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Prairie Pride Brewing

115 East South Front Street
Suite 1
Grand Island NE 68801
Telephone: +1 308-850-5375
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 4pm-10pm, Friday-Saturday 4pm-midnight, Sunday noon-6pm.
Brewer: Alex Briner
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Notes

Visited: May 2, 2024

Opened: 2016

Dog-friendly.

Updated: May 21, 2024

News

2017-01-08: Prairie Pride Brewing Co. on tap for good beer and good times (Grand Island Independent)
2016-11-04: New brewery in Grand Island (NTV)
2016-04-06: Prairie Pride Brewing Co. coming to downtown Grand Island (Grand Island Independent)

Beer List

American Amber

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

5.80% abv.
- Date: May 6, 2017 (#9729)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 12 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Red-brown, hazy. Dense head.
  
  Aroma (2)
  Sweet malt, butter.
  
  Mouthfeel (6)
  Medium body, fairly fizzy. Big butter flavor on sweet caramel malt. Very mild fruity hop flavor, low bitterness.
  
  Overall Impression (1)

Barn Burn

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

5.50% abv.

Date: May 2, 2024 (#11731)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Red. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity. Caramel.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Rich caramel malt all the way through. Mild fruity hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Sweet caramel malt finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Belgian Trippel

Belgian-Style Tripel

9.50% abv.

Date: May 2, 2024 (#11733)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (2½)
Golden-amber. Very low head.

Aroma (2½)
Very mildly fruity. Very mildly grainy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big, smooth, malty. Loads of fruity esters, some banana, maybe a hint of white grape. Alcohol is very well hidden. Finishes a little sweet, and fairly fruity.

Overall Impression (2)
Reasonably tasty and probably dangerous.

Dust Devil

American-Style India Pale Ale

5.40% abv.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11627)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Red-brown translucent. Low creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Perfumey, grassy, floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium smooth body. Nicely malty, biscuity, toasty. Grassy, fruity, floral hop flavor low-medium bitterness. Fruity floral finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good beer.

Date: July 4, 2018 (#9868)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Deep dark garnet. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty, chocolatey.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Big toasty malt flavor, chocolatey. Grassy hop flavor, medium bitterness. Mild grainy note in the chocolate malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: July 4, 2018 (#9843)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet grainy malt. Mild fruity-floral hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Sweet malt, bready. Mild fruity, grassy hops, low-medium bitterness. Finishes malty and clean.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: May 2, 2024 (#11732)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11½ points

Appearance (2½)
Very very very dark red. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Mild dark caramel. Mild dark fruit.

Mouthfeel (5)
Medium-big body, very low carbonation. Dark malt, dark toast, and acetone.

Overall Impression (1)
Way too dark, besides the nail polish remover. Too bad.

Date: May 6, 2017 (#9731)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Really smoky. Molasses.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, moderately fizzy. Big roasty malt, molasses, reasonably malty-sweet. Lingering roasty-sweet finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: November 10, 2021 (#10757)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (2½)
Yellow, translucent. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly grainy, mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, low carbonation. Sweet, grainy malt. Grassy, fairly floral hops, grassy, not really bitter at all. Finishes sweet and grainy and floral.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: July 4, 2018 (#9867)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Copper-amber. Slight haze. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Spicy, citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Big spicy, piney hops, reasonably bitter. Clean hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Good beer.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11626)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Creamy head.

Aroma (3½)
Grassy. Black. Nicely malty, grainy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Black, really grassy. Kind of astringent at the end.

Overall Impression (2)
Good flavors, but off-balanced.

Date: November 10, 2021 (#10756)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
A little tart, dill.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Mildly tart, fairly malty. Grassy. Mild alcohol. Tart, dill finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: May 29, 2018 (#9844)

Package: draught

Score: 15 points

Appearance (2½)
Copper color, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty. Clean malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Big toasty malt flavor. Grassy hops, low-medium bitterness, lingering through the finish.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: May 6, 2017 (#9730)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Golden, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (2½)
Bready, yeasty.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, smooth. Sweet malt, fairly yeasty. Some diacetyl at the end.

Overall Impression (1½)
The barrel-aged version is pretty tasty.

Date: July 4, 2018 (#9869)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Red-brown, hazy. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Big citrus hops. Mild toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Resiny, grapefruity hops, reasonably bitter. Clean hoppy toasty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)