Tri City Brewing Reviews

dreamseq	3.9 Tri City Hells Half Mile Malty, full flavor. Nice darker style lager. Sunday, November 27, 2022
unclefrito62	3.3 Tri City Vienna Lager Pint at Hop Cat in Grand Rapids. Sweet grain aroma. Pale yellow in color with white head. Taste the grain, some sweetness. Light and smooth Grain aftertaste. Nice summer beer! Cheers! Monday, August 22, 2022
dflb	4.3 Tri City Mon Tressor Attained via a beer trade with John Holmes, Montresor is a Belgian Tripel crafted by Tri-City Brewing Company. The aroma of Belgian yeast, orange blossom, caramel, and clove are noted as you drink. The appearance is a clear orangish gold with a fast dissipating white head. The alcohol content is 10.6%. Belgian yeast is spicy on the take and creamy to the mouthfeel. Ginger assists the spice and lingers into the slightly dry finish. Orange blossom harmonizes with the yeasty complexion. Caramel malt blends with the Belgian yeast and orange blossom body accompanied by a clove tone. Montresor is a gorgeous Belgian Tripel. The orange blossom and spicy Belgian combination distinguishes this brew from its style. The ginger is a constant focal point. Montresor comes across simple but with a kick of spice and ginger. There was a period where I averaged at least one Belgian beer per three reviews. Montresor delivers a unique Tripel for the consummate Belgian connoisseur. Cheers. Prost. Drink for the love of beer. For more beer reviews, visit and like my blog “Drink For the Love of Beer.” Wednesday, August 7, 2019
kevinsenn	2.5 Tri City Charity Island India Pale Ale Bottle. Malty aroma with slight fruit notes. Metallic nutty taste, pine, metallic finish. Meh. Saturday, June 8, 2019
BreweryTaps10	4 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout Wednesday, December 26, 2018
RChapin	3.5 Tri City DragonSlayer Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout Friday, March 30, 2018
Jpmercer	3.5 Tri City Phelan Irish Red Admin converted to private rating Sunday, January 21, 2018
DaveJockelbrew	3 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale Thursday, December 28, 2017
DaveJockelbrew	4 Tri City Phelan Irish Red Wednesday, December 20, 2017
shrubber85	2.7 Tri City Phelan Irish Red Bottle. Light toffee malt, and weedy grass aroma. Dark amber with moderate head. Mildly sweet toffee malt, and moderately bitter quinine/hay flavor. Okay body. A bit rough. Saturday, November 11, 2017
shrubber85	3.7 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale Bottle. Toffee malt and earthy fresh hay aroma. Copper with moderate white head. Mildly sweet toffee malt, and mildly bitter earthy hay flavor. Good body. A nice Altbier. Friday, October 27, 2017
Patrickctenchi	3.6 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale Bottle: Barely hazy amber with a thin, off-white head. Toasted caramel aroma. Taste is sweet, toasted caramel malt......a bit of nutty/earthy bitter. Surprisingly rich and nicely bodied. Very pleasant. Friday, October 20, 2017
Patrickctenchi	2.8 Tri City Phelan Irish Red Bottle: Pours clear, bubbled, deep copper-red with a short tan head. Slightly mineral, toffee malt aroma. Taste is toffee malt and slightly bitter mineral water. Gets a bit better after warming, but remains pretty watery and weak.....and never really loses that unpleasant bitterness. Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 Tri City Phelan Irish Red Poured into a mug, the appearance was a semi-dark ruby red color with a finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that slid off at a fairly slow pace. Clingy foamy lace clung fairly nice. The aroma had some toast, biscuit, herbal to floral hop qualities, light amounts of dark bread with a subtle woody presence. Light earthiness. The flavor presented all of the previously mentioned aromas together, semi-sweet with a decent balancing herbal quality. Aftertaste was malty and so was the finish. The palate was almost medium bodied, seemed to sit just a tad under for the body. Pretty sessionable and the ABV felt appropriate. Overall, pretty nice Irish red ale that I could come back to. Friday, May 19, 2017
superspak	3.8 Tri City Hells Half Mile 12 ounce bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit fruity/yeasty in the aromas, but not overwhelming. Taste of cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, fairly crisp, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6%. Overall this is a very nice Helles. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Saturday, May 13, 2017
prodeje24	2 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout Saturday, May 13, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3 Tri City Robust Porter Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a fairly dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off pretty quick. Not much lace. The aroma had some soft roasty coffee tones with a little bit of dark chocolate nibs biting at the end. The flavor yielded to the roasty tones - coffee and dark chocolate and lead into the aftertaste and finish. The feel was between light and medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt good. Pretty dry on my tongue. S, decent porter trying to show some "robust"-ness but seemed more just roast that came a bit under. Maybe again. Thursday, May 4, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	2.6 Tri City Brownhoist Nut Brown Ale Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a mug. The appearance was a semi-dark mahogany almost brown color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. The aroma had some caramel/toffee malts up front with some grassy hops. Nuttiness is there but a bit more fainter than expected. The flavor leaned towards the sweet side and never really brought the nuts. Malty sweet aftertaste and finish. The feel was a bit under from being medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Overall, with so many brown ales on the market and me being a fan of the style, I don’t necessarily see this as a top tier one. Thursday, May 4, 2017
