Chapman's Brewing Company Reviews

onceblind	3.7 Chapman's Enlighten Clear lovely golden with a thin foamy white head. Nose is pretty biscuity and estery. Smooth crisp flavor that’s a bit bready and crackery pale with biscuity lager undertones with ale yeast fruitiness Monday, September 4, 2023
patrick767	3.5 Chapman's Bens Jammin’ Pours a mostly clear copper gold with a one finger off white head. It smells great of citrusy, resinous hops. The flavor is hop led with moderate to high bitterness, resin, citrus, and caramel malt. Medium bodied. Good. Wednesday, April 26, 2023
DWestrick	3.4 Chapman's Enlighten 16oz pour at brewpub in Columbia City. Very solid Kolsch - light color, easy drinker. Good stuff Wednesday, September 28, 2022
DWestrick	3.5 Chapman's Undaunted 16oz on tap at brewpub in Col City. Nice traditional IPA - bitter and classic. Nice Wednesday, September 28, 2022
DWestrick	3.7 Chapman's Rios sampled at beer festival. Not what i expected, very light on the palate compared to most imperial stouts i've had - flavor was lovely though Saturday, July 30, 2022
patrick767	3.4 Chapman's Alley Oop Pours black with a small tan head. It smells of roast malt and resinous hops. The flavor is moderately bitter, if not more, with roast malt and coffee. Pretty good. Friday, March 12, 2021
patrick767	3.9 Chapman's Rios Pours black with a small tan head. The aroma is mainly roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is of dark roast malt, chocolate, coffee, and oats. It's on the sweet side. Full bodied. It's very good, hitting the usual notes for this bold style, without being truly outstanding. Sunday, December 29, 2019
ffbot	3.1 Chapman's Englishman Southern Brown Ale On tap a still clear dark tan brown color. No head. Smells of nice malted grains and caramel, not burnt, just light. It's light tasting and refreshing, not too heavy, quite refreshing. Decent for a summer day. Monday, August 19, 2019
stoutgap	2.2 Chapman's Enlighten Can to glass, clear yellow with small rapid diminishing white head . Bread and light hop nose, thin sweet flavor that leaves quickly.No where near my style but not a bad beer. Saturday, April 13, 2019
patrick767	3.2 Chapman's Canis Lupus Lightly hazy orange pour. It smells mainly of piney, resinous hops. The flavor is bitter and resinous balanced by an almost cough syrupy malty sweetness. Medium bodied, it's an okay beer. Saturday, February 9, 2019
hotstuff	3.6 Chapman's Citra Waves Rated on 10-30-2018. The appearance is a small off-white head, no carbonation observed and excellent lacing. The aromas are citrus hops, tropical fruits, bitter, hoppy, and moderately floral. The flavor is medium bitterness, citrus hops, tropical fruits, lightly sweet, and semi-dry. The mouthfeel is moderate carbonation and this beer is light bodied. Overall, this beer has a lingering bitter aftertaste and lots of citrus. Saturday, December 15, 2018
hotstuff	2.9 Chapman's Czech Pilsner Rated on 10-30-2018. The appearance is a very small off-white head, transparent body, no carbonation observed, and a fair amount of lacing. The aroma is malt. The flavor presented light-medium bitterness, malt, lightly sweet, and semi-dry. The mouthfeel is moderate carbonation and clean. This beer is medium bodied. This beer has a hoppy aftertaste and it is easy drinking. Saturday, December 15, 2018
ClarkVV	1.6 Chapman's Undaunted Can drunk 7.29.18. Dark gold to copper. Small white head showing low retention. Clear. Horrifically oxidized in both aroma and flavor. Normally I'd skip reviewing in this situation, but this can was both bought from the fridge and is undated, so I feel pretty swindled as a customer. Thursday, August 23, 2018
thedm	4 Chapman's Wry American Saturday, August 4, 2018
hotstuff	3.6 Chapman's Wry American Rated on 7-19-2018 at Chapman's Southwest, Fort Wayne, IN. The appearance of this draft beer is a very small tan head that mostly diminished, semi-opaque reddish-brown body, no lacing observed, and a fair amount of lacing. The aroma is malt, toffee and caramel. The flavor is lightly bitter, malt, caramel, and lightly sweet. The mouthfeel is soft carbonation and this beer is medium bodied. For the style, this beer is anything but hoppy and bitter tasting. It is easy drinking for the style and the ABV is well hidden. It is has a light bitter aftertaste. It is a beer that I would consider drinking again even though it is not close to its style. Saturday, July 21, 2018
hotstuff	2.7 Chapman's Harvester Rated on 7-19-2018 at Chapman's Southwest in Fort Wayne, IN. The appearance of this draft beer is a small ivory head that is mostly lasting, transparent golden yellow body, no carbonation observed, and a fair amount of lacing. The aroma is malt as is the flavor. The mouthfeel is smooth and clean. This beer is light-medium bodied. This beer is very easy drinking, but there is not much to write about it overall as it lacks a decent amount of aroma and flavor. Saturday, July 21, 2018
