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Elm Creek Brewing

11469 Marketplace Drive North
Champlin MN 55316
Telephone: +1 763-208--3623
Hours: Monday-Thursday 2pm-9pm, Friday-Saturday noon-10pm, Sunday 11am-7pm.
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Notes

Visited: March 1, 2025

Opened: 2020

Contributor: Siegfried Binge

Food trucks.

Updated: March 5, 2025

Beer List

Barefoot Traveler

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

4.40% abv.
- Date: December 10, 2022 (#11279)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 17½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Golden. Low creamy head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Mildly floral, mildly bready.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Light, fizzy. Floral-grassy hop flavor, nicely bitter and clean. Soft bready malt background. Finishes nicely balanced.
  
  Overall Impression (2½)
  Real good beer, despite being served way too cold.

Bottom Dollar

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.50% abv.

Date: March 1, 2025 (#12050)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (2½)
Golden, slight haze. Moderate creamy head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity-citrusy, biscuity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Bready, biscuity. Grassy, citrusy hop flavor, reasonably bitter. Grassy-fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Not bad at all. Tastes like the old days of IPA.

Buck Up!

English-Style Brown Ale

6.50% abv.

Date: October 31, 2020 (#10381)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-brown. Low head.

Aroma (4)
Nutty and brown.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Malty, toasty, and nicely sweet. Nutty, like pecans. Clean, sweet, nutty finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real tasty Brown Ale, which is a rare find anymore.

Casual Loop

Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale

8.50% abv.

Date: December 10, 2022 (#11281)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. "Opaque" doesn't even come close. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity, citrusy. Yeasty. Bread dough.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth, creamy. Hugely fruity, not very bitter. Bread dough. Finishes really fruity and that's about it.

Overall Impression (1½)
I wish the menu would have said it was a Hazy.

Date: October 31, 2020 (#10380)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. Opaque. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity. A little yeasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, smooth, almost creamy. Big fruity, almost citrusy hop flavor. Not all that bitter. Mild yeast note.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 24, 2022 (#11116)

Place: Northbound Liquor Store, Elk River MN

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden, moderate carbonation. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Bready, grainy. Floral. Mild DMS.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, medium fizz. Floral hop flavor, low bitterness, on top of clean bready mildly grainy malt.

Overall Impression (2½)
Real good clean beer.

Date: March 1, 2025 (#12051)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Low dense head.

Aroma (4)
Chocolatey, grainy, mildly roasty malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, mildly fizzy. Nicely chocolatey, malty. Low-medium grassy-floral hop flavor. Low bitterness. Tasty chocolatey finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.

Date: October 31, 2020 (#10378)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Mild clean malt.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Big floral hop flavor start to finish. Mild grainy malt background.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: March 1, 2025 (#12049)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (3½)
Grassy, piney hops. Caramel malt background.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Big grassy, piney, citrusy hop flavor. Nicely bitter. Biscuity malt background. Grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer.

Date: December 10, 2022 (#11282)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Jet black. No head.

Aroma (4)
Lots of licorice. Chocolate, vanilla, alcohol.

Mouthfeel (9)
Thick. Not quite still. Lots of chocolate, lots of oak. Richly malty, roasty and sweet. Kinda nutty. Sweet roasty not quite sweet and not quite dry finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good stuff. Just released today.

Date: December 10, 2022 (#11280)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brown-red. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Very mildly nutty, very mildly grainy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, kinda fizzy. Nutty brown malt. Grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Malty finish, a little astringent.

Overall Impression (2)
Not too bad. Awful cold.

Date: September 16, 2022 (#11126)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Bread crust toasty. Citrus, floral hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Rich malt, pretty toasty, kinda grassy. Floral hop flavor, a little fruity. Low-medium bitterness. Finishes toasty, grassy, and fruity.

Overall Impression (2½)
Pretty good beer.

Date: October 18, 2024 (#11938)

Package: draught

Place: Union 32 Craft House, Eagan MN

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright and pale. Thick head.

Aroma (2)
Weirdly fruity.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, creamy. Grainy malt. Floral and fruity and that's about it.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: October 31, 2020 (#10379)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber-brown. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty. Clean.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body. Fizzy. Toasty malt, mild floral hops. Low bitterness. Clean toasty-floral finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Really fizzy.

Date: September 16, 2022 (#11127)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, opaque. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy, lots of tropical fruit.

Mouthfeel (8)
Thick, smooth. Hugely fruity. Not bitter at all. Mildly biscuity. Fruity finish doesn't stick around.

Overall Impression (2½)
Not bad, actually.

Date: March 1, 2025 (#12048)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2½)
Deep golden, some haze. Low creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly grainy, bready. Faintly grassy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, fizzy. Grainy malt, bready. Big grassy-floral hop flavor, medium bitterness. Grassy, bready finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Not bad.