Brickworks Brewing Company Reviews

hotstuff	3.3 Brickworks Wind Chill Factor Spiced Winter Ale Rated on 4-01-2010 (Tap at Brickworks B.C.) This beer pours a small tan head with good retention, transparent body, visible carbonation, good amount of lacing, and a orange hue. The Aroma is spicy, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and some honey. The Taste is sweet, spicy, cinammon, nutmeg, and has a dry finish. The Palate is smooth and this beer is medium bodied. This beer is very easy to drink even with an ABV of 8.1%. Saturday, August 31, 2013
hotstuff	2.8 Brickworks Potawatomi Porter Rated on 4-01-2010 (Tap at Brickworks B.C.) This beer pours a small tan head that mostly diminished, transparent body, no visible carbonation observed, good amount of lacing, and a brown hue with an orange tint. The Aroma is malty, roasty and chocolate. The Taste is malty, chocolate, and burnt. The Palate is tingly and this beer is light-medium bodied. In conclusion, this beer lacks character and needs more flavor. Saturday, August 31, 2013
hotstuff	3.3 Brickworks Assimilation Oatmeal Stout Rated on 4-01-2010 (Tap at Brickworks B.C.) When poured, the head is small and mostly lasting, opaque body, no lacing, and a reddish brown hue. The Aroma is malty, roasty, toasty, and chocolate. The Taste mimics the Aroma along with tasting a little bit burnt. The Palate is smooth and this is a light bodied beer. Overall, this beer is quaffable and worth trying. Saturday, August 31, 2013
hotstuff	2.6 Brickworks Harvest Peach Wheat Rated 4-01-2010 (Tap at Brickworks B.C.) This beer pours a small off-white head that mostly diminished, transparent body, very little carbonation observed, no lacing, and a light green hue. The Aroma is very peachy and sweet. The Taste is very peachy, sweet, semi-sour, and has a dry finish. The Palate is smooth and this is a medium bodied beer. Overall, the Aroma is much better than the Taste as the peach flavor took a back seat. This beer is all about peach. Saturday, August 31, 2013
hotstuff	2.7 Brickworks O'Mordha Irish Red Rated on 4-01-2010 (Draft at Brickworks B.C.) The Appearance of this beer is a small off-white head with good retention, fair amount of lacing, very little visible carbonation, and a gold hue. The Aroma is malt upfront and musty. The Taste is malt upfront, lightly hoppy and cloying. The Palate is smooth and thick and this beer is medium bodied. This beer is easy to drink but lacks character. Saturday, August 31, 2013
hotstuff	3.1 Brickworks Cornerstone APA Rated on 4-01-2010 (Tap at Brickworks) The Appearance is a small off-white head with a good retention, transparent body, very little carbonation, fair amount of lacing, and a gold hue. The Aroma is malty, citrus, pine hops, and bitterness. The Taste mimics the Aroma. The Palate is tingly and this beer is medium bodied. Overall, this beer is easy to drink and a beer I might drink again. Friday, August 30, 2013
hotstuff	2.2 Brickworks Phaino Light Lager Rated on 4-01-2010 (Draft at Brickworks) When poured, this beer has a small white head with good retention, no visible carbonation, and has excellent lacing. The Aroma is malty, some hops and grainy. The Taste is malty, mildly hoppy and semi-crisp. The Palate is smooth and the beer is medium bodied. Overall, this beer does not have a lot going on in the Aroma and Taste and is a bland experience. Friday, August 30, 2013
thedm	2.2 Brickworks Potawatomi Porter This draft brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a softly carbonated transparent copper brown colored body. The weak aroma was brown malt. The thin mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start with a roasted malty note and mediumly tingly at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of roasted malt and hops. An OK brew just nothing special. Thursday, June 24, 2010
thedm	2.1 Brickworks Solstice Crystal Stout As Mike said, the brewer made it without the black malt, but with one exception. I was told the name was the Solstice Juniper Stout. Maybe he left out the crystal malt too! Hehe. This draft brew from the brewery poured a extremely large sized head of foamy light brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a uncarbonated transparent copper brown colored body. The weak aroma was brown malt. . The flavor contained notes of mild crystal malt roasted malt and dough. An OK brew just nothing special. Thursday, June 24, 2010
thedm	1.3 Brickworks Harvest Peach Wheat This draft brew from the brewery poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a softly carbonated transparent light yellow white colored body. The mild aroma was peach and dough. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The strange flavor contained notes of peach mild hops mildly acidic and dough. A horrible one that I would rather not drink again. Thursday, June 24, 2010
thedm	2.4 Brickworks Assimilation Oatmeal Stout This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized light brown colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a semi-opaque dark brown colored body and a poor lacing. The mild aroma was brown malt and dough. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of mild dough roasted malt and dark malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider buying again. Thursday, June 24, 2010