Msdrbeat	3.6 Tri City Giant Vanilla Slayer Beerfest at the Ballpark. Super thick and dark. Vanilla tastes natural and not overbearing. Sunday, April 30, 2017
superspak	3.7 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; and light notes of nuttiness, lemon, plum, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A little too fruity/yeasty in the nose, but not overwhelming. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; and light notes of nuttiness, lemon, plum, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, herbal, grass, light nuttness/fruit, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from lingering bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/creamy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a nice Northern German Altbier style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth, flavorful, and easy to drink. Not as much hops and a bit too fruity/yeasty for the style. This was still nicely enjoyable, with plenty of rich malt flavor presence. Tuesday, April 18, 2017
superspak	3.8 Tri City Phelan Irish Red 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red, light copper/brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of nuttiness, toffee, roast, plum, pear, apple, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of nuttiness, toffee, roast, plum, pear, apple, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/toffee, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly drying from hop/roast bitterness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4,8%. Overall this is a very nice Irish red ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and easy to drink. Nicely rich and clean on malt flavors; with well restrained yeast/hop notes. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Msdrbeat	3.6 Tri City DragonSlayer Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout Bottled. Pours black with a chocolate covered head. Boozy aroma with chocolate. Taste lacks a some depth. Smooth but not really complex. Friday, February 10, 2017
ebone1988	2.2 Tri City Hells Half Mile Aroma is super sweet, corn, malt, fruit, not good. Appearance is amber golden, light tan head, clear. Taste is nutty, malty, sweet, caramel, metallic, not good. Mouthfeel is light body, light carbonation, metallic fake sweet aftertaste. Overall, not good. Thursday, February 9, 2017
Dogbrick	2.8 Tri City Oktoberfest Sample at Bridge Street Tap Room. The beer is a clear orange-amber color with a medium thin bone white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lace. Aroma of malt, fruit and caramel. Medium body a slightly stale malty character and notes of dried fruit and caramel. The finish is sweet with a grainy malt aftertaste. Slightly below average overall. Wednesday, October 26, 2016
katrinaez	3.3 Tri City Draken Viking Red Smells too malty for the standard red. Touch of roasted caramel within the malts. Color is a lovely dark red/brown. Taste is malt, more malt, and a baby bit of hops thrown in. Some roasted nuts at the end. It’s better as it warms. Mouth feel is good. Tap at brewery. Thursday, September 1, 2016
chucklemation	3 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruit, and caramel. Flavor is the same. Has a thin body and soft carbonation. Not a great imperial stout, but okay overall. Friday, August 19, 2016
katrinaez	3.8 Tri City Intergalactic Jack Really nice light fruits in scent and taste. Pineapples, start fruit, passion fruit, and some citrus from the hops. Medium yellow and very cloudy. Mouth is slight bitter with smooth crisp hops. Tap at brewery. Wednesday, August 17, 2016
katrinaez	2.6 Tri City Brownhoist Nut Brown Ale Pours dark brown. That’s about the only thing that matches a brown. Mild, sweet aroma. Only a mild malty taste to speak of. No nuttiness, no nothing. A bit watery. Tap at brewery. Wednesday, August 17, 2016
katrinaez	3.9 Tri City DragonSlayer Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout Pours dark black with some foam. Boozy aroma with a hint of roasted malts. Extremely smooth. Velvety coating to the tongue. So tough to tell this is a 9% abv. You taste coffee, chocolate, and roasted malts. Very well done. Tap at brewery. Wednesday, August 17, 2016
vincentbier	3 Tri City Hells Half Mile Sunday, August 7, 2016
superspak	3.5 Tri City Wee Heavy Scotch Ale 12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours hazy dark brown color with a small dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, brown bread, light herbal/leather, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and solid complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, prune, fig, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, brown bread, light nuttiness, light herbal/leather, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal bitterness/fruity yeast tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, brown bread, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good robustness/balance and solid complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitter/tartness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Some dryness as well. Light carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy, and lightly slick mouthfeel that is okay; very thin for the style. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very solid Wee Heavy. All around good robustness/balance and solid complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. Likely that this bottle is 4-5 years old, but it held up well. Very mild oxidation. A fairly enjoyable offering. Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Mark_Eck	3.2 Tri City Wild Lace Notes from summer. Pours a golden color. Aroma and taste are light tartness and lots of wine notes. Sunday, June 19, 2016
Mark_Eck	3.6 Tri City DragonSlayer Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout Notes from summer. Pours black. Aroma and taste are roasted malts, chocolate, and bourbon. Sunday, June 19, 2016
