Toolbox Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Vista,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Toolbox Brewing Company
- Out of business
Closed in 2018
Contact
1495 Poinsettia Ave, Ste 148, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a bottle at the RB DC gathering on April Fool’s Day 2017 -- thanks of noodleuser. Pours a cloudy gold with an off white head. Brett nose. Flavors of oak, hay and grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2017
at 06:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, capped, no date. Poured into can shaped glass. Heck, I just figured out this is made in Cali, wtf is it doing in PA? I’ve never seen this between the other states but I digress. Well, its a purple beer. Looks like Kool Aid sediment with a fizzy head. Aroma is muddy, poopy berry seeds. Not very appealing to me. Some green berry leaves, earthy. Not what I was expecting. Poop-earth berry with some tartness on the nose. Mouthfeel is a shake like feel with spritzy carbonation trying to cut through it. Flavor has more tartness, drying me out at the end of the flavor. A more tart berry beer with less poop. A little jam in there as well. Flavor much better than aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2017
at 00:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak yeasty woody bretty aroma. Fruity spicy yeasty woody bretty flavor. Has a fruity malty woody spicy yeasty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2017
at 07:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy pale red color with a small white head. Has a fruity weak sour cherry aroma. Fruit sour cherry and lime flavor. Has a fruity weak sour cherry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2017
at 07:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty woody maple cherry aroma. Fruity malty sour woody maple flavor. Has a fruity sour woody cherry and maple finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2017
at 07:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart passion fruit aroma. Fruity and very sour tart passion fruit flavor. Has a fruity sour tart passion fruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2017
at 07:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500mL capped bottle. No gush from popping the cap but lots of head on the pour. A slick pale gold color, hazy. Aroma is bretty for sure, it’s a very dry herbal brett. Dry, bittered, flowery herbs. Flavor is pretty much similar, all brett but not a thoroughly blown up brett. Plus, it feels like there is nothing left in the malts to keep the brett developing in the bottle. I guess what I am saying is that it’s a fine, clean, well-executed brett beer but it’s missing that fun aspect. The brett is missing that little bit of risk and the malts seem to lack sugars for further development. Bottom of the bottle pours a slurry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2017
at 22:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At Linköping Beer Expo 2017. Hazy yellow with a medium white head. Tart with apricot, citrus, light wheat and some orange. Soft and easy to drink. A pleasant one.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2017
at 06:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle bought in San Diego. Hazy dark golden with a large head. Aroma of yeast, flowers and some mild funk. Similar taste. The body was medium as was the bitterness. A decent one, my first one from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2017
at 08:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at the RateBeer award ceremony bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Black. Chocolate, roast, cocoa, vanilla, sweet, rich, full-bodied, a bit of booziness. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 17:39