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Bad Habit Brewing Company

15 East Minnesota Street
Suite 108
Saint Joseph MN 56374
Telephone: +1 320-980-7711
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 2:00pm-10:00pm, Saturday noon-10:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm-7:00pm.
Brewer: Aaron Rieland
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Notes

Visited: November 5, 2022

Opened: 2015

Contributor: Jonny Hughes

Updated: November 13, 2022

Beer List

Autumn Rites

Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer

5.70% abv.
- Date: November 5, 2022 (#11231)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Brilliant red-amber, creamy head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Mildly grassy, mild oak, mildly bready, mild caramel.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Medium body, moderate carbonation. Richly malty, spicy. Oak plus rye makes kind of an allspice spiciness. Grassy, oaky finish.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Good beer.

Bennie Ale

Golden or Blonde Ale

4.00% abv.

Date: August 21, 2021 (#10700)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden amber, low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Floral, grainy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, fizzy. Fruity and floral and grassy and grainy. Fruity finish, with just about no bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)

Big Boy Pants

American-Style India Pale Ale

6.80% abv.

Date: August 21, 2021 (#10699)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (2½)
Red-amber, translucent. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Piney hops. Kinda nutty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, moderate carbonation. Huge grassy hop flavor, fairly bitter. Mildly bready, mildly toasty. Lingering grassy-resiny finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Billy Club

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

5.10% abv.

Date: August 21, 2021 (#10698)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Bright copper color, dense head.

Aroma (3)
Grainy. Caramel malt. Mildly grassy and floral.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Lots of caramel malt. Lots of grassy hop flavor, medium bitterness. Grainy like the other beers. Sweet caramel-grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 21, 2021 (#10696)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright deep amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (4)
Hugely citrusy with a nice touch of caramel malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fizzy. Big citrus-grassy hop flavor with a resiny bitterness. Biscuity, today malt way in the background. Lingering resiny finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 21, 2021 (#10697)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (2½)
Sweet and really grainy. Some DMS.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, fizzy. Really grainy, fairly sweet. Grassy hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Grainy-sweet finish.

Overall Impression (1)
Weird balance.

Date: May 18, 2022 (#11049)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Lemony, bready, earthy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Surprisingly thick, creamy. Lemongrass all the way through. Bready malt, grassy. Low-medium bitterness. Bready, grassy finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Clean. Maybe too clean.

Date: May 18, 2022 (#11050)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2½)
Deep yellow, opaque. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Bready, almost yeasty. Fruity.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, smooth. Huge fruity hop flavor, low bitterness. Yeasty, mildly biscuity background.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: November 4, 2022 (#11230)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Moderate creamy head.

Aroma (2½)
Sulfury, cat pee hops. Caramel malt background.

Mouthfeel (6)
Medium-big body, fairly fizzy. Caramel malt and grassy, floral hops. Lots of sulfur. Hugely grassy sulfury finish.

Overall Impression (1)

Date: November 4, 2022 (#11229)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low beige head.

Aroma (3½)
Lots of coffee with a malt background.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, kinda fizzy. Lots of chocolate and lots of coffee. Grassy and nicely malty. Grassy grainy mildly roasty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer.