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Egan Brewing

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330 Reid Street
De Pere WI 54115
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Notes

Visited: November 20, 2001

Opened: 1996

Closed: 2001

Annual Production: 230 bbl

Finally! More than eight years of homebrewing, four years of unemployment, the fiasco on Moloka`i (which continues to this day), and the eight-week Professional Brewer Certification Program at the Siebel Institute of Technology have paid off. I brewed most of the beers listed here, so my reviews are probably even less objective than the others. (Although some people say I'm harder on my own beers. Maybe you should just drink them yourself and make up your own mind.)

Egan's was established in 1996 as a microbrewery to produce bottled beers for the Hansen's Dairy Store next door. We added a bar in 1997, and a restaurant in 1998 to become a full-blown brewpub. Then in April 2000, Nick Egan entered a partnership with the Gallagher's folks whereby the restaurant became "Gallagher's of De Pere", and the brewery went back to being a micro only. Now Hansen's is getting out of the beer business, so I don't bottle anymore, and 80% of my production is still sold over the bar at Gallagher's of De Pere, so I guess it's a lot like being a brewpub anyway.

Unfortunately, without a dedicated restaurant, there just isn't a demand for packaged craft beer in and around Green Bay. The relationship with Gallagher's didn't work out the way we had hoped, and so the Egan family decided to close their brewery on September 30, 2001.

While I was looking for work, I helped Bill Winsand at Slab City Brewing part-time.

After some five months of job-searching, I landed at Fox River Brewing in Oshkosh WI. (But not for long.)

Nick Egan passed away on December 22, 2002 after a long illness.

Updated: January 5, 2011

Beer List

'Bpósfaidh Scotch Ale 1999

Traditional Strong Scotch Ale
- Date: January 9, 2001 (#3753)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 15½ points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Red-amber, low head. Malty, woody aroma, with some honey. Thick, chewy, malty, some caramel. Lots of warming alcohol at the end. I think the honey prevented this beer from aging quite as well as it might have. Brewed in June 1999.

1916 Irish Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: October 28, 1998 (#3092)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Dark red, thick dense head. Very roasty aroma. Fairly light body, real nice roasty flavor with just a hint of sweetness. Clean dry finish.

Abbot Pennings Grand Cru

Belgian-Style Tripel

10.00% abv.

Date: July 19, 2001 (#3860)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
(An extra-big version of Abbot Pennings Trippel.) Hazy deep golden, big thick head. Spicy estery aroma, hints of cinnamon, bananas, faintly musty. Big body, creamy, warming. Big malty flavor followed by a blast of esters, then a long warm fruity alcoholic finish. Carbonation could be higher.

Abbot Pennings Trippel

Belgian-Style Tripel

Date: September 15, 1998 (#3062)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Yellow, some haze, moderate head and carbonation. Strong malt aroma. Medium body, malty but dry. Hint of banana, a little grainy, but mainly malty. Sweetish malty finish. I had planned to ferment this with a more authentic yeast strain, but a brew-day accident forced me to use the house yeast instead. The recipe came from our Requiem Trippel, the last batch we brewed at home in Hawaii.

(Special) Best Bitter

5.90% abv.

Date: July 19, 2001 (#3859)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright amber with a hint of brown, high carbonation, thick head. Mild citrusy fruity hop aroma from the Willamette dry-hop. Light body, big toasty malt flavor with fruity hops. Bitterness grows through the finish. Good clean beer. Alcohol is not as noticeable as in the cask version, but still too high.
Date: July 18, 2001 (#3858)

Package: real ale

Place: TrimB's Restaurant, Appleton WI

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright amber, massive cascading dense head. Fruity, black pepper aroma. Light body, toasty malt, good spicy hop flavor. Not really bitter at all. Creamy body, clean drying finish. Too much alcohol for the style. (Dry hopped with Saaz.)

English-Style Pale Mild Ale

Date: December 16, 1998 (#3117)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
(English Light Mild.) Pale yellow, hazy, high carbonation, huge thick head. Fruity aroma, a little sweet. Very very light body, nice malt flavor, high carbonation, pretty dry. Very clean all the way through. Tastes like a wheat beer, but there's no wheat in it.

