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Town Hall Brewery

1430 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55454
Telephone: +1 612-339-8696
Hours: Sunday-Wednesday noon-10pm, Thursday-Saturday noon-11pm.
Brewer: Mike Hoops, Josh Bischoff, Adam Theis
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Notes

Visited: September 13, 2004

Opened: 1997

Annual Production: 905 bbl

Contributor: Diane Crawford

Updated: January 14, 2022

News

2012-01-02: Trouble brewing (Minnesota Beer Activists)

Beer List

1800

English-Style India Pale Ale
Awards:
- Bronze Medal, 2005 Great American Beer Festival
Black H2O Oatmeal Stout

Oatmeal Stout
- Date: September 13, 2004 (#5413)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 17½ points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Black. Big tan head. Coconut (!) aroma. Medium-light creamy body. Richly malty and quite roasty, with a noticeable coconut flavor. Aged with oak, maybe? Just slightly warming at the end.
- Date: September 13, 2004 (#5418)
  
  Package: real ale
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16½ points
  
  Overall Impression (3½)
  Black. Dense tan head. Coconut aroma here, too. Medium silky-smooth body. Really malty and roasty. Big coconut flavor. It's just like the draught version, with less carbonation.

Bright Spot Golden Ale

Golden or Blonde Ale

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5409)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression (3½)
Bright pale golden. Big thick head. Fruity, spicy aroma. Light creamy body. Mild sweet maltiness all the way through.

Classic American Pilsner

American-Style Pilsener

Awards:

Bronze Medal (Pro-Am), 2012 Great American Beer Festival

Eye of the Storm

Specialty Honey Beer

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2011 Great American Beer Festival
Silver Medal, 2008 Great American Beer Festival

Grand Cru

Belgian- and French-Style Ale

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2004 Great American Beer Festival

Hope & King Scotch Ale

Scottish-Style Export Ale

Awards:

Gold Medal, 2011 Great American Beer Festival
Silver Medal, 2004 Great American Beer Festival

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5412)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright red-brown. Nice thick head. Faintly smoky aroma. Big creamy body. Richly malty. Hint of smokiness. Malty, slightly astringent finish.

LSD

Herb and Spice Beer

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2011 Great American Beer Festival

Masala Mama IPA

American-Style India Pale Ale

6.00% abv.

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5411)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright copper color. Big thick head. Hugely spicy aroma, fairly citrusy. Medium body, very smooth. Intense spicy hoppiness works very well with the caramel malt. Blast of spicy bitterness in the finish.
Date: September 13, 2004 (#5417)

Package: real ale

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Copper color. Big thick dense head. A little more citrus aroma and a little less spice than the draught version. Medium body, real smooth. Huge spicy hoppiness, with a big earthy character, and maybe some diacetyl too.
Date: August 14, 1999 (#3331)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright amber, thick head. Herbal hop aroma. Medium body, big clean herbal hop flavor.

Date: August 9, 2003 (#5024)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright golden. Huge head. Oak, coconut aroma. Medium-big creamy body. Huge coconut flavor on top of the malt.

Date: August 14, 1999 (#3332)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Brown-black, thin head. Sweet black aroma. Medium body, big herbal hop flavor followed by coffee.

Date: September 1, 2007 (#6616)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Deep yellow. Opaque. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Smoky, but also sulfury — SO₂.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Really smoky, like a wood fire...very nice. Still a bit of SO₂. Some sweet wheat malt.

Overall Impression (3)
Tasty beer. I'd like to compare this to a Schlenkerla Weizen.

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5414)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Yellow, hazy. Good head. Aroma mostly of cloves. Medium creamy body, slightly fizzy. Some smoke flavor along with the clove and bananas. Tasty, smokier than Spezial Rauchbier Weissbier, but nowhere near as smoky as Schlenkerla Weizen.

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5416)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Black. Huge tan head. Just slightly less coconut aroma than the Oatmeal Stout. Medium creamy body. Malty, roasty. It's the spitting^* image of the Oatmeal Stout, with a hint of smokiness in the middle.

^*No, I certainly did not spit it out.

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5415)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Golden, hazy. Thick head. Very mildly fruity aroma. Medium body, real smooth. Carbonation is a bit low. Intensely malty and pretty sweet, with a nice Belgian spiciness. Sharp bitterness at first, but it doesn't last long. Drying alcoholic finish.

Date: September 13, 2004 (#5410)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright amber. Nice thick head. Very mild fruity hop aroma. Light body. Big malt flavor, with some caramel and some diacetyl.

Date: September 1, 2007 (#6617)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden brown. Opaque. Thick head.

Aroma (2½)
Big earthy, spicy hops. Very earthy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, Fizzy. Huge spicy hop flavor, really bitter. Some earthiness. Some sweetness, but not a lot of wheat character.

Overall Impression (2½)
Tasty bitter beer.