Rowlands Calumet Brewery Reviews

Drake	3.6 Calumet Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel) Keg at the brewery, 6/9/19. Black. Aroma of coffee, whiskey, roast, chocolate. Taste is roast, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, whiskey. Medium bodied, mild booze. Thursday, June 13, 2019
Drake	3 Calumet Guido Grand Imperial Stout Keg at the brewery, 6/9/19. Black. Aroma of roast, chocolate. Taste is roast, chocolate, cherry, honey. Thin, low carbonation. Thursday, June 13, 2019
Drake	3 Calumet Test Batch 42 Keg at the brewery, 6/9/19. Dark red, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of tea, toffee, cherry, diacetyl. Taste is spice, cherry, tea. Thin, lingering spice. Thursday, June 13, 2019
Drake	3 Calumet Cindy Lou Apple Brew Keg at the brewery, 6/9/19. Hazy amber. Aroma of apple, spice, honey. Taste is tart apple, spice, cherry. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Thursday, June 13, 2019
friedmoney	5 Calumet Dark Friday, June 2, 2017
Drake	3.2 Calumet Mortimers Strong Ale Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear copper, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of bready malt and stone fruit. The taste is bready malt, cinnamon, caramel, stone fruit. Medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.2 Calumet IPA Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear amber, thin fizzy off-white head, poor retention. Aroma of citrus hops, caramel. The taste is citrus, piney hops, caramel malt. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	2.4 Calumet Rye Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear pale golden, thin fizzy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of rye, toasted malt, caramel. The taste is strong rye, citrus, cherries, toasted malt. Medium bodied, strong lingering bitterness. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.3 Calumet Fat Mans Nut Brown Ale Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Dark brown, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, mild raisin. The taste is caramel, nuts, chocolate. Medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	2.5 Calumet Oktoberfest Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear copper, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, molasses. The taste is caramel toffee, bitter hops. Medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.2 Calumet Amber Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear copper, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, mild cherry. The taste is toffee, herbal hops, pale malt. Thin-medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	2.9 Calumet Walslager Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear copper, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of caramel and herbal hops. The taste is bitter hops, corn, caramel. Medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.2 Calumet Mittnacht Pils Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Clear copper, no head. Aroma of bready malt, caramel, toasted malts, mild earth. The taste is toasted malt, molasses, herbal hops. Medium bodied. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.5 Calumet Kolsch Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16.Clear golden, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toasted bready malt. The taste is toasted bready malt, mild earthy hops. Medium bodied, decent balance. Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Drake	3.9 Calumet Dark Keg at the brewery, 8/20/16. Dark brown, medium creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, mild raisin and nuttiness. Thin-medium bodied, highly drinkable. Not perfectly executed but complex and enjoyable. Glad to have finally tried this beer! Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Pailhead	3.7 Calumet Pumpkin Spice Ale On tap: The aroma consists of moderate pumpkin pie spice with mild caramel and roast. It’s a transparent copper with a small off-white head that fades to a thin film outlined by a slightly thicker ring. The flavor starts with a quick dose of csrsmel. The finish has light-moderate looking pie spices with some mild roast. It’s light-medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Sunday, November 13, 2016
Pailhead	3.3 Calumet Dark On tap: The aroma consists of mild chocolate, toffee, and nuts. It’s a dark brown with some orange highlights and a small beige head. The flavor starts with mild chocolate and caramel. The finish has light roasted nuts. It’s light-medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Sunday, November 13, 2016
AWISLguy	3.4 Calumet Dark Growler from the source. Lighter than cola brown pour. Light caramel, sweet malts, some lemon, some berries, with a touch of cocoa. Caraway and light grains in the taste raisin in the nose. Quick finish. This is somewhat sweet and grainy. Certainly very old style. Would have liked to try 10 years ago. 13.4 Tuesday, October 11, 2016
crossovert	2.4 Calumet Wahls Dark Draft. Brown/amber pour, basic slightly herbal and watery lager, mild caramel, nothing special. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.1 Calumet Walslager Draft. Golden pour, basic homebrewey lager, corny, not too pleasant to dirnk mediocre. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.4 Calumet Madison Street Lager Draft. Golden pale pour, very basic lager, bit watery, homebrewish quality as is the norm for this brewer. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.4 Calumet Fat Mans Nut Brown Ale Draft. Light for a brown, herbal and carmally, has the same homebrewey character as others. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.6 Calumet Oktoberfest Draft. Amber pour, it is on the thin end of an oktoberfest, caramally, not too malt heavy which is nice but it isn’t that great. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	1.3 Calumet Rye Draft. This one is infected, sorry to say. In this day an age I can’t really accept brewers still releasing infected beers, jsut dump it already. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.8 Calumet Dark raft. This one seems to get waay to high of a rating on here. It is maybe thier best beer, no infection, it is low in body, not a great dunkel but drinkable. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.5 Calumet Mittnacht Pils Draft. REally a schwarzbier, it is heavy for the style, lots of roasted malt character, not my ideal schawrzbier. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.3 Calumet Kolsch Draft. Golden pour, a basic bready kolsch, touch papery and oxidized not sure on the age of this particular batch of htis, seems a bit old. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.6 Calumet Amber Draft. A basic amber beer, maybe a touch tart ,this brewery is definitely stuck in the early 90s as their offereings have a homebrewish quality. Saturday, September 3, 2016
