Beer Me! — Finnegans Brew Co. — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Finnegans Brew Co.

817 South Fifth Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55404
Telephone: +1 612-208-3374
Hours: Tuesday-Wednesday 4pm-9pm, Thursday-Friday 3pm-9pm, Saturday 2pm-9pm.
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Notes

Visited: December 11, 2021

Opened: 2000

Annual Production: 8,000 bbl

Contributors: Jonny Hughes, Joe Flannery

Some beer is brewed at Badger Hill Brewery in Shakopee.

Updated: January 14, 2022

News

2015-08-21: Finnegans and Kraus-Anderson plan downtown Minneapolis 'brewtel' (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
2011-12-15: Minnesota Beer Maker Turns Business into Social Enterprise (Social Enterprise)

Beer List

Baltic Porter

Baltic-Style Porter

5.50% abv.
- Date: December 11, 2021 (#10796)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 20 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Jet black. Low head.
  
  Aroma (4)
  Rich dark malt. Mild alcohol. Molasses.
  
  Mouthfeel (10)
  Thick, sweet, roasty. Molasses. Mild alcohol. Real nicely complex.
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Excellent beer.

Barrel Aged Flanders

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer

8.50% abv.

Date: December 11, 2021 (#10798)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 10½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep golden-amber. Low head.

Aroma (1½)
Medicinal. Cherry. Tart.

Mouthfeel (5)
Medium body, smooth. Big cherry flavor, tart. Medicinal, with some diacetyl.

Overall Impression (1)

Brim Reaper

Rye Beer

7.00% abv.

Date: April 10, 2020 (#10272)

Package: canned

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Fruity, perfumey hops. Biscuity malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, smooth. Big fruity, citrusy hop flavor, fairly bitter. Pretty hoppy with a nice balance. Fruity, hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Real good beer.

Bunny Run

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

6.00% abv.

Date: March 20, 2020 (#10257)

Package: canned

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Huge fresh-out-of-the-bag floral hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Big floral hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Lots of fruity esters. Caramel malt background is more prominent in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Good well-balanced beer.

Date: December 11, 2021 (#10795)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Grassy, rye.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, creamy and fizzy. Sweet malt, lots of grassy rye. Also a grassy hop flavor with a medium bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Good clean beer.

Date: December 11, 2021 (#10800)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Pale. Moderate head.

Aroma (4)
Clean. Very mild grainy malt, very mild DMS.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, creamy and a bit fizzy. Sweet malt, grainy. Creamed corn. Very low bitterness, and I have no idea if there's any hop flavor.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good light American beer.

Date: April 4, 2020 (#10267)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Big thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Medium citrusy hops. Mild biscuity malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Big floral hop flavor, medium bitterness. Very mild biscuity malt. Big floral finish, kinda bitter.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: March 20, 2020 (#10256)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Completely black. Thick creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Roasty malt. Chocolate and coffee and malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, smooth, and malty. Really roasty, chocolatey. Nice grassy-spicy hop flavor, medium bitterness. Long malty, roasty finish, with no obvious alcohol.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer...but way too strong for an Irish style Stout.

Date: March 20, 2020 (#10259)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Floral hops, mildly fruity and grassy. Fresh clean malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Clean mildly grainy malt behind a fairly big floral, grassy hop flavor. Low-medium bitterness. Floral hops all the way through the finish, with just a bit of sulfur.

Overall Impression (2½)
Hoppier than most Helles, but still pretty tasty. There are no melons in this beer, but today I learned about a German hop called Hüll Melon.

Date: December 11, 2021 (#10797)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Creamy head.

Aroma (2)
DMS. Grainy malt.

Mouthfeel (6)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Sweet grainy malt. Fair bit of DMS, creamed corn. Astringent finish.

Overall Impression (1)

Date: December 11, 2021 (#10799)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense brown head.

Aroma (4)
Chocolatey, herbal, malty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Thick, richly malty, nicely roasty. Molasses. Kinda dry. Grassy, herbal hop flavor, not all that bitter.

Overall Impression (3)
Intensely tasty beer.

Date: March 20, 2020 (#10258)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick foamy brown head.

Aroma (3)
Mild coffee. Mildly malty, grassy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Coffee flavor up front, on top of clean grainy malt. Mild grassy hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Mild coffee and malt in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Clean and well balanced. The coffee doesn't overwhelm the beer.

Date: April 2, 2020 (#10265)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Golden amber. Big thick head.

Aroma (4)
Hugely citrusy, floral, fruity, spicy.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big fresh citrusy hop flavor, spicy and floral. Fairly bitter. Just enough biscuity malt for balance.

Overall Impression (3)
Big and hoppy without the in-your-face factor.

Date: April 3, 2020 (#10266)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Some haze at the end of the pour. Moderate foamy head.

Aroma (4)
Big Citra hops, tangerine. Very mild biscuity malt.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Big grassy, resiny hop flavor and bitterness. Actually really pretty bitter, with nowhere near enough malt for balance.

Overall Impression (1½)
If it tasted like it smelled...