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

Date: August 6, 1999 (#3314)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Pale, moderate carbonation, nice tight head. Malty aroma, faint herbal hops. Medium body, big malty flavor. Mild hop bitterness peaks in the middle, fades to the end. Finishes fairly sweet.

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Chuck's Famous Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: December 27, 1999 (#3121)

Package: bottled

Place: Hansen's Dairy and Deli, De Pere WI

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Yellowy-amber, low carbonation, thick head. Strong spicy-herbal hop aroma, a little skunked. Medium body, overpowering hop flavor, not much else. (This bottle is very old.)
Date: January 26, 1999 (#3160)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, hazy, thick head. Citrusy Columbus aroma. Medium body, massive citrusy hop blast. Lingering Columbus finish.
Date: June 9, 1998 (#2856)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber, hazy, moderate carbonation and head. Spicy herbal aroma. Medium body, fairly spicy, lots of Cluster flavor.

Chuck's Famous Honey Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: December 27, 1999 (#3119)

Package: bottled

Place: Hansen's Dairy and Deli, De Pere WI

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Very very pale, high carbonation, low head. Smells sweet, faintly herbal. Very very light, sweet, big honey flavor. (This bottle is very old.)
Date: April 27, 1999 (#3258)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
(This is the new "light" version I developed for the Bud/Miller Lite crowd. It's basically the old recipe, with everything cut back 30%.) Pale, some haze, moderate carbonation, thick head. Smells faintly malty, with some honey aroma. Very light body, fairly high carbonation, very very mild malt flavor, no finish at all.
Date: January 26, 1999 (#3157)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Pale, hazy, fizzy, moderate head. Sweet honey aroma. Light, malty, sweet in the middle, clean finish. Lots of carbonation.
Date: June 9, 1998 (#2854)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, low carbonation, good head. Honey aroma, some malt. High carbonation bite, medium-light body, lots of honey flavor. Sweet finish.

Chuck's Famous Nut Brown Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

Date: December 27, 1999 (#3120)

Package: bottled

Place: Hansen's Dairy and Deli, De Pere WI

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-brown, fairly high carbonation, nice head. Skunky, hoppy aromas. Light body, skunky, sweet, and stale. (This bottle is very old.)
Date: January 26, 1999 (#3158)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Dark red-brown, thick head. Toasty aroma. Medium-light, toasted malty flavor, sweet bitterish mildly astringent finish.
Date: June 9, 1998 (#2855)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Brown, clear, thick head. Roasty aroma, faintly spicy. Medium body, sweet, drying. Caramel flavor builds through finish. Maybe - just maybe - some diacetyl.

Chuck's Infamous Killer Bee Honey Ale

Specialty Honey Beer

7.70% abv.

Date: September 4, 2000 (#2350)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
The undiluted version of Chuck's Famous Honey Ale. Bright golden, high carbonation, thick head. Malty, honey aroma. Medium-thick body, huge maltiness, nicely bitter in the middle, alcoholic finish. OE 17°P.

Cinco de Mayo Cerveza Jalapeño

Herb and Spice Beer

Date: May 19, 2000 (#3438)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, some haze, moderate carbonation, thick head. Citrusy hop aroma with a faint hint of peppers. Medium body, hop flavor at first, then a real nice taste of the peppers. Very mild heat turns up in the finish. Good pepper flavor with not a lot of heat. To make this beer, I simply added some peppers to Chuck's Famous Ale post-fermentation.

Cow Palace Scotch Ale 1998

Traditional Strong Scotch Ale

8.70% abv.

Date: January 4, 2011 (#8407)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Dark red, opaque. No head.

Aroma (4)
Rich dark caramel. Dark fruit — figs. Very mild alcohol. Wet leather. Vanilla.

Mouthfeel (9)
Surprisingly light body, thin and still. Huge malt character, lots of dark caramel, lots of dark fruit. Lots of vanilla in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Very favorably comparable to Thomas Hardy's Ale and JW Lees Harvest Ale, but with a darker, deeper caramel character. There's only one bottle left, and that will be a sad day.
Date: January 2, 2009 (#7644)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Very low head.

