Hayes' Public House Reviews

bookman10	3.5 Hayes' Clíodhna The Goddess Pours a rather pale yellow, with smallish head. Aroma of apples, some malt and yeast. Flavor was very apply--tasted more like a cider than a beer, actually. Not bad, but not really what I'd expect in an apple ale. Sunday, May 12, 2019
bookman10	3.6 Hayes' AN TRÍONÓIDE Pours a very hazy, pineapple-orange, with mid-sized cap of white, frothy head that lasts. Aroma is very fruity--tropical and citrus fruits as expected. Flavor is a bit more on the bitter side than the best NE-style IPAs. Not as smooth or sweet as it could be. It has some tropical and citrus notes, but a lot of the pine-spruce hop bitterness in the forefront. Not a bad attempt at the style, but could use some work. Sunday, May 12, 2019
JK	3.1 Hayes' Hillbilly Peach Picker Dumb name; but a solid beer. Peach, cloudy orange color. moderately hopped. a little peach flavor. Wednesday, August 8, 2018
JK	3.5 Hayes' Revenge of the Dullahan - Imperial Smoked Coffee Porter Abr 2017. Black beer with some head. A little smoke in the flavor and aroma. Coffee is not prominent in the aroma but it is in the flavor. High alcohol is well hidden. Monday, February 26, 2018
Atom	3.5 Hayes' Dreadful Red IPA On tap at brewery, pours a dark red brownish with a medium off white head. Aroma of sweet malt. Sweet and bready flavors, caramel and toffee, light but present fruity hops and bitterness. Nice. Thursday, February 1, 2018
Atom	3.7 Hayes' Dullahan Coffee Porter On tap at brewery, pours a dark brown black with a small khaki head. Aroma of dark chocolate, chocolate shake/malt with a light coffee roast. Tadte of dark milk chicolate, light licorice, with a steady coffee roast picking up flavor to the finish. Solid. Saturday, December 16, 2017
Atom	3.8 Hayes' O'Hanlon's Imperial IPA On tap at brewery, pours a hazy copper orange with small white head. Bright citrus orange and grapefruit aroma. Sweet tropical and citrus hops, oranges, mango, pineapple, solid resinous pine presence and earthy caramel malt. Nice! Saturday, December 16, 2017
jackl	3 Hayes' Major Whittet's Barley Wine - Barrel Aged Sample @ ABR 2016. Amber pour with a small khaki head that quickly fades. Plenty of boozy, hot bourbon on the nose. Vanilla, pecans. Plenty of caramel. Full bodied and sweet. Robust chewy caramel malt. Mild pepper. Oily and substantial. Fat. Monday, April 10, 2017
deyholla	3.6 Hayes' Major Whittet's Barley Wine - Barrel Aged Sampled from the tap at ABR 2017. Pours a hazy amber with a near white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a combination of bourbon and sweet grains with biscuit and bread backing. Flavor has the same combination with a bit more biscuit and sweet grain supporting. Saturday, March 25, 2017
gopherfan99	3.9 Hayes' Eye of Balor with Oak Chips, Cocoa Nibs and Toasted Coconut Tap; pours black with a brown head; aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, and hints of coconut; taste is bittersweet with chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt with some coconut and dark fruit notes; finish is dry and lightly bitter with some alcohol warming Tuesday, March 7, 2017
gopherfan99	3.7 Hayes' Eye of Balor with Oak Chips, Cocoa Nibs and Raspberries Tap; pours black with a tan head; aroma of bourbon, roasted malt, wood, and a hint of chocolate; taste is bittersweet with roasted malt, bourbon, wood, and hints of raspberries and chocolate; finish has some light bitterness and roasted malt Tuesday, March 7, 2017
deyholla	2.8 Hayes' Old Sour Jack Sampled from the tap at ABR 2016. Pours a hazy deep ruby red with a pinkish tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart raspberries with an musty grain note underlying. Flavor has a muddled earthy bread, earthy grain and growing tart raspberry. Saturday, February 25, 2017
deyholla	2.8 Hayes' Eye of Balor Russian Imperial Stout Sampled from the tap at ABR 2016. Pours a very cloudy near black with a dark brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma is muddled with chocolate, apple, dark grains and roasted malts. Flavor has strong roasted malts, dark grains and chocolate with a musty stone fruit note. Saturday, February 25, 2017
JK	3.3 Hayes' Eye of Balor with Oak Chips, Cocoa Nibs and Raspberries ABR 2016. Black beer. The oak chips have Jefferson bourbon. Surprisingly thick foam on top. Lots of bourbon in the aroma. Even though I am not crazy about the bourbon flavor, but I do like the raspberry which is in the flavor. No significant chocolate which seems hidden by the heavily roasted malt. Sunday, November 20, 2016