thedm	2.4 Brickworks Cornerstone APA This draft brew from the brewery poured a very small sized head of foamy finely sized bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a uncarbonated transparent amber colored body and a very good lacing. The almost non-existant aroma was malt hop. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a biting hoppy aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of hops. An OK brew just nothing special. Wednesday, June 23, 2010
thedm	1.6 Brickworks Phaino Light Lager This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a very softly carbonated transparent light yellow white colored body and a fair lacing. The weak aroma was mild malt. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of mild lager malts. Not one that I would buy again. Wednesday, June 23, 2010
thedm	2.3 Brickworks O'Mordha Irish Red This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of foamy off-white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a uncarbonated transparent light copper colored body. The weak aroma was malty. The thin mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish with a mellow hoppy aftertaste. The mild flavor contained notes of mild hops and Irish red malt. An OK brew just nothing special. Wednesday, June 23, 2010
thedm	2.8 Brickworks Wind Chill Factor Spiced Winter Ale This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a uncarbonated transparent dark orange brown colored body and a fair lacing. The mild aroma was spicy. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The strong flavor contained notes of cloves spices and cinnamon. An OK brew just nothing special. Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tmoney99	3 Brickworks Hard Frost Wit Draft sample at Indiana Winter BGF. Poured clear yellow color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Moderate yeast, spice and sweet citrus aroma. Light to medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Light to medium sweet flavor with a light to medium sweet spice finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met with a refreshing beer. Saturday, June 12, 2010
Tmoney99	3.4 Brickworks Der Kaiser Weizenbock Draft sample. Poured hazy dark brown color with an average off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium toasted sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable brew. Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tmoney99	2.2 Brickworks Phaino Light Lager Poured clear pale color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Light to moderate sweet grainy aroma. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Light sweet flavor with a light sweet finish of short duration. My expectations where not met. Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tmoney99	2.6 Brickworks Harvest Peach Wheat Poured clear pale color with an average fizzy white head that mostly lasted and had good lacing. Moderate sweet peach aroma. Medium body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Light to medium sweet flavor with a light to medium sweet finish of short duration. My expectations where not met. Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tmoney99	2.6 Brickworks Rag Doll Rye Draft sample. poured dark clear amber color with an average fizzy off-white head that mostly lasted and had fair lacing. Moderate sweet toasted rye aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate toasted sweet flavor with a medium tingly sweet finish of moderate duration. Drinkable soft brew. Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tmoney99	2.3 Brickworks MartyFest Cream Ale Draft. Poured a clear pale color with an average frothy off-white head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Moderate malt aroma. Light to medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Light to moderate sweet flavor with a light to moderate sweet finish of short to moderate duration. This is a soft beer. Monday, June 7, 2010
TheAlum	2.7 Brickworks Harvest Peach Wheat Sampled on tap at the Illiana MayFest (Crown Point, IN). Pours a fairly clear golden hue, a small white head sits atop and laces a bit as it dies to a film. Aromas are strong peach presence, some wheat bread and cereal malts beneath but the peach really takes it to you and cleans out the other elements. Initial is more peach, the actual wheat elements of the beer remained covered up, without any fruity esters, clove or much wheat malt shining through. Like pale and bready features with a sweeter slanted fruity peach taking the dominant role. Finish is sweet, but not quite to the cloying phase. A decent fruit wheat, just not really my thing. I do like peaches though, so it probably won an extra point there. Sunday, May 23, 2010
TheAlum	2.9 Brickworks Rag Doll Rye Sampled on tap at the Illiana MayFest (Crown Point, IN). Pours a coppery hue, darker with a decent haze, red flying throughout. A small offwhite head sits atop and dies to a film. Aromas are mellow rye bread malts, caramel, toffee, minimal hop presence is a faint floral aspect with more rye bread, a mellow sweetness prevailing. Initial is quite simple, rye and caramel mix with a very light hop presence, bready and a touch of toast. This could have used an amped up hop presence, as it falls into the underhopped Amber category, just with some mellower tell-tale rye malts moving into place.a A bit dissapointing for what it was. More hops, please. Sunday, May 23, 2010