Aroma (4)
Wood. Vanilla. Intensely malty. Molasses cookies.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth and still. Really malty, nicely earthy. Tastes like an oaked beer, but it's not. Mild molasses/licorice note.

Overall Impression (2)
Very tasty, maybe thinner and less complex than previous years. Three bottles left!
Date: January 1, 2008 (#6786)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Red, hazy. No head.

Aroma (4)
Intense caramel malt, but not sweet. Lots of wood and Port wine oxidation.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium-big body, still and smooth. Lots of caramel, but not sweet. Malty, but not sweet. Maple, toffee, vanilla, port. Lots of toffee in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
8^th bottle, 8^th year since bottling, and it continues to improve.
Date: December 22, 2006 (#6223)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright deep red. Still.

Aroma (4)
Wood. Oak. Leather. Hint of alcohol.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, almost no carbonation. Really smooth and malty. Lots of complex age-flavors: wood, leather, hints of sherry. Reminds me of a light-bodied Thomas Hardy's Ale.

Overall Impression (3)
This beer keeps getting better and better. The current version doesn't even deserve the name.
Date: January 2, 2004 (#5178)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression (3½)
Bright red-brown. No head. Hugely malty, caramelly aroma, with lots of wood and some alcohol. Medium (surprisingly light) bodied, nearly still. Intensely malty with a big caramel-candy flavor and a fair bit of alcohol. Rich, oaky, and toasty. It's still aging very nicely.
Date: December 31, 2002 (#4576)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep amber, low carbonation, no head. Richly malty aroma, oaky, mildly alcoholic, with some vanilla notes. Medium body, pretty still. Huge caramel maltiness, mildly sweet. Lots of dark fruit, raisin, wood, vanilla, and maybe leather. Nice and complex, tasty beer. It's aging very nicely.
Date: December 31, 2001 (#4057)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Deep red, still, hazy with tiny floating bits. Smells like semi-sweet chocolate chips, with some dark fruit undertones. Big chewy body, very low carbonation. Hugely malty, with lots of dark caramel. Hints of raisins and plums. Mildly alcoholic finish. I filled twelve 7-ounce bottles from the last keg of this beer back in 1998; I intend to sample one bottle per year until it's either undrinkable or gone.
Date: March 19, 1999 (#3210)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright brownish-red, moderate head. Massively caramel sweet, fruity, alcoholic aroma. Thick and smooth, big caramel flavor, lots of alcohol, pretty fruity. 23° Plato, brewed in August 1998.

Cow Palace Scotch Ale 2000

Traditional Strong Scotch Ale

Date: January 9, 2001 (#3754)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Deep red, moderate head. Malty, oaky, faintly smoky aroma. Thick, chewier than the 1999. Big maltiness, good caramel flavor. I'll be very disappointed if this doesn't age into an outstanding beer by the end of this year. Brewed in August 2000.

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Cow Palace Scotch Ale 2001

Traditional Strong Scotch Ale

11.10% abv.

Date: November 20, 2001 (#4001)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Slightly hazy red-brown, moderate head. Rich caramel aroma, with lots of smoke. (There's ZERO smoked malt in this beer.) Big creamy body, rich smoky flavor, fair amount of caramel, some alcohol sensation, some candy sweetness, some DMS if you look hard enough.

Czech Out This Pils!

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

Date: October 27, 1999 (#3352)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep golden, moderate carbonation, thick head. Spicy Saaz aroma on a toasty background. Fairly bitter - pleasantly so - start through finish. Mild carbonation bite. Rather sweet in the middle.

Egan's Shillelagh Beer

(Special) Best Bitter

Date: January 26, 1999 (#3159)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber-brown, thick head. Spicy hop aroma, a little minty. Medium body, good spicy hop flavor, nice maltiness through the middle, drying at the end.

Eganator Doppelbock

German-Style Strong Doppelbock

Date: January 10, 2001 (#3757)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep red, thick head. Malty, phenolic aroma...tar? Big body, big malt flavor, creamy texture. Warming alcohol toward the end. Slightly phenolic in the middle.
Date: December 16, 1998 (#3118)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright amber-brown, fairly high carbonation, thick head. Lots of alcohol aroma! And lots of malt. Thick, chewy. Very very chewy. Huge malty beer, but not sweet, with a hint of alcohol flavor. Roasty caramelly woody finish.

