Minnesota Brewing Company Reviews

Headbanger	2 Minnesota Landmark Cream Ale 12 oz bottle (Old Notes) Pours amber with a small head. Aroma of sweetness, grains, and malt. Taste of the same. this light bodied brew is not too good. Wednesday, March 4, 2020
ads135	2.6 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Golden Caramel Not a fan of this beer. Tried in Indiana for the first time in 2009 and only now getting to the rating. Thick, syrupy caramel flavor. Aroma is pungent, some toffee and brown sugar finish. Monday, November 13, 2017
gripweed57	3.2 Minnesota Brewing McMahons Irish-Style Potato Ale From old tasting notes. Bright yellow gold color. Bubbly white head. Grainy malt nose. Tart malt flavor is mildly assertive and crisp. Subtle hop finish. Saturday, May 20, 2017
gripweed57	3.6 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Black Barley From old tasting notes. Deep mahogany red color topped by a rocky beige head. Sweet caramel malt aroma. Rich bittersweet roasted malt flavor. Cloying sweet malt aftertaste. Friday, April 14, 2017
slowrunner77	1.3 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner "smell is almost average for the style. almost. pale yellow. thin and highly carbonated. corn and muddled sweet malts. that’s all. bought on a lark for $7/12." Saturday, October 4, 2014
Headbanger	3.4 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Red Amber 12oz can (Old Notes)-Pours amber with a small head. Aroma of caramel and sweetness. Taste of the same. This light to medium bodied brew is rather tasty. Was not expecting this to be tasty. Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Headbanger	2.6 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner 12oz can (Old Notes)-Pours a clear golden with a small head. Aroma of corn, malt, and slight hops. Taste of the same. This light bodied brew is really not bad. Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Headbanger	1.2 Minnesota Brewing Billary Beer 12oz can (old notes) My version was brewed by Pittsburgh Brewing Company-Pours a clear golden with a white head. Aroma of pale lager. Taste of the same. This light bodied brew had a great cause but too bad the taste didn’t live up. Monday, November 25, 2013
Calymene	1 Apollo Lager Thursday, April 25, 2013
Martin243	2.2 Minnesota Brewing McMahons Irish-Style Potato Ale I bought a can years ago this for a friend who collected unusual beer cans: As I remember it was a 330ml can served cold, hazy amber with a white head, and it tasted of a bland lager with potato flavouring. Nobody was greatly impressed, but the can was a talking point. I see it’s "retired", no great miss. Sunday, July 8, 2012
Caytinator	1 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Saturday, February 11, 2012
milwaukeebeer	0.5 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner I had a can of this "brew" back in the early nineties. Kind of tasted a little like Pabst imho. Cheap buzz. Thursday, January 5, 2012
markwise	2.7 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Black Barley Thanks to the kind soul who opened this at the last Tampa Crew Tasting. Pours clear amber with an off-tan head. Nose is sweet malt, chestnuts, slightly toasted malts, and some mild bitterness. Flavor is similar with chestnuts, roasted nuts, syrupy malt, and some fruit. Light to medium in body and pleasant overall. Friday, November 18, 2011
loafgoat	2 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Tuesday, September 20, 2011
muskiekillerz	1.3 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Wasn’t the best beer in the world of course. Although for the price, you got a good deal. ($10/case bottles). Minimal unique taste and pretty run of the mill for lower tier brands. Friday, September 16, 2011
marcus	3.1 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Golden Caramel Pours cloudy amber with a thick beige head and toffee aroma. There is a slightly strange caramel malt flavor with lots of toffee and some hop bitterness. Friday, April 29, 2011
wilnatp	3 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Black Barley Tap at Old Chicago in Plymouth. Dark/black transparent pour with a thin off-white head. Aroma of some caramel, and some toasty barley. Flavor of caramel, barley and toasty. Hardly any hop flavor, no bitterness or bite. Minimal aftertaste. Palate is smooth but average. Friday, February 11, 2011
dyetube	1.8 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner This beer is malty with a bread dough flavor, a watery mouthfeel and little to no hops. Drinking from can so cannot rate color well. This is not very good but it was refreshing I guess. Cheers! Sunday, September 5, 2010