TheAlum	3.3 Brickworks Der Kaiser Weizenbock Sampled on tap at the Illiana MayFest (Crown Point, IN). Poured a darker brownish copper, darker and hazy, with a small offwhite head that dies to a small film that clings to the edges. Aromas are a decent estery base, banana and apple, with some darker caramel, brown sugar, and toffee. A touch of toast, wheat bread, and some light booziness work their way in. The esters and darker sweeter malts are most memorable, lying beneath is that warming alcohol and a light bitterness in the finish. Not bad, a decent beer for a style I generally shy away from. Sunday, May 23, 2010
TheAlum	2.8 Brickworks MartyFest Cream Ale Sampled on tap at the Illiana MayFest (Crown Point, IN). Pours a yellowish light hold, just a touch of haze, creamy bright white head that dies to a film, laces ok. Aromas are grainy cereal malts, a touch of bready sweetness, faint floral hopping, simple yet nothing offensive. Initial is similar, a light cereal malt, bread, cracker, and touch of honey sweetness mixes with a touch of floral grassy hop character. Clean and refreshing, a touch metallic, the beer is not bad and it’s nice to see a 3.3 beer around. For what it is, it isn’t bad at all. Sunday, May 23, 2010
inkubus27	3.6 Brickworks Cornerstone APA I’m pretty sure I saw the girl pour my glass from a pitcher at the end of the bar, but whatever... Had a better hop aroma than I expected (given that it came from a pitcher...grrr) flavor was much the same... Mild citrus hop profile with a nice toasty malt backbone. All in all much better than I expected Tuesday, May 11, 2010
cking	3.7 Brickworks Assimilation Oatmeal Stout "Good ol’ fashioned sweet style stout, no bells and whistles... just done right. Midnight brown body, thick and lasting tan head with streaks of lacing. Milk chocolate and coffee aroma with enough toasted/roasted malts to keep my sniffing. Medium and drinkable with a very robust creaminess. Dry roasted malt flavor that’s nutty, chocolaty, and velvety good." Sunday, May 9, 2010
BBB63	4 Brickworks Wind Chill Factor Spiced Winter Ale Tap: Deep coppery amber hue with a very nice creamy head and lacework. The aroma has clove, cinnamon toast, nutmeg and allspice at the forefront. Smells a like a fruitcake with some toffee, caramel, and honey tones over fig and pears. The taste is spicy as expected along with a slight fruity twang, honeycomb cereal and classic English Fruit Cake is what you have here. All that but it never went over the top, not overly sweet or smashed faced spicy. Oh, there is some faint bitterness and a moderate boozy tone that likely kept it in check as well. The mouth feel is smooth and creamy with a spicy dry finish and a mild warming character. A wonderful holiday beer even if a few months too late, the best beer I have had at Brickworks so far. hope to continue to see this upward trend continue. Sunday, March 28, 2010
BBB63	3.3 Brickworks Assimilation Oatmeal Stout Tap: Nearly opaque with ruby highlights, fading creamy beige head. The aroma has notes of oats, chocolate, walnut, roasted barley, bready pale malts, with a hint of charred black malt, coffee and even some berry esters. The taste is that of your basic sweet Oatmeal Stout, bready and roasty with a touch of ashy black malt along with some dark fruit and coffee tones. A quick dash of hop bitterness does come out to play on occasion. For an Oatmeal Stout I honestly expected a heavier mouth feel, a bit thin for the style but easy to drink. This is okay, but since it was based off a "replicale" recipe, there is not much they could change about the beer. (Methinks that this current tap version does not have the coffee addition that was brought to the Winterfest) Sunday, March 28, 2010
BBB63	3.5 Brickworks Cornerstone APA Tap: Methinks the recipe has been tweaked on this beer, the hops are far more noticeable this time around and the overall beer is cleaner and more refreshing. I did not rate it the other visit since I thought my palate was shot by that crappy Amber Ale (which they are tweaking as well thank goodness). Anyway about the review. Clean medium golden hue with a moderate frothy head and okay lace. The aroma has notes of grassy and piney hops, pale biscuity malts, some mineral water and a touch of hop spice (pepper and clove). The taste is hardly earth shattering but solid and on point for the genre. Mild malt balanced by moderate hop bitterness and spiciness. A bit of acidic fruitiness and dry clean yeast profile. The mouth feel is very refreshing and crisp, a touch of biscuity dryness toward the end. A solid offering and worth trying again. Sunday, March 28, 2010
BBB63	2.6 Brickworks Harvest Peach Wheat Tap: Clean golden hue with a average frothy head. The aroma is all about the peaches, pretty much can not detect anything else other than a faint brief moment of pale malt and wheat husks. For being a "Bavarian Wheat" I am not getting any clove, banana or bubblegum esters normally associated with that style. The taste is spot on to the nose, pure peach flavors with a little room for some pale malt. The mouth feel is lively and refreshing. It is what it is, a fruit imbued American Wheat. For people who like wine coolers... Sunday, March 28, 2010
