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Spilker Ales

(No longer brewing)

300 West Fourth Street
PO Box 11
Cortland NE 68331
Telephone: +1 402-798-7445
Brewer: Sam Spilker
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Notes

Visited: June 1, 2008

Opened: 1996

Closed: 2017

Annual Production: 350 bbl

Contributors: Jared Solomon, Sam Spilker

Spilker stopped brewing in April 2017; their Hopaluia is brewed now by Thunderhead Brewery in Axtell NE.

Updated: March 28, 2017

2017-03-24: Spilker Ales closing in Cortland, announce final tours (Nebraska Beer )
2015-03-03: Hopluia-makers to release first new brew in 11 years (Omaha World Herald)

Date: October 15, 2001 (#3932)

Package: draught

Place: Thunderhead Brewing, Kearney NE

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright golden, thick head. Faintly malty aroma. Light body, sweet, mild green hoppy flavor.

Date: October 13, 2001 (#3924)

Package: draught

Place: Copper Eagle Brewing, Grand Island NE

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, good head. Obvious good coffee aroma - beyond the normal Stout coffee aroma. Light body, smooth and roasty, hint of sourness, good herbal hop flavor.

Date: July 29, 2006 (#6036)

Package: canned

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Very high carbonation. Thick head.

Aroma (4)
Resiny, piney, spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (10)
Medium body, fizzy. Huge caramel malt. Huge piney hops. Big bitterness. Real nice balance.

Overall Impression (3)
Real tasty beer.
Date: October 13, 2001 (#3922)

Package: draught

Place: Copper Eagle Brewing, Grand Island NE

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright brown, thick head. Huge spicy citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, MASSIVE orange-citrus hop flavor, but only mildly bitter. Needs more bitterness to balance the intense citrusy hop flavor.
Formerly known as Hopalleuia Ale, this beer was renamed. Hopluia and Cortland Wheat are the only beers Spilker brews now.
Date: March 28, 1998 (#2566)

Package: draught

Place: Crescent Moon Ale House, Omaha NE

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red, low carbonation, good head. Big spicy citrusy hop aroma. Big spicy citrusy hops all the way through. Makes Sierra Nevada Pale Ale taste like iced tea. Resiny middle through finish.