RSRIZZO	2.1 Minnesota Landmark Cream Ale Had this beer on 6/23/2000. Aroma is a very rich sweet malt scent. Color is a deep amber with light carbonation and head. Taste light and clean. Starting with a light body, as it goes down it has a slight sour taste coming on. Finish is lightly malty with a faint bitterness at the end. Thursday, October 11, 2007
RSRIZZO	3.2 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Black Barley Had this beer on 6/2/2000. Aroma is a faint roasted malt scent. Color is a deep dark rich brown with very light carbonation and head. Taste is deep, roasted and crisp. Starting with medium body that goes down with a crisp roasted malt flavor. The finish is this roasted flavor getting a bit sharper and a slightly sweet malt flavor coming though backed by a very mild hop bitterness. Overall I think it’s crisp fresh and easy drinking. Thursday, October 11, 2007
RSRIZZO	1.5 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Golden Caramel Had this beer on 6/8/2000. Aroma is a rich carmely sweet malt scent. Color is a hazy yellow brown with good carbonation and light head. Taste bit rich and sweet. Starting with a medium body that goes down with a creamy rich feel. Finish is a heavy malt flavor backed by a very faint bitterness. Overall it just doesn’t look good and is too heavy. Thursday, October 11, 2007
RSRIZZO	3.2 Minnesota Brewing Brewers Cave Amber Wheat Had this beer on 6/2/2000. Aroma is a light malt scent. Color is a light hazy brown with good carbonation and head. Taste is malty and a bit metallicy. Starting with a medium body it goes down smooth and slightly creamy feel of malt. Finish is a carmely malt flavor backed by a slight hop flavor and mild bitterness Thursday, October 11, 2007
kp	2.7 Minnesota Brewing McMahons Irish-Style Potato Ale Name: McMahon’s Irish Style Potato Ale Date: 09/22/1996 Mode: Bottle Source: Chevy Chase, DC Appearance: hazy dark yellow, lasting whispy head of frothy small bubbles, Aroma: slightly sweet malty aroma with lots of floral hops, Flavor: good malty flavor with robust hops and lingering hop bitterness, Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20 Rating: 2.7/5.0 Score: 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.* Saturday, September 1, 2007
RCWCPACFP	4.4 Apollo Lager This beer had hint of pear taste. If you can still find it, have it on a hot day... fast and you will see it in a totally different light. Thursday, August 5, 2004
SteC	0.8 Apollo Lager This beer wasn’t very special, we bought it because of the blue bottle and the name. Wednesday, May 5, 2004
pkbites	1.4 Apollo Lager This same company makes (made??) an ale that also comes in the blue bottle. The ale rates close to 3 stars. This was just weak. Wednesday, April 28, 2004
JPDIPSO	2.6 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Light golden color with a light white head. Aromas of pale malt, mild DMS, and a touch of earthy hops. Flavors are grainy and lightly acidic. Need to include some history. Pigs Eye is the local name for where the wastewater treatment plant and sludge burning was located in St. Paul. Wednesday, March 3, 2004
wulfhere	3.1 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Red Amber Nice amber color, but what's a caramel hop? Sweet taste is present--the head is large bubles that vanish quickly. High carbonation. The taste is sweet, smooth and has reasonable hop support. Heard this was brewed in abrewery that shares an island with a nuclear power plant. Can you see me glowing?. . .Good. Tuesday, November 25, 2003
JoeM500	1.6 Minnesota Landmark Cream Ale Slightly skunky aroma from this clear-yellow ale from everyone's favorite American "craft" brewer. Grainy taste is light, and carbonation was strong. Finish was dry and gone quickly. Nobody has even bothered to add this to the database, so here it is, your all time favorite beer: Rate on! Tuesday, September 2, 2003
celogan	2.2 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner For a cheap beer this isn't too bad. I had some at a beer tasting and spoke to one of the owners who informed me they changed the hops from the original recipe and made it a bit better than it was. It does have some flavor which is decent, but could be a tad stronger in flavor but still decent. Poured medium yellow with some head that evaporated rather quickly but actually did have some lacing. Carbonation was decent as well. I wouldn't turn this down on a hot day as it could be a good thirst quencher. It's better than BMC or other ilk of that type. Saturday, August 9, 2003
jazz88	1.7 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Light Bottle. Golden color with a laced white head. A slightly flowery aroma, but basically no flavor at all. Not offensive in and a touch of sweetness, but nothing to make it worth finishing. I was surprised to find this in California. Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Beerlover1982	3.6 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Light Really cheap. The taste is not all that great. The aroma is fairly weak. It is a little musty tasting and is really bad if your hungover. Tuesday, May 6, 2003