BBB63	3 Brickworks Solstice Crystal Stout Tap "Solstice Juniper Crystal Stout’: Okay, I had to ask what is a "crystal" stout? Well I found out that the brewer forgot to add the black malt and since they did not want to thrown out 7 barrels of beer, they filtered it and gave it the name. Honestly it is not really a stout, more like a Brown Ale but since the Juniper is so noticeable, I figured it really should be listed as a spiced beer. Now that is outta the way, onward to the review... Brown hued with reddish highlights topped by a small fading head. The nose detected lots of Juniper and gin vapours for sure along with a nutty, toffee, roasty, fig, prune and minor earthy yeast notes. The taste is twangy fruit and Juniper that adds a gin character. Some roasted barley and butty brown malts and a minerally tone. The mouth feel is lively and crisp, refreshing but tad too thin-bodied. This is weird no doubt and unlike any beer I ever had. I wanted to like this more than I did since I like Juniper berries but the lack of mouth feel and depth of palate kept the score down. +1 overall for the brewer being honest about the mistake. Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tmoney99	3.2 Brickworks Solstice Crystal Stout Draft sample at IBG Winterfest 2010. Poured dark brown color with an average frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate nuts, toasted malt and dark fruit aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium smooth sweet finish of moderate duration. Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tmoney99	3.4 Brickworks Wind Chill Factor Spiced Winter Ale Draft sample at IBG 2010 Winterfest. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Moderate complex spice, citrus and ginger aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy spicy ginger sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met. Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tmoney99	2.8 Brickworks Potawatomi Porter Draft sample at IMBGF Winter10. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Moderate toasted chocolate malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with medium sweet finish of short to moderate duration. Average drinkable beer but below average for style. Saturday, February 13, 2010
BBB63	1.9 Brickworks Potawatomi Porter Tap and once again poured too high so left no room for any head, still served far too cold as well. Cola brown hue with some lace. The aroma has notes of roasted barley, some debittered black malts, slight nutty and coffee vapours and raisins, a note of acidic cleaner as well. The taste is fleeting and thin. There are some mild sweet chocolate malts, nuts, coffee and fruit components but really seems to be less than you can do with a homebrew kit. The mouth feel is far too thin bodied. Arrgh, pass on this one. Friday, December 18, 2009
BBB63	2.4 Brickworks 327 Amber Ale Tap from my 1st visit: Amber hued with an okay head and spotty lace. The aroma has a major overtone of bubblegum (bad) along with toffee, bready and rye malt, herbal hops and some phenolic vapours. The taste is sweet malts with a hint of fig, slightly medicinal and grainy, light hop bitterness. The mouth feel is soft and under carbonated. Blah, missing on all cylinders and muddled, far too strong in alcohol for an Amber Ale if you ask me. Friday, December 18, 2009
BBB63	3.3 Brickworks Einstein Dunkelweizen Pint at brewery: Rant... Served to the top so there was no room for any head plus served way too cold. Caramel hues with no lace. The aroma has some classic aromas and esters of the genre with clove, banana, wheat, roasted barley and walnuts but also some butterscotch notes. The flavor is pretty much to the style with fruity and light spice notes backed up by a moderate sweet malt bill. The mouth feel is smooth and soft and a tad watery. Not too shabby and hit the spot, the best of the beers I have so far from the upstart brewery. I liked it enough to buy a growler. Friday, December 18, 2009
MoDog	2.4 Brickworks Potawatomi Porter On tap at Brickworks served in a shaker. Dark cola brown pour with a thin tan film for a head. Decent lace. Again, served beyond cold, like a light lager. The aroma had some modest roast, caramel, and light chocolate. The flavor was bitter roast and cold coffee. Flimsy, watery mouthfeel. A small improvement over the first batch, but this one still has a ways to go. Monday, November 2, 2009
MoDog	2.9 Brickworks Earle's ESB On tap at Brickworks served in a shaker. Hazy amber pour with a thin tan film that produced some decent lacing. Served very cold. Faint aroma of toast and caramel. The flavor had toasted caramel, bread, fruity yeast notes, and some grassy/herbal hos. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and slightly sticky. Lightly carbonated. Not bad, some potential. Please raise the serving temp up at least 10 degrees. Monday, November 2, 2009
inkubus27	3.7 Brickworks 327 Amber Ale First beer I’ve tried from Brickworks, and it was pretty solid for their first run. The amber ale was a deep copper hue, had a nice caramel and malty aroma... some slight hop notes, but mostly malt. Flavor was super smooth, tons of malt, caramel, sweetness... just a hint of bitterness to keep it in balance. Nice full mouthfeel... Monday, October 19, 2009
tjthresh	2.9 Brickworks Einstein Dunkelweizen Growler from BBB63. Pours a purpleish brown with no head. Big eastery banana nose. Banana, chocolate, and light roast flavors. Medium body. Dry finish. Drinkable. That’s all I can say good about it. Saturday, October 17, 2009