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Lupulin Brewing — Big Lake

570 Humboldt Drive NW
Suite 107
Big Lake MN 55309
Telephone: +1 763-263-9549
Hours: Monday-Thursday 4:00pm-9:00pmpm, Friday 3:00pm-11:00pm, Saturday noon-11:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm.
Brewer: Matt Schiller

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Notes

Visited: July 31, 2020

Opened: 2015

Contributors: Siegfried Binge, Jonny Hughes, Ralph Wells

Updated: November 26, 2020

Beer List

Belgian Blonde

Belgian-Style Pale Ale

6.50% abv.
- Date: July 31, 2020 (#10326)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright yellow. Dense head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Fresh malt, mildly estery. Bready.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Medium body, surprisingly creamy. Bready, grassy, fruity.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Good clean beer.

Blissful Ignorance

Imperial or Double India Pale Ale

9.00% abv.

Date: December 20, 2019 (#10136)

Package: canned

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Translucently hazy, amber color. Massive head.

Aroma (3½)
Huge fresh citrusy hops. Tangerine juice.

Mouthfeel (7)
Intensely hoppy, fruity...dare I say juicy? Medium body, slick texture from all the haze. Sweet background but not all that malty. Fairly bitter, but it doesn't last.

Overall Impression (1½)
It's all about the "juiciness", with nothing else for balance.

Centsless

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.00% abv.

Date: May 21, 2020 (#10292)

Package: canned

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Citrus. Floral.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big floral hop flavor, fairly bitter. Some citrus. Nice clean malt background. Clean floral-hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.

DDH Straight Hash Homie

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.70% abv.

Date: May 25, 2020 (#10295)

Package: canned

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden, except for a little Schmutz at the end of the pour. Dense white head.

Aroma (3½)
Citrusy, mildly tropical. Biscuity. Maybe a little alcohol.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, smooth. Biscuity malt underlies a grassy, fruity-floral hop flavor with an odd onion note. Medium bitterness. Grassy-floral finish.

Overall Impression (2)
We have the ingredients for a clone batch, to be brewed in the next few weeks.

Date: April 29, 2020 (#10279)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (2½)
Golden. Some haze. Foamy, short-lived head.

Aroma (3)
Floral and earthy. Nice bready malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big bready, mildly toasty malt up front, with floral hops coming though later. Low-medium bitterness. A little sweet for an Export, but not overly so.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10174)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright mahogany. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Roasty. Hints of dark fruit and malt.

Mouthfeel (6)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Roasty, mild malt. Oddly phenolic, sort of a peppery-medicinal note.

Overall Impression (1)

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10176)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Jet black. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Chocolatey. Very mild alcohol. Hint of malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Thick. Malty. Smooth. Chocolatey and roasty. Grassy hop flavor, medium bitterness. Finishes sweet, roasty, and malty.

Overall Impression (2)
Tasty and sweet.

Date: May 19, 2020 (#10289)

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (2½)
Amber, translucent. Big thick head.

Aroma (3)
Citrusy and tropical and a little bit grainy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Nicely malty, almost creamy. Big tropical fruit hoppiness with a bit of citrus. Medium bitterness, lower than I expected. Clean fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Pretty good beer.

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10171)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Moderate head.

Aroma (2½)
Grainy, grassy. DMS.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, moderate carbonation. Sweet, grainy malt. Sulfury. Low-medium grassy hop flavor, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (1½)
Not bad, but not as clean as it could be.

Date: July 31, 2020 (#10325)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant amber. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Grainy, sulfury.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Nicely malty. Grainy and fairly sulfury. Grassy, mildly floral hop flavor. Medium bitterness. All the flavors last a long time.

Overall Impression (2)
Real tasty Export-style Festbier.

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10173)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2)
Yellow-brown opaque. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mild citrusy hops with only a hint of citrus. Bready.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Biscuity malt and mild piney, citrusy hop flavor. Medium bitterness. Sweet, bready, fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Claims to be a sort of anti-NEIPA, but I'm unconvinced.

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10175)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Almost-black red. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Roasty and grassy. Hint of chocolate.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big body, smooth. Big chocolatey, roasty malt. Grassy hop flavor, reasonably bitter. Some alcohol, but still in balance. Grassy, almost minty roasty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10172)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

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

Aroma (4)
Fresh piney hops. Mildly biscuity.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Huge spicy, piney hops with plenty of bitterness to go along. Very nice yet subdued caramel malt backbone. Excellent balance.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: January 26, 2020 (#10177)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Vanilla. Roast. Coconut. Some whiskey.

Mouthfeel (10)
Thick and smooth. Richly malty, nicely roasty. All the barrel flavors are here: vanilla, coconut, wood, all very nicely balanced. Warming, but certainly not hot.

Overall Impression (3)
Eminently drinkable.