Tmoney99	2.9 Chapman's Monstre Draft. Poured hazy light golden color with a small frothy white head that was mostly diminished with fair lacing. Heavy sweet candy and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Heavy sweet flavor with a heavy sweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where not met. Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.3 Chapman's Oktoberfest Tap. Poured clear brownish color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate earthy and toasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met. Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.6 Chapman's Valiant Draft at Chapman Brewing Co. CDBC ALFRTANHMLEL MHTCMA MBSMTSC MTDSF MTDSF MD. Good beer. Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.8 Chapman's Undaunted Tap at Chapman Brewing Co. CCC ALFROWHMLEL MHEARTHYHAMFB MDML MHEHF MHEHF MLD. Solid beer. Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.3 Chapman's Amber Ale Draft at Chapman Brewing. CCC MFRWHNLEL MBSTSC MSF MSF MD. Soft drinkable beer. Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.6 Chapman's Wry American Draft at Chapman Brewing. CDCC MDRA MBSTSC MDRF MDRF MLD. Very good beer... Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tmoney99	3.2 Chapman's Harvester Tap at Chapman Brewing. CGC AFRWHMLVGL MBA MBSMTSC MSF MSF MD. Soft start beer. Sunday, October 8, 2017
hotstuff	3.2 Chapman's Oktoberfest Rated on 9-26-2017. The appearance of this draft beer when served is a very small tan head that is fully lasting, hazy orangish brown body and spotty lacing. The aroma is moderately spicy and malt. The flavor is lightly bitter, moderately spicy and malt.The mouthfeel is thick and this beer is medium bodied. An ok beer as I do not really care for its taste. It is a beer that I would not order again. Wednesday, September 27, 2017
thedm	3.1 Chapman's Oktoberfest This draft brew from a beer bar was served at room temperature and poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a uncarbonated body slightly hazy light brown colored body and a fair lacing. The mild aroma was malty roasted malt chocolate and mild hop. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow hoppy aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of cocoa maple brown malt and hops. A decent one that I would consider drinking again. Tuesday, September 26, 2017
FinnIckler	3.2 Chapman's Englishman Southern Brown Ale Tap at the Fort Wayne Taproom/Cafe. Pours very dark brown. Nose is chocolate, soy sauce, leather, nuts, cereal. Palate is very chocolate and bitter, dark fruits, bitter chocolate finish. Not bad, but not great, the aroma is the best part. Monday, July 10, 2017
FinnIckler	3.5 Chapman's Valiant Tap at the Fort Wayne Tap room/Cafe. Pours dark reddish brown. Nose is coffee, much chocolate, toffee, cocoa. Palate is bitter chocolate, coffee, hops in the back, sweet and sticky finish. A bit heavy, but I’m drinking this with breakfast ;). Monday, July 10, 2017
FinnIckler	3.1 Chapman's Enlighten Tap at the Fort Wayne Taproom/Cafe. Pours clear yellow. Nose is citrus, grass, hay, bread. Palate is citrus, honey, wheat, some citrus. Not bad. Monday, July 10, 2017
FinnIckler	2.8 Chapman's Harvester Tap at the Fort Wayne Taproom/Cafe. Pours clear yellow. Nose is straw, wheat, citrus. Palate is citrus, wheat, malt backbone. Ok, not very exciting. Monday, July 10, 2017
adspru	5 Chapman's Wry American Sunday, May 28, 2017
Dogbrick	3.2 Chapman's Pail Ale Pours a hazy orange-gold color with a medium thick bone white head that recedes gradually to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Citrus, hops and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of floral hops, fruit and doughy malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a short hoppy aftertaste. Slightly above average overall. Monday, March 20, 2017
damstraight	3.9 Chapman's Valiant On tap at Chapman’s Taproom in Fort Wayne. Dark brown and opaque beer with tan head. Aroma is chocolate and bready malt. Flavor opens with a dry, nutty, chocolaty malt character balanced by just enough hop bitterness. Relatively dry beer, but the balance tilts toward the malt with a nicely complex chocolate maltiness. Not too viscous, but lightly roasty and creamy. Has a very English character to it. Very nice beer. Thursday, February 9, 2017
damstraight	3 Chapman's Undaunted A hazy pale amber beer with a lasting white head. Tropical, mango and caramel malty aromas. Strong citric (grapefruit) and tropical (mango, juicy fruit) flavor along with sweet caramel followed by an intense piney/pithy/grapefruit hop bitterness that lingers through the finish. Bitterness increases the perception of mouthfeel, but not in a pleasant way. The caramel and grapefruit bitterness clashes too much with the tropical flavors for me. Not bad, but not one I’d have again. Thursday, February 9, 2017
