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Castle Danger Brewery

17 East Seventh Street
Two Harbors MN 55616
Telephone: +1 218-834-5800
Hours: Wednesday-Friday 3:00pm-10:00pm, Saturday noon-10:00pm.
Brewer: Clint MacFarlane, Bjorn Erickson
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Notes

Opened: 2011

Annual Production: 14,000 bbl

Contributors: Siegfried Binge, Clint MacFarlane, Jon Hughes, Lon Larson, Rich O'Reskie

The new tap room opened August 15, 2014.

Updated: September 15, 2024

News

2017-02-25: Castle Danger Brewery plans major expansion (Duluth News Tribune)

Beer List

17-7 Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

5.80% abv.
- Date: August 4, 2020 (#10333)
  
  Package: canned
  
  Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN
  
  Score: 18 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Brilliant amber. Thick head.
  
  Aroma (4)
  Bready. Fruity fresh hops.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Medium body, moderate carbonation. Bready, biscuity malt behind some fairly big, fruity, grassy, resiny hops. Medium-big bitterness. Smooth, well-balanced finish.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Real good beer.

Aurora Haze

Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale

6.90% abv.

Date: June 14, 2022 (#11059)

Package: draught

Place: Pizza Pub Princeton, Princeton MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber, opaque. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Tropical, grassy, floral, citrusy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth and slick. Huge fruity hop flavor, medium bitterness. Biscuity, bready malt background. Lingering grassy-floral finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Camp Depression Lager

German-Style Pilsener

Castle Cream Ale

American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale

5.50% abv.

Date: July 28, 2020 (#10324)

Package: canned

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Mildly floral, mildly grainy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, moderate carbonation. Grainy malt, fairly sulfury. Grassy-floral hop flavor, low bitterness. Grainy, grassy finish, sulfury.

Overall Impression (2½)

Danger Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

6.00% abv.

8.00% abv.

Date: December 31, 2020 (#10412)

Package: canned

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly chocolatey, mildly roasty, mildly malty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big, smooth. Malt, roasty and chocolatey, with a big grassy hop flavor. Medium-big bitterness. Nice coffee overtones, especially in the finish. Only very mildly warming.

Overall Impression (2½)
Mild, for such a strong beer, which probably makes it dangerous.

Date: August 26, 2024 (#11892)

Place: Coborn's Otsego, Otsego MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, translucent. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy. Banana. Wheat.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, creamy yet fizzy. Big wheat malt all the way through. Mild banana, very mild clove. A little grassy. Wheat malt finish with a nice banana note.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer.

Date: June 14, 2022 (#11058)

Package: draught

Place: Pizza Pub Princeton, Princeton MN

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Low creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Bready, fruity, floral. Mildly grassy, mild sulfur.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light body, nicely fizzy. Sweet clean malt, grainy. Floral hops, low bitterness. Clean bready finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Fantastic hot-weather beer!

Date: December 25, 2021 (#10806)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Amber, hazy. Thick, dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity, mango. Bready.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Bready malt and fruity, tropical hop flavors. Low-medium bitterness, more bitter and more grassy in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 7, 2020 (#10334)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant amber. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity and grainy. Bread crust.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy. Bready, mildly toasty malt, a little grainy and a little sulfury. Fruity, floral hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Finished clean and bready.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer.

Date: February 28, 2020 (#10238)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Amber, some haze. Big thick head.

Aroma (2½)
Mild tropical hops. Mildly toasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, smooth. Toasty, bread-crust malt behind fruity hops, citrusy and tropical. Mild bitterness in the finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Mild, clean IPA.

Date: December 31, 2020 (#10411)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Caramel, mildly roasty. Mild chocolate.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big resiny floral hop flavor, fairly bitter. Caramel malt all the way through, with hints of chocolate. Lingering resiny bitter finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 26, 2024 (#11893)

Place: Coborn's Otsego, Otsego MN

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant copper color. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Big grassy, herbal hops. Some tropical fruit.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, chewy, and smooth. Big tropical, grassy hop flavor on top of rich biscuity, toasty malt. Grassy bitterness than guess through the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Very tasty, clean, hoppy beer.

Date: May 8, 2020 (#10283)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. High carbonation. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, earthy hops. A little phenolic.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Big piney, spicy hop flavor, medium-big bitterness. Dry, spicy, fairly bitter finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.