jackl	2.9 Hayes' Eye of Balor with Oak Chips, Cocoa Nibs and Raspberries Cask @ ABR 2016. Listed as Eye of Balor aged in Jefferson’s Bourbon barrels with cocoa nibs and raspberries. Brown pour with a tiny off-white head. Nose is sort of messy. Dark chocolate and ashy char. Some mild herbal notes. Woody heat. Flavor is similar. Pretty hot barrel character. Dark chocolate. Rich and oily. Raspberry presence is pretty minimal to non-existent. Full body, flabby. Not ideal. Sunday, September 18, 2016
jackl	2.5 Hayes' Old Sour Jack Keg @ ABR 2016. Hazy reddish pour with a small head. Very busy, weird nose. Herb and hot barrel accents. Some raspberry meat. Flavor is similarly muddled. Herbs and raspberry. Moderately tart. Fairly thick on the palate. Drinks a bit hot and flabby. Overall, interesting idea, but it’s too messy to be enjoyable. Sunday, September 18, 2016
JK	2.5 Hayes' Old Sour Jack ABR 2016. It sounds really good on paper, but something didn’t work out here. Light red color. Some berry in the aroma. Unfortunately the flavor did not turn out so well. Not very sour at all, and after reading the description, I am thinking it might need some more time in the barrel. Sunday, September 18, 2016
deyholla	3 Hayes' Sergeant Stella's Pale Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a slight amber hue and a egg shell white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of hay with some grass and a bit of citrus underlying. Flavor is straw and hay forward with a grass backbone. Saturday, July 16, 2016
deyholla	3.7 Hayes' McLearen's Session IPA On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear amber with a slight gold with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grass and bitter citrus with some light bread underlying. Flavor has lots of grass with a citrus bite and a light grain backbone. Saturday, July 16, 2016
BVery	3.3 Hayes' McLearen's Session IPA Tap at Hayes. Clear brass colored pour. Small white head. Pine, earth - good bite, and balanced. Pretty solid. Saturday, May 28, 2016
BVery	3.4 Hayes' O'Hanlon's Imperial IPA Tap at Hayes. Orange pour with a white clingy head. Lots of pine. Some citrus, with a strong malt base supporting. Saturday, May 28, 2016
BVery	2 Hayes' Clíodhna The Goddess Tap at Hayes. Pale yellow pour. Mild apple, white wine - and rotten veggies. Pretty nasty. Saturday, May 28, 2016
BVery	2.7 Hayes' / Beaver Island Uroica Scottish Heather Ale Tap at Hayes. Orange pour with a white head. Floral, caramel, dust aroma. Taste is astringent / dry. Slightly sour. Not very good. Saturday, May 28, 2016
JK	3.4 Hayes' Hartfiel's Smoked Export Autumn Brew Review 2015.Labeled as 6.6. A little smoke, dry, and ashy. Dry malt flavor, mild hops but they are there. I would have liked more smoke. Tuesday, September 29, 2015
deyholla	3.8 Hayes' O'Hanlon's Imperial IPA Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a hazy orange gold with a near white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a lot of earthy citrus with some grass, pine and grains supporting. Flavor has a nice bitter pine supported by grass, earthy citrus and sweet grains. Thursday, September 24, 2015
deyholla	3.6 Hayes' Hartfiel's Smoked Export Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a clear amber orange with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aromas has a lot of smoke with grains and bread as well as a touch of roast. Flavor has a nice combination of smoke, grains and bread with a slight roasty finish. Thursday, September 24, 2015
deyholla	3.3 Hayes' Dreadful Red IPA Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a clear amber with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of bread and grain with a bit of light grass. Flavor has notes of sweet grain and grass with some light pine and bread supporting. Thursday, September 24, 2015
deyholla	2.4 Hayes' Clíodhna The Goddess Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a hazy light straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of earthy leaves, apple juice and a bit of fart. Flavor also has a fart note with some earthy grain and apples. Thursday, September 24, 2015
Nuffield	3.4 Hayes' Dullahan Coffee Porter There’s a very good coffee nose here, really reminiscent of fresh liquid coffee (not grounds or extract). The flavor is much more crass, however, and it couldn’t soothe my palate. Sharp edge. Uneven. (at 2015 Summer Beer Dabbler, St. Paul, MN) Monday, August 31, 2015