Other Belgian-Style Ale

Date: January 23, 2001 (#3761)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Yellow, hazy, moderate carbonation, thick head. Wheat malt aroma, some spicy hops. Light body, big wheat flavor, real nice hop balance. Very clean and refreshing, but it doesn't have the "Belgian" character I was after.

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

Date: November 30, 1998 (#3116)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep yellow opaque, moderate head. Lots of smoky banana aroma, some cloves. Medium body, good wheat flavor, moderate banana flavor, real smooth, clean finish.

George Washington's Homebrew / Colonial Mild

English-Style Dark Mild Ale

Date: February 21, 2000 (#3391)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
(AKA Colonial Mild.) Red-brown, hazy, thick head. Chocolatey, toasty, herbal aroma. Light body, mild bitterness start through finish. Mild toasted malt flavor. Real good session beer. Brewed from Washington's original "small beer" recipe.

Grandma Hilda's Hefeweizen

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

Date: February 21, 2000 (#3392)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep yellow, very hazy, thick head. Banana aroma, with clove undertones. Medium body, excellent balance of clove and mild banana flavors. High carbonation. Finishes fairly clean.

Harvey's Märzen

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

Date: March 19, 1999 (#3165)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Brownish amber, clear, thick head. Very malty aroma, with a big hop background. Medium-big body, very malty but not all that sweet. Very mild bitterness in the middle. Big smooth malty finish.

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

Date: June 9, 1998 (#2858)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Dark golden, low head, moderate carbonation. Spicy clove aroma. Medium body, lots of clove flavor, high carbonation, some diacetyl.

English-Style Pale Mild Ale

Date: June 9, 1998 (#2857)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red, low carbonation, thick head. Slightly roasty, slightly hoppy aroma. Medium body, pretty sweet, some caramel, some diacetyl. This particular batch was brewed at Green Bay Brewing.

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: June 9, 1998 (#2859)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Dark dark brown, massive nitro head. Burnt, roasty aroma. Medium body, roasty, lots of hop flavor..long hoppy finish.

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: August 22, 2001 (#3894)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
(Brewed at Egan's by Jeff Bushner and Steve De Jong, winners of the 2001 Green Bay Rackers Homebrew Competition.) Black, beautiful cascading nitro head. Fresh roasted malt aroma. Light body, mildly roasty, drying. Hint of sourness from Weyermann Sauermalz. Mild hop flavor and bitterness come through in the very dry finish.

Jillian's House Beer

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

Date: April 23, 2000 (#3421)

Package: draught

Place: Jillian's, Green Bay WI

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-brown opaque, thin head. Rich caramel malt aroma. Thick, big toasted malt flavor up front, blending to mildly bitter hops that fade to the slightly sticky finish.

Massart's Glory Belgian Strong Ale 1999

Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale

Date: December 10, 1999 (#3363)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep golden, moderate carbonation, beautiful thick white head. Mildly estery, fairly malty, faintly spicy aroma. Medium body, smooth alcohol character, sweet malty flavor, fairly spicy in the middle. Smooth, dangerous beer. Many thanks to guest brewer Dan Rogers for bringing his recipe to Egan's! This is an excellent beer, but I had the privilege of sampling a couple of bottle of his original homebrewed batch, and it blew this one away.

Massart's Glory Belgian Strong Ale 2000

Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale

Date: January 9, 2001 (#3756)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep golden, moderate head and carbonation. Estery, banana aroma, very faintly sour? Big body, excellent big malty sweetness, fair bit of banana flavor, hint of smoke. This beer didn't attenuate nearly as much as I would have liked.

Moll Dubh Irish Ale

English-Style Pale Mild Ale

Date: May 20, 1999 (#3282)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Brownish amber, moderate carbonation, thick head. Toasty malt aroma. Medium body, big toasty malt flavor. Nice bitterness in the middle, but maybe just a bit overhopped.

