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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 1, 2021

Beer List

10 Count

American-Style Black Ale

10.00% abv.
- Date: October 30, 2021 (#10750)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: Short or Tall Eatery & Drink Hall, Rogers MN
  
  Score: 18½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Black. Massive creamy head.
  
  Aroma (3½)
  Dark chocolate. Earthy. Mildly grassy, but mostly subtle and balanced.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Big body, smooth. Richly chocolatey and nicely roasty. Hugely malty. Mild grassy hop flavor, a little floral, but pretty much all the bitterness is from the roasted malt.
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Excellent balance. Excellent beer.

Ark Royal

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

Date: October 30, 2021 (#10746)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: Short or Tall Eatery & Drink Hall, Rogers MN

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Bright copper color. Tight dense nitro head.

Aroma (4)
Bready, grassy, smoky, grainy.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, creamy smooth. Nice biscuity-grainy malt with a mild caramel note, along with some bread crust. Grassy hop flavor. Lingering low-medium bitterness with a floral note.

Overall Impression (3)
Excellent beer. I love it when a brewery nails a traditional style. I'd like to taste a CO₂ version to compare.

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.

Belgian Dubbel

Belgian-Style Dubbel

7.50% abv.

Date: December 10, 2020 (#10397)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Extremely lively pour! When it's finally in the glass, the beer is a beautiful, brilliant, dark red under a massive dense head that you could probably walk across.

Aroma (4)
Grassy, spicy, raisiny. Clean dark-toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy. Dark, toasty malt. Nicely fruity, mild bananas and raisins. Dark caramel. Grassy, very low bitterness. Lingering toasty malt finish with just a hint of alcohol.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer.

Date: December 20, 2020 (#10401)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Almost completely black. Thick creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Clean malt, mildly roasty. Mild floral hop note.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Nicely roasty, with a pleasant clean malt sweetness. Mild grassy, floral hop flavor. Low-medium bitterness, with more in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Real tasty Schwarzbier.

Date: December 20, 2019 (#10136)

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.

Date: May 21, 2020 (#10292)

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.

Date: May 25, 2020 (#10295)

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: August 29, 2021 (#10705)

Place: Hy-Vee Maple Grove, Maple Grove MN

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Copper-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Grassy, biscuity. Mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Toasty malt, grassy hops, nicely floral. Low bitterness. Floral-fruity finish with lots of bread crust.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, and a real sharp label.

Date: December 18, 2020 (#10400)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant mahogany color. Nice dense head.

Aroma (4)
Rich malt, fruity esters. Toast and caramel and a hint of wood.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, chewy. Lots and lots of malt, caramel, toast, biscuit, grain. Grassy hop character, medium bitterness. Fruity, like grapes or berries. Definite woody note. Finishes malty, grassy, and pleasantly warming.

Overall Impression (2)
Kinda reminds me of Old Foghorn. Collaboration with Ma href='https://beerme.com/brewery.php?24378'>Working Draft Beer of Madison WI.

Date: October 21, 2021 (#10742)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 15 points

Appearance (2½)
Yellow. Very hazy. Dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Yeasty, bready, fruity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, both fizzy and creamy. Big grassy-floral hop flavor, medium-big bitterness. Lingering grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2)

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: October 30, 2021 (#10747)

Package: draught

Place: Short or Tall Eatery & Drink Hall, Rogers MN

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (2½)
Hazy opaque, deep yellow. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Bready. Apple peel.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, smooth and slick. Big fruity hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Kinda yeasty. Less bitter and more floral in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: October 25, 2021 (#10744)

Package: bottled

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low, dense, brown head.

Aroma (4)
Oak, whiskey, coconut, chocolate, malt, molasses.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, smooth. Hugely malty, hugely chocolatey, bitter. Lots of oak, lots of coconut. Some alcohol. Bittersweet lingering finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Tasty and complex. Imperial Stout aged in J. Carver wheat whiskey barrels, bottled August 2021.

Date: December 13, 2020 (#10399)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, translucent. Dense creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Tropical fruit and tropical flowers. Mild biscuity malt, mildly yeasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, smooth and creamy. Big fruity-floral hop flavor all the way though, along with a yeasty slickness. Mango, mild tangerine. Medium-big bitterness, really nicely balanced with the malt sweetness and the hop fruitiness. Lingering fruity finish that isn't all that bitter.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer, despite the distracting "hazy" texture and slickness.

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.