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Excelsior Brewing

421 Third Street
Excelsior MN 55331
Telephone: +1 952-474-7837
Hours: Tuesday 4-9pm, Wednesday-Thursday 4-10pm, Friday-Saturday noon-11pm, Sunday noon-6pm
Brewer: Niles Lewis
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Notes

Visited: March 19, 2022

Opened: 2012

Contributors: Siegfried Binge, Jon Hughes, Ralph Wells, Rich O'Reskie

Updated: March 20, 2022

Beer List

Amber Jack

Vienna-Style Lager

5.00% abv.
- Date: March 19, 2022 (#10962)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright amber. Moderate head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Clean toasty malt.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Light-medium body, fizzy. Sweet toasty malt. Grassy. Bread crust.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Tasty, but REALLY fizzy.

Big Island Blonde

Golden or Blonde Ale

5.50% abv.

Date: July 8, 2021 (#10581)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Maple Grove, Maple Grove MN

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Golden amber. Big dense head.

Aroma (4)
Fresh malt. Floral hops, mildly fruity.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light body, moderate carbonation. Biscuity malt background, with a real nice floral-grassy hop flavor. Low bitterness. Great balance all the way through.

Overall Impression (3)
Excellent beer.

Bitteschläppe

American-Style Brown Ale

6.50% abv.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10748)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant brown. Creamy head.

Aroma (2½)
Clean, toasty, mildly toasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, smooth. Sweet toasty malt, grassy. Sweet darkish malt finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer, kinda sweet.

Bridge Jumper IPA

American-Style India Pale Ale

8.00% abv.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10968)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Moderate head

Aroma (3)
Really fruity. Mildly biscuity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, smooth. Big fruity hop flavor, nicely bitter. Biscuity malt background. Bready finish.

Overall Impression (2)
More bready than hoppy.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10965)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. Opaque. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity hops. Bready.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, smooth. Real fruity, not all that bitter. Mild Fruity Pebbles fruitiness.

Overall Impression (1½)
Clean, I guess.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10966)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12½ points

Appearance (2)
Darkish red. Dense head.

Aroma (2)
Grainy. Grassy. Herbal.

Mouthfeel (7)
Big body, reasonably smooth. Lots of malt, nicely roasty. Grassy and grainy, with some chocolate.

Overall Impression (1½)
I guess it's an OK beer, but it's not a Baltic Porter.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10967)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant red-brown. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Huge brown sugar.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Really really sweet. Toasty. Vanilla. No hop character at all.

Overall Impression (1½)
Really really sweet.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10964)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Very pale. Slight haze. Dense creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Clean. Mild grainy malt. Maybe some mild floral hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, fizzy. Kinda grainy, kinda grassy. Low-medium bitterness in the finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good clean beer.

Date: March 19, 2022 (#10963)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Creamy brown head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly milk-chocolatey.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, creamy. Richly malty, nicely chocolatey. Very low grassy-fruity hop flavor, low bitterness. Big chocolatey finish, just sweet enough.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.