document	2.2 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Hey, it's better than Bud. Or is it? Not sure how you'd figure out, other than price, but that and whatever alcohol you'll find in this made it a trusty companion once upon a time. My rating is from the returnable bottle. Wednesday, February 5, 2003
jazz88	1.4 Minnesota Brewing Billary Beer Can. This can traveled great distances and survived many battles to reach my palate. I''m almost afraid to try it. A light golden lager with a laced white head. The aroma has almost a minty character now. The flavor is slightly sweet but lacks any character. Worth buying to reduce the debt and maybe for a rating but little else. Monday, December 30, 2002
Crit	1.6 Apollo Lager The blue bottle attracted me as well. Not much good to say about this one, the bottle is better than the beer Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Crit	2.4 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner nothing special. slightly more body than a main stream lager................ Monday, December 16, 2002
Slick	3.9 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Light Nothing special here as well very light in color faint aroma pretty watered down taste, really needs help.it got a little better when the temp was warmer but very little.This was a slightly better brew then i had before the flavor almost seemed a bit better then before with a slightly stronger appearance at all levels.well worth trying again. Saturday, November 30, 2002
Slick	2.7 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Definately nothing special ,or anything that stands out to make this anything better then a middle of the road pils Saturday, November 30, 2002
gsmitty80	2.7 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner I really liked this beer. Cant remember much of what it was like but i know i enjoyed it. Monday, October 28, 2002
Kato239	0.9 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner This stuff us swill. After drinking the first one, the other five sat in our fridge until we could find someone drunk enough to finish them off. Instant headache. Wednesday, October 2, 2002
pkbites	1.7 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner It's average swill. It's better than the non-alcohol version of Pigs Eye. The label on the can/bottle is interesting. Tuesday, August 13, 2002
Northernbrewer	2.1 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Red Amber For a cheap beer this stuff is a heck of a lot better than that Coors made "Irish Red". This is (or rather was) the best beer in the Pig's Eye line. Saturday, July 13, 2002
stic	1.1 Apollo Lager We bought 6 bottles op this beer with our astronomy club. The only thing i remember was the blue bottle and that the beer was bad. Saturday, July 13, 2002
beerlovinman99	0.5 Minnesota Brewing McMahons Irish-Style Potato Ale This died a merciful death. Gimmicky and bland.............................. Tuesday, July 9, 2002
beerlovinman99	4.1 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Great summer cheap beer! Pig's Eye refers to the former name of St. Paul, by the way. Tuesday, July 9, 2002
beerlovinman99	4.8 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Red Amber With a foamy head and a rich flavor, this may be the best cheap beer in America. Best on tap at a ballpark -- the St. Paul Saints used to serve it at Midway. Too bad they don't any more, as it's hard to find on tap. Tuesday, July 9, 2002
GrandMasterSexay	3.6 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Pig's Eye is such a good name for a beer! Not as good as the other minnesota brewery products but still better than bud anything Thursday, June 20, 2002
austinpowers	2.8 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Some sourness in the aroma and the taste. I rather liked this one as it's got enough malt to back up the hops. Plus, the pirate on the label cracks me up! Wednesday, June 19, 2002
GrainBeltGuzzler	3.6 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Very good beer. Comparable in quality to schmidt's or Leinie's, nice strong flavor, and very friendly on the pocketbook. Substantially better from tap than from the can, my numbers are reflective of the tap version Monday, June 17, 2002
21iceman40	3.1 Minnesota Brewing Pigs Eye Pilsner Definetely not gonna break the bank on this one. Wasn't all that bad though, i kind of compare it to miller high life. I got kinda scared looking at the pirate guy on the bottle becuause the way he's looking at me makes me think he's gay and is somehow attracted to me. Saturday, June 15, 2002