Monk's Memorial Munich Lager

Münchner-Style Helles

Date: December 16, 1999 (#3364)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Brown opaque, thick head. Toasty, malty aroma. Medium body, huge toasty malt flavor, fairly sweet but not too sweet. Finishes surprisingly clean, a little sticky. This was our #1-selling beer while it was on tap, but I can't figure out why.

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: May 20, 1999 (#3281)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Same beer as Chuck's Famous Ale, but conditioned with nitrogen instead of CO₂. Bright amber, hazy, dense white head. Fresh citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, real smooth, excellent balance. Mildly bitter with lots of Centennial hop flavor through the finish.

O-Tay Bockwheat

Date: January 24, 2000 (#3381)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep deep red, good head. Malty sweet aroma. Thick, roasty, obvious buckwheat honey flavor, especially in the finish. Finishes pretty sweet, with lots of honey flavor. This was an experimental batch based on our Eganator Doppelbock in which I replaced about 20% of the malt with buckwheat honey. I'm pretty happy with the results.

old gak strong ale

Date: November 20, 2001 (#3997)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
I couldn't wait for December; I brought out the last couple of gallons for our final "Beer 101" session. Deep red opaque, big thick head. Oaky, malty, toasty aroma. Big creamy body, richly malty, rather a lot of hop flavor. Hints of chocolate and wood. Drying finish. Rich and fairly complex one-year-old beer.
Date: January 9, 2001 (#3755)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep red-brown, thick head. Big oaky, black pepper aroma. Big body, richly malty, big oak flavor, creamy texture. A year in the keg should do wonders...I saved about five gallons for next December.

Paul's Liberty Pilsener

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

Date: August 24, 1998 (#3060)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, fairly low carbonation, thick head. Sweet herbal hop aroma. Light, lots of hop flavor and fairly bitter. Bitter/sweet finish.

Pride of De Pere

(Special) Best Bitter

Date: September 20, 1999 (#3344)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red-amber, some haze, low carbonation, thick head. Malty aroma, fruity, with spicy Kent Goldings. Medium body, lots of malt, nice spicy hop flavor. Some diacetyl present at the end.

Princess of Darkness Porter

Date: August 24, 1998 (#3061)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Deep red, hazy (just racked Saturday), thick head. Big chocolate aroma. Medium body, great chocolate flavor all the way through. Real smooth drinker. The recipe is a scaled up version of Paris' Prince of Darkness Porter, one of our last homebrew batches.

Queen of Clubs Schwarzbier

German-Style Schwarzbier

Date: October 5, 2000 (#3587)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Almost black, thick head. Faintly roasty, hint of diacetyl. Light body, big roasty flavor, drying clean finish. (My PPBT bottles arrived in a terribly oxidized state; no medal this year.)
Date: October 27, 1999 (#3353)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Black. Thick tan head. Fresh black malt aroma. Light body, high carbonation. Big roasty black malt flavor that's not sweet at all. Finishes nice and clean. (We changed a lot of folks' minds about dark beers with this one.)

Raspberry Ginger Mead

Other Fruit Melomel

Date: September 16, 1998 (#3063)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Orangey-pink, moderate carbonation, low head. Smells like fruity perfume. Very light, lots of alcohol, big tart Hi-C middle through finish. (I'm pretty sure now that I don't like meads.) My predecessor, Greg Nash, brewed this one.

Rye I Oughta...!

American-Style Rye Beer

Date: January 26, 1999 (#3161)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Dark dark brown opaque, thick head. Faintly roasty aroma. Medium-heavy body, sweet, nutty, roasty. Big chocolate flavor.

Smokey the Beer

Bamberg-Style Rauchbier

Date: March 19, 1999 (#3209)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep dark red-brown, thick head. Pleasant fresh wood-smoke aroma. Light body, mildly sweet, big smoke flavor that's obvious but not obnoxious. Nice clean finish. Brewed with 15% Weyermann smoked malt.

Sod Off, Baldrick

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

Date: January 24, 2000 (#3380)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Dark brown amber, thick head. Caramel malt aroma. Medium-heavy body, nice caramel flavor with a moderate bitterness that builds through the finish. Gets sweeter at the end. This was supposed to be an IPA, but after it was already in the fermenter, I realized that I had severely underhopped it . Still, it's not a bad beer.

