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Three Floyds Brewing

9750 Indiana Parkway
Munster IN 46321-4004
Telephone: +1 219-922-4425
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:30am-midnight, Saturday-Sunday noon-midnight.
Brewer: Barnaby Struve

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Notes

Visited: June 10, 2013

Opened: 1996

Annual Production: 25,000 bbl

Contributors: Diane Crawford, John Mish, Richard R Tinurelli, Siegfried Binge

Fomerly located in Hammond IN, the Floyd boys sold their original system on eBay and moved into bigger digs.

Updated: June 18, 2013

News

2012-08-04: Three Floyds brand, building grows (Northwest Indiana Times)
2012-04-25: Three Floyds eyes a Chicago brewpub (Chicago Tribune)
2011-11-01: Beer: The secret behind the cult of Three Floyds (Washington Post)

Beer List

Alpha King Pale Ale

American-Style India Pale Ale

6.60% abv.
- Date: May 8, 1999 (#3272)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: 1st Wines and Spirits, Allouez WI
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Overall Impression
  Darkish amber, pretty much opaque, moderate head. Big citrus aroma. Medium body, big citrus hop flavor, bitter in the middle, real nice smooth hoppy finish. Brewed and bottled in Dubuque.

Arctic Panzer Wolf

Imperial or Double India Pale Ale

9.00% abv.

Date: June 8, 2013 (#9161)

Package: draught

Place: Haymarket Brewing Company, Chicago IL

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden, slight haze. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Big fruity, citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Thick-ish, smooth. Big fruity citrusy hop flavor, fairly bitter. Toasty, biscuity malt background. Big fruity citrusy bitter finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Behemoth

Imperial or Double Red Ale

Awards:

Gold Medal, 2010 World Beer Cup

Blackheart

Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer

Brown Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

Date: April 6, 1998 (#2685)

Package: real ale

Place: Sheffield's, Chicago IL

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Red, flat, thick head. Smells like black pepper. Medium body, sweet, brownish. Everything is subtle in this beer...nothing stands out.

Date: August 9, 2003 (#5048)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Bright golden. Big thick head. Huge spicy hop aroma. Big body. ENORMOUS spicy hop flavor and bitterness. Lots of alcohol, and lots of malt underlying it all.

Date: March 1, 2002 (#4261)

Package: real ale

Place: Real Ale Festival, Chicago IL

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Golden amber, moderate head. Intense fresh spicy hop aroma. Medium-big body, enormous spicy hop flavor and big bitterness. Nice caramel malt background.

Date: June 10, 2013 (#9186)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden, some haze. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Big grapefruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Big spicy, grapefruity hop flavor, fairly bitter.

Overall Impression (2½)
This is what American Wheat beers should taste like!

Date: May 12, 2013 (#9081)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Big tropical-fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, smooth. Huge fruity hop flavor, reasonably bitter. Sweet malt background, mildly roasty.

Overall Impression (2)
Goes great with the headbanging metal in the pub!

Date: May 12, 2013 (#9080)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Mild floral hops.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light-medium body, smooth. Nicely bitter up front, with a fruity-floral hop flavor and clean pale malt. Great balance.

Overall Impression (3)
Refreshing and tasty.

Date: November 16, 2007 (#6693)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs IA

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Lively pour kicks up a massive head on this amber beer.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, low carbonation. Big toasty malt, fairly sweet. Big fruity, floral hop flavor, mild bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Very tasty beer. Bottle-conditioned.

Date: November 16, 2007 (#6692)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs IA

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Red, some haze. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty, sweet. Fruity, floral hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big sweet maltiness. Lots of caramel. Toasty. Fruity, grassy hop flavor, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: March 1, 2002 (#4271)

Package: real ale

Place: Real Ale Festival, Chicago IL

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Deep red, thick head. Perfumey aroma. Medium body, hugely malty, lots of perfumey hop flavor.

Date: August 11, 2001 (#3874)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Dark brown, huge head. Smoky aroma, like a cigar. Light body, toasty woody malt flavor, drying alcohol at the end.

Date: June 8, 2013 (#9159)

Package: draught

Place: Haymarket Brewing Company, Chicago IL

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, opaque. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Black pepper. Green pepper.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Sweet malt. Lots of pepper. Fruity, mild banana flavor. Mildly yeasty.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: May 12, 2013 (#9082)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Fairly roasty. Grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, chewy, roasty. Grassy hop flavor and bitterness. Malty, roasty, and bitter all the way through.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer.

Date: May 18, 1999 (#3279)

Package: bottled

Place: 1st Wines and Spirits, Allouez WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Deep golden, thick head. Big citrus nose. Medium body, huge citrus hop flavor, big bitter finish. Brewed and bottled in Dubuque.

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