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Little Apple Brewing

1110 Westloop Place
Manhattan KS 66502
Telephone: +1 785-539-5500
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:00am-11:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-midnight, Sunday 11:00am-9:30pm.
Brewer: Kris Bruzina
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Notes

Visited: March 14, 2007

Opened: 1995

Annual Production: 912 bbl

Contributors: Siegfried Binge, Diane Crawford, Kris Bruzina

Updated: November 6, 2009

Beer List

Abbey
All-American Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale
American Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale
Big 12 Barleywine

Barley Wine-Style Ale
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 1996 Great American Beer Festival
- Date: September 27, 1996 (#1687)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Overall Impression
  Golden-amber. Hoppy aroma. Thick, bitter, smooth.

Big Hop India Pale Ale

American-Style India Pale Ale

Bison Brown Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

5.30% abv.

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6391)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Dark brown. Some haze. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Mild roastiness. Mild sweetness.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, low carbonation. Sweet toasty, nutty malt. Some diacetyl. Very mild grassy hop flavor.

Overall Impression (1½)

Blackberry Ale

Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer

Blarney's Irish Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6392)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense nitro head.

Aroma (3)
Clean. Mildly roasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body with a huge nitro creaminess. Great malt flavor, nicely roasty, with more than a hint of smoke.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6394)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly spicy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy body, low carbonation. Malty and spicy, coriander, orange peel.

Overall Impression (2)
Tastes like a good Witbier, only bigger. Good beer.

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6389)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber, some haze. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Grapefruit. Smoky.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, low carbonation. Nice caramel malt base, real nice grassy, resiny, citrusy hop flavor and bitterness. Some woody character.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6390)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-amber, low head.

Aroma (2)
Dark caramel and diacetyl. John said this was the end of the batch, and this yeast had given him some trouble.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, low carbonation. Lots of caramel malt. Lots of butter. Not a lot of hop character.

Overall Impression (1½)
Probably a Real Good Beer when it's fresh.

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6388)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden, low head and carbonation.

Aroma (1½)
Lots of butter. Hint of wheat.

Mouthfeel (6)
Light and creamy. Very low carbonation. Sweet and buttery, clean otherwise.

Overall Impression (1)

Date: March 14, 2007 (#6393)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense nitro head.

Aroma (1)
Spicy black butter.

Mouthfeel (6)
Light body, smooth. Black butter.

Overall Impression (1)

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