crossovert	2.8 Calumet IPA Draft. Amber pour. This is a very fruity, lightly tropical ipa, it has an odd character that is uncharacteristic, but it still remains drinkable and decent. Saturday, September 3, 2016
BeerInHeaven	3 Calumet Amber pours a copper amber with a smallish beige head. nose is malt and bread. Taste is caramel and a little biscuit. Some slight hop presence on the end. Not bad. Saturday, April 5, 2014
BVery	3.2 Calumet Dark Tap at the brewpub. This was probably my favorite sampler of this stop. Very dark brown pour - opaque. Thin white head. Faint nose of licorice and dark fruit. Slight roast in there too. Semi-creamy palate, and the taste was consistent with the aroma. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2.9 Calumet Oktoberfest Tap at the brewpub. Clear amber pour with a small white head. Smells like an alt - some bread/caramel with slight hop. Semi-creamy palate. Caramel and bread taste. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2.6 Calumet Wheat Tap at the brewpub. Mostly clear light orange pour with a nice frothy white head. Mild wheat nose. Smooth and light palate. Mild wheat taste without much for other flavor elements. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2.3 Calumet Honey Lager Tap at the brewpub. Clear light orange pour, minimal head. Grain, sweet honey, and bread on the nose. Medium palate. Honey and bread on taste. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2 Calumet Madison Street Lager Tap at the brewpub. Clear yellow pour with a thin white head. Light corn aroma. Thin palate with slight carbonation. Corn and a slightly yeasty taste. Not too good. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2.5 Calumet Amber Tap at the brewpub. Clear amber pour with minimal head. Very mild caramel nose. Kind of a watery palate. Caramel taste, with a little bread. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	3 Calumet Fat Mans Nut Brown Ale Tap at the brewpub. Clear brown amber pour with a thin white head. Big caramel malt nose. Mostly smooth palate with some carbonation. Caramel and nut taste. Saturday, September 3, 2011
BVery	2.9 Calumet Rye Tap at the brewpub. Light orange pour wiht a small white head. Faint rye aroma. Smooth mouthfeel with noticeable carbonation. Great rye flavor. Saturday, September 3, 2011
deyholla	3 Calumet Oktoberfest On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipate yo the edges and remains thin. Aroma has sweet grains with a bit of bread and a bit of sweet fruit. Flavor stats with sweet with grains and hay with some caramel in the finish. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	3.1 Calumet Wheat On tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy deep amber orange with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a bit of light citrus with some sweet wheat and a hint of flora. Flavor is light with wheat and a bit of backing flora. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	2.8 Calumet Honey Lager On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear deep gold with a near white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has notes of honey backed by sweet grains and sweet bread as well as a hint of butterscotch. Flavor is quite sweet with honey in the start and butterscotch in the finish. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	2.1 Calumet Amber On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a strong butterscotch note with some sweet grains and a bit of light fruit. Flavor has a bit of sweet grain and bread but it is mainly full of butterscotch. Off putting. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	2.8 Calumet Fat Mans Nut Brown Ale On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear orange with a slight earthy brown hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of nuttiness that is backed by hay, grain and bread. Flavor is also full of nuttiness but also has notes of bread and a bit of an odd acidic note. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	3.4 Calumet Rye On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear golden orange with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of light fruit, rye and a backing sweet bread note. Flavor has notes of sweet grains and light fruit that are cut by a bit of a rye finish. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	3.3 Calumet Dark On tap at the brewpub. Pours near black wit a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sweet dark grains with a bit of toffee and a hint of bitter coffee. Flavor is mainly a combination of sweet dark grains toffee, butterscotch and a hint of coffee that comes out in the finish. A bit sweet but nice. Friday, August 26, 2011
deyholla	2.5 Calumet Madison Street Lager On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a decent amount of corn and hay backed by a bit of sweet butterscotch. Flavor is similar with butterscotch and sweet grains as well as a bit of corn. Friday, August 26, 2011
nuplastikk	1.4 Calumet Rye Draft at Calumet. Hazy orange-tan, thin white head. Another horrible, way below par offering from Calumet. While the rye sort of works with the disgusting off flavors, this beer is still terrible. Monday, May 30, 2011
nuplastikk	1.5 Calumet IPA Draft at Calumet. Hazy orange-tan. Big foamy white head. Wow, what an asstastic IPA. Full of butterscotch off tones, flat out off and bad. Gross butterscotch all the way. Disturbingly bad, the worst IPA I’ve ever had. Congratulations. Monday, May 30, 2011
nuplastikk	3.2 Calumet Conner Johns Scotch Ale Draft at Calumet. Hazy orange-brown. Pronounced smoke aroma. Amber malt tones, slightly watery mouthfeel. Soapy hop balance, some underlying butterscotch tones. OK, kind of awkward. Monday, May 30, 2011
esjaygee	3.5 Calumet Bock On tap at Rowlands Calumet Brewery. The best of the brews I had on my visit but seems more like a porter than a dunkler bock. Clear ruby red with a thin taupe topper. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, dark malts and brown sugar. Taste of dark roasted malt, chocolate, coffee with mild bitterness on the finish. Saturday, May 14, 2011