islay	3.6 Hayes' The Morrigan Black IPA 5 oz. pour, on tap at the brewery’s taproom in Buffalo, Minnesota. Consumed on 6-5-15. Pours a nice shade of dark mahogany brown. Dark amber hue. Very little, beige head. More head would have earned the beer a 4 for appearance. Coffee and pine tanginess in the smell. Flavor matches the aroma but with more depth. Very nice, charry, almost tarry finish and aftertaste. Long, roasted bitter aftertaste that I like a lot. Quite tasty flavor. Pretty good aroma but even better flavor, whereas more often the opposite is the case. Some grapefruit and lemon citrus. Nice, likable beer with some substance. Medium body. Smooth in the palate. A touch less carbonated than I would prefer. Overall, this is a pretty darn good beer. It’s not amazing but more than adequate. Sunday, June 7, 2015
islay	3.5 Hayes' McLearen's Session IPA 5 oz. pour, on tap at the brewery’s taproom in Buffalo, Minnesota. Consumed on 6-5-15. Pours a clear amber, dark in color for the style. Liquid looks good. Shiny. Small amount of beige head. Clean, piney, dry, bitter aroma. Whole wheat biscuit scent. Smells good. Interesting, dry, bitter flavor. Cracker-like, dry taste. There is an element of well-done hamburger in the flavor. A touch of seaweed. This is an old-fashioned pale ale, whereas I was expecting a modern, perhaps tropical-fruity session IPA. Not bad at all though. Frankly, I miss beers like this. Light to medium body. Frothy in the palate. Easy to drink. Likable. Simple and not a lot going on, but I do rather enjoy it. I grant an extra point in the overall score for general likability and old-fashioned charm. This beer really does make the “Session IPA” category seem absurd. It’s clearly an American Pale Ale. Sunday, June 7, 2015
islay	1.8 Hayes' Clíodhna The Goddess 5 oz. pour, on tap at the brewery’s taproom in Buffalo, Minnesota. Consumed on 6-5-15. Pours a clear, pale straw to yellow / light gold with a small amount of beige head. Yeasty, funky, cheesy aroma. Apple juice scent. I don’t like the smell. Looks, tastes, and smells more like cider than beer. Buttery, slightly cheese-like taste. Flavors of apple butter and sweet white wine. The flavor is okay but doesn’t do it for me. A bit of tartness. Light in body. Fizzy and aqueous in the palate. Not my bag. Sunday, June 7, 2015
JK	3.3 Hayes' Clíodhna The Goddess Sampled at a festival. More apple flavor than I expected, and a light aroma of apple also, almost like a cider. Some yeast, making me wonder what might happen if this were to age for a few months. Thursday, February 19, 2015
JK	3.1 Hayes' Horobin's Plain Porter Sampled at a festival. Black beer, low carbonation, good palate for a porter. Heavy coffee aroma. Bitter coffee and chocolate flavors and a very light pepper burn. Thursday, February 19, 2015
BVery	3.8 Hayes' Daiker's Wee Heavy Tap at the taproom. Deep amber pour with a small frothy head. Rich aroma of prune and caramel. Similarly rich taste. This is quite good! Saturday, December 20, 2014
BVery	4 Hayes' Dullahan Coffee Porter Tap at the taproom. Very dark brown pour with a beige head. Great coffee aroma and taste. Little carbonation liveliness on the tongue. This is a terrific coffee porter. Saturday, December 20, 2014
islay	3.5 Hayes' Daiker's Wee Heavy 5 oz. pour, on tap at the brewery’s taproom in Buffalo, MN. Consumed on 11-21-4. Pours a hazy dark amber to medium brown with a bit of copper glow and a small amount of creamy, taupe head. Looks good. Malty, woody, nutty, pleasant, hearty aroma features scents of prune, mocha, and licorice. Nice taste is simultaneously malty and dry. Caramel flavor with a mineral finish. Full body. Smooth with reasonable liveliness in the palate. It is not difficult to imbibe, and that quality puts it above many other wee heavies in palate effects. This is a solid beer, though it is an a style that is far from my favorite. Tuesday, November 25, 2014
BVery	3.4 Hayes' Imperial IPA Tap at Hayes. Clear rich orange pour with a spotty white head. Citrus and pine resin aroma. Smooth somewhat oily palate. Finishes a bit astringent. Tasty beer. Friday, May 9, 2014
BVery	3.1 Hayes' Sergeant Stella's Pale Ale Tap at Hayes. Pours a crystal clear orange-amber color with a small spotty white head. Pretty laid back beer right here - bread/cracker, mild pine, and a bit of citrus in the flavor. Friday, May 9, 2014
BVery	3.2 Hayes' O'Ruaidhri Irish Red Ale Tap at Hayes. Clear amber-brown pour with a small but dense cream head. Aroma is fruit, caramel, maybe some mild vanilla. A bit of roastiness edges in on the taste, with more subdued dark fruit notes. Pretty solid in its style. Friday, May 9, 2014
BVery	3.1 Hayes' Hillbilly Peach Picker Nitro tap at Hayes. Hazy gold-orange pour with a nice frothy nitro head. Soft peach aroma. Peach comes out a little more in the taste. Smooth palate. Decent. Friday, May 9, 2014
