Great North Aleworks

Microbrewery in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Great North Aleworks

Established in 2015

Contact
1050 Holt Ave, #14, Manchester, NH, 03109, United States
Description
Great North Aleworks is a 20 barrel production brewery located in Manchester, New Hampshire. Our Tasting Room features flights, pints, growlers, food, boardgames and merch. Brewery tours are on Saturday's at 1 and 3 p.m. The Tasting Room is also available to rent for private functions.

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16 oz. can. Canning dated 1/10/17. Nice clarity in a golden liquid. Fine steady carbonation. Aroma orange peel, light floral, and a steady amount of pine.

The flavor shows pine forward with the citrus hints in the center. The can doesn’t sate the ABV but it does show some booze. The bitterness is lasting with caramel malt balance. Body is medium with a slight sticky caramel mouthfeel. Pretty old school but good.
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2017 at 19:08

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 oz. can purchased at Greg &Jane’s, Epping, NH. Pitch black color, thin mocha colored head. Aroma reminds me of Hersey’ cocca powder, mild roast, sugar.

Mouthfeel had a nice smoothness, creamy. Body is proper for the gravity of the stout. Lingering sweet chocolate in the finish. Nice example of the style.
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2017 at 17:57

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sharp rind aroma here with a little pine like you miss your mother. Pours orange with good initial head and some lacing. Bitter finish. Can thanks to johnnniiiieee.
Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2017 at 19:37

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours deep gold into a snifter. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Pine and resin aromas. Medium bodied with hot caramel and pine upfront turning to citrus and resin in the hot lasting finish.
Tried on 27 Jan 2017 at 20:33

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Keg at Lui Lui’s - West Leb, NH. Pours clear, rich gold with a foamy, white head. Moderate bready malts in the nose, some ripening citrus, orange peel. Light to medium sweet flavour with notes of grassy bitterness, melon, but of mango, orange, pine. Meridian bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with mild piney resin, pale bread, grass, ripe orange, rindy and grassy bitterness, hints of tropical fruits. Good, assertive IPA.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 10:29

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at Dover Location of the Thirsty Moose. Crystal clear yellow / orange color with lasting head. Really great aroma of tropical fruit, pine, and notes of weak grass. The flavor is identical to the aroma. Malt to balance the hops without becoming sweet. Grapefruits, grassy, onion. The bitterness is here but does not linger long. Pine in essence. This is really good! Well made.
Tried from Draft on 03 Dec 2016 at 21:29

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Growler from the brewery shared with the family tonight. Dark brown color with a decent sized bubbly tan head that shows moderate retention. Rich bready caramel and chocolate maltiness with a huge hit of vanilla that melds into some light sugary molasses, oak and just a touch of blow the man down. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a silky creamy smooth mouthfeel. The rum barrel is extremely subtle, I honestly would have liked a bit more, but it is really quite tasty!
Tried from Growler on 19 Nov 2016 at 20:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Taster pour at NH Brewfest. Appearance is pinkish hue, cloudy, small ring of foamy white head, nice lacing. Aroma is fruit, yeast. Taste is fruit, yeast, tart, sweet. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average-to-lively carbonation with yeasty, fruity cranberry finish. Overall, light and refreshing with a nice mix of sweet and tart fruit.
Tried on 24 Oct 2016 at 21:02

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg pour into taster cup at NH Brewfest. Appearance is yellow with no sparkle, thin ring of white head. Aroma is pleasant malts, a little bit of corn--nice. Taste is dominant pine, mild citrus, mild bitter--very different from aroma. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with average carbonation, pine/corn bitter-dominant finish. Overall, good but perhaps miscategorized as a wheat ale. Interesting difference between aroma and taste.
Tried on 22 Oct 2016 at 18:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Hazy light yellow with a frothy white heads that persists. Spicy earthy light pepper on the nose with some solid citrus hops to counter and a bit of sweet and spicy bready maltiness to bring it all together. The flavor is sweet bready with a hint of spice on the malt side. Solid citrus tropical and earthy pine hop flavor counters the light peppery yeasty spice nicely. Pretty solid Saison, I would have liked a hint more peppery spice out of the yeast but I quite enjoyed it as is.
Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2016 at 21:29