Msdrbeat	3 Tri City Maple Bourbon Brown On tap at Beerfest at the Ballpark 2016. Dark and smooth especially for the abv. Biggest pitfall is that it has too much maple, leading to a too sweet taste. Sunday, May 1, 2016
zubblwump	2.4 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout 12 oz. bottle. I gave this a shot thinking it might be similar to New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk. It poured super dark...so far, so good. Almost no head, but I did pour slow. Aroma was ok, but not great. Felt thick like it should. Taste started ok, but then turned bitter. Not a pleasant bitter, either. Overall...borderline ok in a pinch, but falls well short. Probably won’t buy this again. Monday, April 18, 2016
superspak	3.5 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout 12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours pitch black color with a 1 finger dense dark tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, molasses, fudge, raisin, prune, date, licorice, light smoke/char, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roast/bready malt and moderate fruity yeast ester notes; with solid strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, molasses, fudge, raisin, prune, date, licorice, light smoke/char, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Moderate roast/char and herbal/spicy hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, molasses, fudge, raisin, prune, date, licorice, light smoke/char, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Good complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt and moderate fruity yeast ester flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness as well. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth and creamy/sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a pretty good Russian imperial stout. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt and moderate fruity yeast ester flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. This is a little too heavy on the English yeast presence, but still does have some nice stout complexity going on as well. An enjoyable offering. Monday, March 28, 2016
hopdog	2.5 Tri City Torchon Belgian Pale Ale 12oz bottle. Poured a golden color with a larger sized head. Yeasty, spicy, and some stale fruits. Friday, March 11, 2016
markwise	3 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout Bottle courtesy of kiefdog. Cheers, Kevin! Pours a nightmare black with a thin tan head. Nose is roast, earth, chocolate, cocoa, spice, earth, and sweet coffee. Flavor is similar with roast, chocolate, molasses, earth, roast, ash, and mild spice wi some metal in the finish. Light booze and bitterness in the back end. Interesting, medium-bodied stout with bitterness on the finish. Monday, March 7, 2016
milewide	3.6 Tri City Intergalactic Jack Sweetish fruit taste. Not much bitterness. Very cloudy and unfiltered...which I like! Alcohol not evident. Friday, March 4, 2016
Ejbuist	3 Tri City Giant Slayer Russian Imperial Stout Thursday, December 31, 2015
rumproasts	3 Tri City Intergalactic Jack bottle. Golden with three finger head. Overcarbonated and very prickly, kind of like amateur homebrew. Flavor is okay. Lightly sweet with almost bubblegum notes along with tropical and citrus hops. If the carbonation was different, I think I’d enjoy this much more. Tuesday, December 22, 2015
ralflott	3.9 Tri City Torchon Belgian Pale Ale On tap at brewery, Nov. 2015. This is in fact a perfect introduction to Belgian ales. It is a relatively light and straightforward ale, with a clean and unmistakably Belgian taste and finish. (If there were off batches or bottling problems in the past, the defects did not creep into my glass.) If you like the Belgian style, this would make a fine all-day Belgian ale. Note - Staff at the brewery said the founder of this brewery is a chemist by training and profession, and he appears to be scrupulously following Belgian recipes. The Belgians here appear true to what I recall from beer tasting in Belgium, and they are certainly closer than most of the Belgian ales from the upscale Brewery Vivant across the state. Tuesday, December 22, 2015
joshwoodward	4 Tri City Wee Heavy Scotch Ale Monday, December 7, 2015
Frank	2.6 Tri City Oktoberfest Rated blind: This is clear and amber w/ a foamy head. The nose is way off: lots’ of styrofoam, acetone and apple. Full bodied but not too sweet w/ earthy bitterness in the finish. Honestly, this beer is fucken fucked. Friday, October 30, 2015
rumproasts	3.5 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale bottle. Golden with one finger head. Had low expectations for this, but this is an interesting beer. Label says "Golden Ale", deScription says Alt. Reminds me slightly of a Belgian single without the Belgian element. Light to medium body. Smooth and flavorful with very mild hops in the finish. Sunday, October 18, 2015
arminjewell	3 Tri City Fortunato Monday, October 12, 2015
crossovert	3 Tri City Phoenix Golden Ale 355ml bottle. Reading the description clears a WHOLE lot up. It relaly is not a golden ale at all, it also isn’t as hoppy as I would like for an altbier, but a pleasant mish mash of the two though i would say go all out and do a hoppy alt instead. Tuesday, September 1, 2015
crossovert	3.3 Tri City Torchon Belgian Pale Ale 355ml bottle. These guys must have really changed their game looking at these reviews. This is not blowing me a way but if you like clovey banana-forward belgian styles this is your haven. Tuesday, September 1, 2015
crossovert	3 Tri City Hells Half Mile 355ml bottle. Golden pour, verybasic helles showing no diacetyl, basic and simple but not offensive. Tuesday, September 1, 2015
crossovert	3.7 Tri City Intergalactic Jack Draft. Golden pour. Very nice all around stuff, tropical fruits and citrus zest, clean easy to pound. Sunday, August 30, 2015