islay	3.5 Hayes' Imperial IPA 5 oz. pour consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Strong scents of peach, apricot, grapefruit, and pine. I bit of armpit pungency in the smell, but only in a half-bad way. Pours a clear copper gold with a slight haze (though mostly clear) and a small amount of off-white head. Peach and apricot flavors. Also a nice caramel maltiness. A bit too sweet to be ideal for a Double IPA, but tasty nonetheless. Dry finish. Lightly dry aftertaste. Medium to full body. Smooth in the palate. Nice mouthfeel. Substantial yet drinkable. Overall, this was my favorite beer of the flight, narrowly edging out Hayes’ O’Ruaidhri Irish Red Ale. That said, this Double IPA probably counts as a below average entry in the highly competitive style. Saturday, May 3, 2014
islay	2.5 Hayes' Green Kilt IPA 5 oz. pour consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Very bready smell is yeasty and dry. Scents of peach and sawdust. These are not my favorite smells, but they are interesting. Pours a hazy orange-ish tan that produces a nice glow in the sunlight. Small amount of nearly white / light beige head. Fruity, tart, and sweet flavor features caramel and peach elements. The taste grows on me after multiple sips, although I can’t say I like it that much. It does not taste like an IPA but rather more like a Scotch Ale or an English Strong Ale. I eventually get that the brewer is going for resin-y, but it comes across more as syrup-y. Medium body. Not particularly lively. Smooth and oily in the palate. This is a subpar IPA, and it was my least favorite of my flight. Saturday, May 3, 2014
islay	3.2 Hayes' Sergeant Stella's Pale Ale 5 oz. pour consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Labeled as "Hayes Sgt. Stella’s Pale Ale." Weak aroma features a lightly dry hoppiness. Cracker scent. Floral fruitiness develops upon multiple sniffs. Pours a deep gold/brass with slight haze and nearly white head. Interesing, spicy, juicy, floral flavor features elements of cinnamon, cumin, apricot, cracker, and whole wheat bread. Light to medium body. Soft in the palate. Easy to drink. Saturday, May 3, 2014
islay	3.4 Hayes' O'Ruaidhri Irish Red Ale 5 oz. pour consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Labeled as "Hayes’ O’Ruaidhri’s Irish Red Ale." Pours a hazy medium brown with an orange hue and beige head. Interesting appearance. Fruity aroma features caramel and vanilla. At first I considered the smell weak but inoffensive. When I returned to the beer later, I got a strong aroma that reminded me of a baked fruit tart. Nice, enjoyable, subtle, malty, fruity flavor features elements of peach, muffin, and bread. Medium body. Smooth in the palate. Pretty good liveliness. Overall, a fun and likable beer, and one of the best of my flight (along with Hayes’ Imperial IPA). I’m surprised because I’m normally not much of an Irish Ale fan, but, what can I say, it’s a standout. One of the bartenders said that it has been their best seller so far. Saturday, May 3, 2014
islay	3.2 Hayes' Irish Stout 5 oz. pour, on nitro, consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Pours nearly black with a small amount of creamy taupe head. Has that typical nitro look and does look good; it’s what you want a nitro stout to look like. Coffee and char in the aroma. Smells like a burnt toasted bagel. Flavors of cigarette tobacco, char, and tar. Mineral-y. Metallic and lemony finish. I like the flavor aside from the metallic aspect. Thin body with nitrogen smoothness. I like the smoothness; I don’t like the watery quality. Overall, this is a pretty well done example of a style I don’t particularly like. Saturday, May 3, 2014
islay	3 Hayes' Hillbilly Peach Picker 5 oz. pour, on nitro, consumed as part of a six-beer flight, on tap at the brewery’s taproom. Listed as 6.6% ABV. Pours a clear brass with a small amount of creamy white head, typical of a nitrogenated beer. Produces good, even, nitro lacing. Looks good. Weak aroma features peach or apricot and is a bit "beery" (i.e., like that of a typical macro pale lager). Cracker and cardboard in the smell. Taste is also a bit beery, but it has nice peach and honey flavors. Nice juiciness to the flavor. Smooth, creamy texture, as is typical of a nitro. Medium body. Saturday, May 3, 2014
BVery	3.2 Hayes' Irish Stout Tap at Hayes. Dark brown pour with a creamy head. Roast and mild coffee on the nose. Smooth palate - not too heavy. Easy drinker and flavorful enough to have a couple. Saturday, March 1, 2014
BVery	2.8 Hayes' Green Kilt IPA Tap at Hayes. Murky orange pour with a spotty head and good retention. Caramel malt, a bit earthy. Just a touch of grapefruit. Okay. Saturday, March 1, 2014
BVery	2.7 Hayes' English Bitter Tap at Hayes - called "Bare Knuckle Bitter." Slightl haze to this orange pour with a spotty white head. English earthy and caramel malt. Medium palate. Just okay. Saturday, March 1, 2014