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Forgotten Star Brewing Company

38 Northern Stacks Drive
Fridley MN 55421
Hours: Monday-Thursday noon-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday noon-11:00pm, Sunday noon-9:00pm.
Brewer: Matt Asay
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Notes

Visited: October 15, 2021

Opened: 2019

Contributors: Jon Hughes, Siegfried Binge

Food trucks.

Updated: February 7, 2022

Beer List

Big Stick IPA

American-Style India Pale Ale

6.00% abv.
- Date: July 17, 2020 (#10322)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Golden-amber. Dense creamy head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Really floral, like a bar of soap. (Not actually soapy.) Fruity underneath.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Medium creamy body. Biscuity malt behind a big floral-fruity-grassy hop flavor. Medium-big bitterness. Fruity, mildly bitter, toasty finish.
  
  Overall Impression (2)

Bofor Quad

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

11.00% abv.

Date: July 17, 2020 (#10323)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown, translucent. Dense creamy head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mild dark toast.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and creamy. Richly malty. Lots of spice. Warming, but not hot. Very very low grassy hop flavor and bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Almost complex.

Boiler Room Honey Porter

Brown Porter

6.60% abv.

Date: July 17, 2020 (#10321)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Black-brown. Dense creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly roasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, creamy. Malty and mildly roasty. Mild grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Grassy, creamy, mildly roasty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Simple, but tasty.

Epic Day IPA

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.00% abv.

Date: August 15, 2020 (#10338)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (2½)
Golden, real hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (4)
Huge grapefruit. Mild biscuity malt. Some floral, some pine notes

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Big grassy hop flavor all the way through, with a fair bit of citrus. Medium bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.

Date: July 17, 2020 (#10320)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-brown. Dense creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly roasty. Darkly malty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy body, smooth. Dark Munich malt, mild raisiny character. Mild grassy-floral hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Dry finish.

Overall Impression (2)
A little darker and less bitter than the DÃ¼sseldorfer beers, but not bad at all.

Date: August 15, 2020 (#10337)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, opaque. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy. Bananas, some clove. Bready.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, fizzy. Big banana flavor all the way through. Bready, mildly grassy what malt. Mild clove in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Damn tasty.

Date: July 17, 2020 (#10319)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. Creamy dense head.

Aroma (3)
Pretty clean. Hint of DMS.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, creamy. Grainy, biscuity, toasty malt all the way through. Floral, grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Bready malt finish, with a touch of grassy hops.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: October 31, 2020 (#10382)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Slight haze. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity. Floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Nice bready malt, a little nutty, grassy. Fruity hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Clean fruity bready finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: July 17, 2020 (#10318)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Creamy dense head.

Aroma (3)
Floral. Sulfury. Fruity

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, moderate carbonation. Clean grainy malt. Fruity-floral hop flavor, low pleasant bitterness. Clean malty, floral finish with a little DMS.

Overall Impression (2½)