Beer Me! — Nebraska Brewing Company — La Vista, Nebraska, United States

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Nebraska Brewing Company

6950 South 108th Street
La Vista NE 68128-5701
Telephone: +1 402-934-7988
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 3:00pm-9:00pm, Friday 2:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday noon-9:00pm, Sunday noon-5:00pm.
Brewer: Tyson Arp
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Notes

Visited: February 18, 2022

Opened: 2014

Annual Production: 8,000 bbl

Contributor: Siegfried Binge

Updated: February 21, 2022

News

2015-02-26: 311 Launching Own Craft Beer & Of Course It’s An Amber Ale (Radio.com)
2014-01-13: Nebraska Brewing Soon To Be Biggest In State (Beer Street Journal)
2013-02-22: Nebraska Brewing Company expansion to include canned beer (Omaha World-Herald)

Beer List

Ale Storm

Golden or Blonde Ale

5.10% abv.
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 2014 Los Angeles County Fair Competition
- Date: September 25, 2014 (#9461)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 13½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Brilliant golden. Dense head.
  
  Aroma (2½)
  Real grainy, almost smoky. Grassy.
  
  Mouthfeel (7)
  Light-medium body, fizzy. Big malt flavor, real grainy. Grassy, husky. Grassy hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Sweet, grainy finish.
  
  Overall Impression (1)

Barrel Aged Hop Anomaly

Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer

9.30% abv.

Date: September 25, 2014 (#9463)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

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

Aroma (3)
Mild tropical fruit. Very mild alcohol.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and chewy, fairly fizzy. Lots of malt and lots of tropical fruit. Nicely alcoholic. Fruity, malty, bready finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer. Not a lot of barrel character..

Black Betty Blanton's

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout

Date: August 16, 2018 (#9893)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Lots of coconut. Mild whiskey. Very mild roast.

Mouthfeel (9)
Thick. Chewy. Lots of coconut, lots of roast, and a fair bit of alcohol. Toasty and grassy. Nicely grassy.

Overall Impression (2½)
Intensely tasty beer.

Brunette Nut Brown Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

Cardinal Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

EOS Hefeweizen

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

FDP

Baltic-Style Porter

7.80% abv.

Date: February 18, 2022 (#10923)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Creamy head.

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

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and malty, moderate carbonation. Sweetly roasty. Mild grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Malt and roast all the way through.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good beer.

Date: February 18, 2022 (#10924)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-Brown, opaque. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mild plum. Very mild banana and brown sugar.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and smooth. Wheat, brown sugar, caramel. Grassy and sweet. Real smooth and just barely warming.

Overall Impression (2½)
Dangerous beer.

Date: September 25, 2014 (#9462)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13 points

Appearance (3)
Copper color, hazy. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Huge piney hops.

Mouthfeel (6)
Big and malty and smooth. Piney hops, nicely bitter... with an unfortunate diacetyl flavor.

Overall Impression (1)
Billed as "less than 48 hours old", it could have used a couple more days.

Date: November 20, 2016 (#9674)

Package: draught

Place: Leadbelly Omaha, Omaha NE

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep dark garnet black. Dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Fruity, smoky.

Mouthfeel (7)
Big body, fizzy. Malty, roasty, and really floral. Mildly alcoholic at the end.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: February 18, 2017 (#9696)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Booze and coconut.

Mouthfeel (10)
Hugely smooth. Malty, lots of coconut. Mild dark malt. Lots of alcohol, but not hot at all.

Overall Impression (3)
Real tasty smooth massive beer.

Date: February 18, 2017 (#9695)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Big piney, spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, moderate carbonate. Nice toasty malt background supports a piney, citrusy, fruity hop flavor and a medium bitterness. Clean hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: May 31, 2016 (#9596)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. Slight haze. Dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Corn. Mild floral hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light and fizzy. Big corn flavor all the way through. Grainy malt. Mild floral hop flavor, fairly bitter.

Overall Impression (2½)
I'd drink this on a hot day.

Date: September 25, 2014 (#9460)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy, piney hops dominate the grassy rye.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light-medium body, moderate carbonation. Big rye malt flavor, grassy and bready. Mild spicy hop flavor, medium bitterness. More rye in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real tasty, refreshing beer.

Date: August 16, 2018 (#9892)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright, very pale. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Clean. Mildly grainy, mild DMS.

Mouthfeel (9)
Very light, very fizzy. Sweet grainy malt. _Very_ low grassy hop flavor, no bitterness. Finishes very clean, with just a little sweet grainy malt.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good real light beer.