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Back Shed Brewing

624 Sundial Drive
Waite Park MN 56387
Telephone: +1 320-371-0636
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 3:00pm-10:00pm, Friday noon-10:00pm, Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm, Sunday noon-6:00pm.
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Notes

Visited: March 29, 2024

Opened: 2021

Huge place! Four non-grocery beers, which weren't too bad at all. Two food trucks. Dogs are welcome.

Updated: April 9, 2024

Beer List

Accordion Slip

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

5.00% abv.
- Date: March 29, 2024 (#11690)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 14½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright golden. Low dense head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Clean, mildly grainy, mildly floral.
  
  Mouthfeel (7)
  Medium body, creamy. Sweetly malty, mildly grainy. Mildly floral. Hint of diacetyl. Sweet malty finish.
  
  Overall Impression (1½)
  Too sweet.

Alternator

German-Style Altbier

5.30% abv.

Date: March 29, 2024 (#11688)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant burgundy. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Bready. Very faintly toasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, kinda fizzy. Darkly toasty, grassy, malty. Medium grassy, mildly floral hop flavor and bitterness. Great balance in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Blonde, James Blonde

Golden or Blonde Ale

5.40% abv.

Date: September 4, 2021 (#10707)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Grainy, smoky, sulfury.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, fizzy. Lots of grainy malt, kinda smoky, definitely sulfury. Grassy-floral hip flavor, low bitterness. Finishes dry and grainy

Overall Impression (2½)
Good refreshing beer.

Double Cross

Robust Porter

5.00% abv.

Date: September 4, 2021 (#10710)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense head.

Aroma (4)
Black. Dense head.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Huge grassy hop flavor. Mildly roasty. Hugely grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad at all, but it definitely smells better than it tastes.

Date: April 7, 2023 (#11354)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

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

Aroma (3)
Mildly biscuity, graham crackers.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, kinda fizzy. Big graham cracker malty flavor, biscuity. Fruity hop flavor, low bitterness. Sweet fruity finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Kinda sweet and fruity.

Date: July 29, 2022 (#11105)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (2½)
Yellow, translucent. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy. Grainyish.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, fairly fizzy. Biscuity malt background. Grassy, kinda floral hop flavor. Medium bitterness. It's all there in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer. At 5.2%, I wouldn't call it "session", but it tastes good.

Date: July 29, 2022 (#11106)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, some haze. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy, grainy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Lots of of grassy hops, low-medium bitterness. Clean grassy, wheaty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Billed as a "hoppy wheat", it's not Hopfenweisse, but it's not bad.

Date: July 29, 2022 (#11104)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, opaque. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy, fruity, with a hint of onion.

Mouthfeel (8)
Thick, smooth, kinda slick. Mild biscuity malt, fruity hops. Floral, with a mild onion note. Low bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 7, 2023 (#11353)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright copper-amber. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly fruity, very mild Froot-Loops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, smooth. Loads of biscuity malt and grassy-floral hops. Medium bitterness. Real nice balance. Finishes a bit sweet.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Date: April 7, 2023 (#11352)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Very mild chocolate.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, creamy. Chocolate and roast. Very mild grassy hop flavor, not all that bitter. Chocolate, malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Pretty good beer.

Date: March 29, 2024 (#11691)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant red-amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly toasty, very mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Toasty, malty, nutty. Medium grassy-floral bitterness. Sweetish malty, floral hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad.

Date: March 29, 2024 (#11689)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant amber. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Dark fruit, dark toast, darkly floral.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, creamy. Biscuity malt and floral hops. Medium body. Finishes nicely malty and bitter with a citrus note.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good beer.

Date: July 29, 2022 (#11103)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Brown, hazy. Thick creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Nice grassy-floral hops. Mild nutty rye.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, creamy. Tasty rye all the way through. Grassy, floral hops, medium bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Fantastic clean flavorful beer.

Date: September 4, 2021 (#10708)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (2½)
Amber, opaque. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Grassy, earthy, floral.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Biscuity malt background, huge fruity hop flavor. Medium-big bitterness, especially in the finish. Bready.

Overall Impression (2)
Reasonably flavorful and complex "Citra & Mosaic IPA".

Date: April 7, 2023 (#11350)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly floral.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Creamy malt, some DMS. Grassy, floral hop flavor, mild bitterness. Clean grainy finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: September 4, 2021 (#10709)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (2½)
Copper-amber, translucent. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Dark fruit, maybe some papaya.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, smooth. Lots and lots of fruity hop flavor, grassy, but with a Fruity Pebbles note. Medium grassy bitterness grows through the finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 7, 2023 (#11351)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Malty, chocolatey, toasty…like it should be.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, real smooth. Malty and chocolatey and mildly roasty. Mild grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Chocolatey finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Real good beer.

Date: March 29, 2024 (#11692)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Very dark red. Low creamy head.

Aroma (3½)
Nicely chocolatey, roasty, malty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, creamy but kinda fizzy. Lots of malt, dark chocolate and roast. Grassy hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Nice balance between the sweet malt and the just-bitter-enough hops.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.