Steinworthy Oktoberfest

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

Date: October 5, 1998 (#3082)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber-brown, some haze, thick head. Malty, grainy aroma, a little roasty. Medium-big body, huge malt flavor with a hint of roastiness and a nice touch of hops in the finish. Lingering malty aftertaste. Egan's own Justin Ritter came up with the name...he notes:
I love to see the name Steinworthy in print on the Web!!! I feel I have actually contributed something to the brewing world. Like Steve Martin said in "The Jerk"..."I'm somebody".

Stüvenbräu Maibock

German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock

Date: May 19, 2000 (#3437)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Beautiful bright amber-brown, low carbonation, thick head. Lots of malt aroma. Medium-big body, big malty flavor, rather bittter toward the end. Very warming in the stomach. Fairly sweet overall. This fermentation gave me fits...I tell people that this beer didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would.

The Lonely Guy India Pale Ale

American-Style India Pale Ale

Date: August 23, 2000 (#2021)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Bright amber, low carbonation, thick head. Huge citrusy-spicy hop aroma. Big body, massive resiny spicy hop flavor, very bitter but not mind-numbingly so. Lingering citrusy bitter finish. Drying at the end.

Thyme of the Saison

French & Belgian-Style Saison

Date: August 23, 2000 (#2022)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 9½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Hazy yellow-amber, massive head. INTENSE thyme aroma. INTENSE thyme flavor. Tastes like a pizza. Medium-light body. I don't like this beer for the same reason I don't like most fruit beers: it doesn't taste like beer. Spiced in the kettle 10 ounces of thyme and 6 ounces of coriander in 3½ barrels.

Toil and Trubbel Dubbel

Belgian-Style Dubbel

Date: January 23, 2001 (#3762)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright red-amber, high carbonation, thick head. Big estery dark caramel aroma. Medium-light body, nice dark caramel flavor, hint of raisins, but not as obvious as it should be. (Caramel 120L « Special B.) Clean dry finish with a little hop flavor.

Uncle Ivan's Dunkelweizen

South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Weissbier

Date: April 22, 1999 (#3250)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Brown opaque, thick tight head. Roasty banana aroma. First impression is of Bananas Foster: thick, caramelly, roasty bananas. Lingering malty-wheat finish with a roasty background.

White Fathers Witbier

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

Date: August 23, 2000 (#2020)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Yellow, hazy, thick head. Citrusy, coriander aroma. Medium-light body, fairly sweet. Very mild coriander and banana flavors, a little too much hops. Not bad, not very interesting.
Date: July 8, 1999 (#3297)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright golden, high carbonation, thick head. Strong coriander aroma. Medium body, overwhelming coriander flavor start to finish. Should be lighter in body and much less "spicy".

Who The Helles Chuck?

Münchner-Style Helles

Date: April 23, 2001 (#3828)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11 points

Overall Impression (2)
Golden, hazy, moderate head. Malty sweet aroma, with more than a hint of banana, and mild hops. Light body, fairly big noble hop flavor, very mild bitterness. Malty finish with some banana flavor. (The second and third kegs were MUCH better...the first one obviously had a wild yeast infection.)

Wilsteraner Altbier

German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier

Date: October 5, 2000 (#3586)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 12 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright brown, thick head. Big cheesy odor. Medium body, big toasty flavor, fairly big bitterness. I hope my PPBT bottles travelled better than this keg. (They did, but no medal this year.)
Date: May 12, 2000 (#3436)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright brown, moderate carbonation, thick head. Herbal Spalt hop aroma. Medium body, nice blast of hop flavor on top of a toasted background. Long smooth bitter finish. The best beer I've ever brewed; it will be my first-ever GABF entry this year. I'll let you know how it fares.
Date: October 28, 1998 (#3091)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-brown, some haze, moderate carbonation and head. Smells a little fruity, fairly malty. Medium body, pretty malty, a little too sweet, a little roasty. Good bitter balance that's not overpowering. Mildly sweet finish.