashes; there's spirit, alcohol, maple, light vanilla. A bit sour and too boozy in the finish.
Very good.
Oily, black colour, no head. Aroma of boutique coffee, followed by the maple when it warms up. Good body strength, the mouthfeel is round and smooth, dark chocolate, some cacao, ashes; there's spirit, alcohol, maple, light vanilla. A bit sour and too boozy in the finish.
Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2021
at 09:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Power tasting at Matt's, bottle; no mention of 'Year One'; it says it's a 100% Maris Otter BW aged for 16 months in Four Roses, but no mention about the blending on the label
The colour is almost black, no head. Mild aroma of bourbon, some alcohol. Good body strength, but the alcohol is so strong that limits the effects of the body; chaotic combination of malts, caramel, ashes, dark fruits.
The colour is almost black, no head. Mild aroma of bourbon, some alcohol. Good body strength, but the alcohol is so strong that limits the effects of the body; chaotic combination of malts, caramel, ashes, dark fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2021
at 09:33