damstraight	3.5 Chapman's Englishman Southern Brown Ale On tap at Chapman’s Taproom in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Opaque dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Smells of nuts and cocoa nibs. Taste leads with a light nutty/chocolaty/caramel character that is relatively dry. Hop bitterness doesn’t stand out, let’s the malt take the lead. Creamy and drinkable. Very nice beer. Thursday, February 9, 2017
damstraight	3.7 Chapman's Enlighten Golden, clear, with a lasting white head. Aroma is a bit cidery with faint crackery malt. Taste is really nice - just the right amount of bready malt layered onto a light crackery honey esters. Bitterness is in the background, definitely balanced toward the maltiness. Very quaffable. Better than I expected. Thursday, February 9, 2017
BogAl	3 Chapman's Brighton Wednesday, November 30, 2016
BogAl	4 Chapman's Wry American Thursday, October 13, 2016
shrubber85	2.9 Chapman's Peach Blonde Draft. Peach, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Mildly sweet peach, milky biscuit malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Kind of heavy body. Peach flavor subdued. Saturday, August 27, 2016
patrick767	3.2 Chapman's Wry American tap at Fortezza’s, the placemat showed it as Red Ryeding Hood, the chalk board listed it as Wry American. The bartender says the name was changed to Wry American shortly before they released it. Still trying to figure out if it’s the same beer with a different name or a different beer. - Pours lightly hazy amber and smells mainly of rye and malt. The flavor is caramel malt and rye and is quite sweet. There’s a fair amount of hops hiding under all that malt and it comes through more in the finish. It strikes me as a bit medicinal though and like the other Chapman’s beers in my flight, the sweetness is cloying, though not nearly as much so as the Monstre. Thursday, August 25, 2016
patrick767	3.6 Chapman's Valiant tap - Pours near black with a lingering tan head that laces heavily. The aroma is of roast malt and coffee. It tastes of dark roast malt and more coffee, has a medium to full body, and the dark roast flavor lingers pleasantly. It’s a well balanced, enjoyable stout. Thursday, August 25, 2016
patrick767	3.7 Chapman's Undaunted tap - This IPA pours hazy copper colored and has an off-white head that leaves lots of lacing. The aroma has citrus and pine hop characteristics. The flavor features good, crisp, assertive hops bitterness with some citrus notes and a long bitter finish. It’s a very solid IPA. Thursday, August 25, 2016
patrick767	3 Chapman's Brighton tap - This brew has a very mild, malty aroma. The flavor is of caramel malt, maybe a touch of citrus and has at most moderately strong hops bitterness. It’s light to medium bodied. It’s okay. Thursday, August 25, 2016
patrick767	2.5 Chapman's Blonde Ale tap - Pours clear gold with a lingering white head. It has a mild grainy malt aroma. The flavor is sweet and light. It’s light bodied and basically strikes me as a pale lager replacement. Drinkable but meh... Thursday, August 25, 2016
Thechasm442	3.5 Chapman's Undaunted Fresh can. Murky burnt orange with an average off white head. Aroma is citrus and pine with some bread. Taste is citrus and pine. Caramel and bread follow. Average mouthfeel and semi dry. Monday, August 22, 2016
shrubber85	3.3 Chapman's Wry American Draft. Cherry, toffee malt, and weedy hay flavor. Amber with moderate head. Lightly sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter quinine/hay flavor. Good body. Okay - kind of harsh. Wednesday, August 10, 2016
shrubber85	3.5 Chapman's Undaunted Draft. Orange, pineapple, caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Mildly sweet orange/pineapple, caramel malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Okay body. Nice hops. Wednesday, August 10, 2016
JCB	3 Chapman's Undaunted Wednesday, July 27, 2016
patrick767	2.6 Chapman's Monstre tap - Pours hazy gold with a big white head. It smells of malt and spicy yeast. The flavor is super-sweet, practically a sugar-bomb. There’s some Belgian yeast character but to me any complexity that might be there is overwhelmed by the cloying sweetness. Medium body and a little boozy, it’s drinkable but is seriously lacking in balance. Sunday, July 17, 2016
patrick767	2.8 Chapman's Cherry Blonde tap - Pours mostly clear gold with a lingering white head and has a very mild malt and cherry aroma. It tastes very sweet with cherries. There’s some tartness from the cherries but mostly it’s just sweet. It’s okay. Sunday, July 17, 2016
patrick767	2.9 Chapman's Peach Blonde tap - Pours mostly clear gold with a very mild fruity malt aroma. The flavor is very sweet with grainy, bready malt and a fairly mild peach character. Minimal hops. It’s okay. Sunday, July 17, 2016