Beer Me! — Wabasha Brewing Company — Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Wabasha Brewing Company

429 Wabasha Street South
Saint Paul MN 55107
Telephone: +1 612-719-6059
Hours: Tuesday 4pm-9pm, Wednesday-Thursday 3pm-10pm, Friday 3pm-11pm, Saturday noon-11pm, Sunday noon-8pm.
Brewer: Brett Erickson
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Notes

Visited: May 13, 2024

Opened: 2015

Contributors: Jeffrey Maas, Jon Hughes, Ralph Wells, Rich O'Reskie

Updated: May 30, 2024

Beer List

Altbier

German-Style Altbier

5.80% abv.
- Date: May 13, 2024 (#11756)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 15½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Dark red-brown. Dense head.
  
  Aroma (3½)
  Rich dark-toasty malt.
  
  Mouthfeel (7)
  Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dark, toasty malt start to finish. Grassy hop flavor, a little resiny. Medium bitterness.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Big, dark, and kinda sweet.

CDL Required

European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel

5.50% abv.

Date: December 16, 2023 (#11530)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Roasty, malty. Mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy but also creamy. Real nice roast malt all the way through. Bigger and darker than most Pivo Tmavé, but real tasty.

Overall Impression (2½)
Call it a Schwarzbier instead of a Czech Dark Lager, and it's damn near perfect.

Czechin' In

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

5.00% abv.

Date: December 16, 2023 (#11531)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden, clear. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Floral, even a little perfumey. Mild grainy malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Grainy malt, bready. Mild floral hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Floral, bready finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.

Kölsch of the Wild

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

4.80% abv.

Date: December 16, 2023 (#11532)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Low head

Aroma (3)
Mildly grainy. Very mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Grainy, grassy, floral. Estery. Finishes nicely malty, kinda fruity, not hoppy at all.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad. Nice & clean.
Date: May 13, 2022 (#11043)

Package: canned

Place: Hy-Vee Maple Grove, Maple Grove MN

Score: 13 points

Appearance (3)
Deep amber. Low dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Bready. Earthy.

Mouthfeel (6)
Medium body, low carbonation. Sweet, grainy malt. Low floral hop flavor, low bitterness. Sweet grainy finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Not awful, but nowhere near a Kölsch. Although I gotta admit, it kinda grew on me after the third can.