Bonsai Brewing Project Reviews

Kleg	4 Bonsai Quiet Storm Taster at the brewery. Black color with a small beige head. Nice roasted malt aroma. Good roasted malt flavor. Almost charred. Slightly dry finish. Creamy mouthfeel too. Medium body. Smooth and clean. Very good. Thursday, June 30, 2022
Kleg	3.5 Bonsai Sheriff John Brown Taster at the brewery. Ironically, it's not brown. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small beige head. Very good lacing. Slight nutty aroma. The flavor is much stronger than the weak aroma. Good nutty flavor. Light body for the style. Thursday, June 30, 2022
Kleg	2.9 Bonsai Aloha' Ale Taster at the brewery. Clear yellow color with a small white head. Tropical fruit aroma. A little tarter flavor versus sweet. More passionfruit flavor than anything else, with a little pineapple in the finish. Good and smooth. Nice entry-level beer. Thursday, June 30, 2022
Kleg	3.2 Bonsai Lil Blond Honey Taster at the brewery. Cloudy yellow color with a small white head. Good lacing. Indistinct aroma. Neith the blonde or honey characteristics are very strong. Mellow profile. Smooth, clean, and easy drinking. Another entry-level beer. Thursday, June 30, 2022
Sledutah	3 Bonsai Due North IRA On tap at the brewery. Pours clear amber with medium size off-white head, good lacing. Malts, butterscotch, resiny. The only beer I had a pint of, and it's not near as good as other beers in the flight. This would have been good except for the diacetyl, I can't finish the pint. Sunday, April 7, 2019
Sledutah	3.3 Bonsai Sexy Bitch On tap at the brewery. Pours dark mahogany with small beige head, light lacing. Mild sour, cherries, woody, herbal. Good Sunday, April 7, 2019
Sledutah	3.8 Bonsai Cake Pie On tap at the brewery. Pours clear dark brown with a small beige head, light lacing. Whiskey, vanilla, dark malts and dark fruit. Very nice Sunday, April 7, 2019
Sledutah	3.4 Bonsai Jungle Juice On tap at the brewery. Pours clear dark golden with a small off-white head, good lacing. Pineapple, floral, citrus, herbal. The lactose add nice mouthfeel Saturday, April 6, 2019
Sledutah	3.5 Bonsai Duty Free On tap at the brewery. Pours slightly cloudy golden with a medium sized white head, good lacingn4. Citrus, mild grains, bready, floral. Good Saturday, April 6, 2019
hayduke	4 Bonsai Project Thangcicle Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish, Montana. Most of the time when brewers try something like it bombs. The one rocks. In my tasting glass gold with a white head. Nose is habanero, tropical fruit, and vanilla just as advertised. Body is medium and there is a lively spicy mouthfeel. The Flavor is remarkably well balanced with the three main ingredients in perfect harmony Finishes with a light hot pepper but not obtrusive. The brewers really nailed this one. Saturday, October 20, 2018
hayduke	3.8 Bonsai Project Gone till November Sample at the brewpub in Whitefish, MT. In the taster glass dark brown with a light tan head. Nose is coffee and roasted malts. The body is medium/ Mouthfeel exceptionally smooth for a porter. Flavor is first chocolate with some coffee and light hops appearing. Finishes with a bit of bitterness. Interesting beer. Saturday, October 20, 2018
hayduke	3.6 Bonsai Soul Food Light Ale with Corn and Black Pepper Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish, MT. In the tasting glass amber with an off-white head. Nose of caramel malts some pepper, and hints of citrus. Finishes spicy. Kind of different but quite drinkable. Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	3.8 Bonsai The Unkindness Stout Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish, MT In my tasting glass pretty much black with a tan head. Nose of roasted malts and a lot of coffee. Medium body. Flavor does not show the advertised chocolate but the coffee makes up for it. Finishes coffee bitter. Very easy drinking Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	3.5 Bonsai Lil Blond Honey Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish. In the taster, glass was clear gold wit ha white head. Good lacing. Nose of light citrus and floral hops. Medium body. Flavor has some honey sweetness and a nice citrus and floral flavor. Finishes lightly bitter. Very easy drinking. Nice. Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	4 Bonsai The Flow Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish. MT. in my tasting glass a cloudy straw color with a white head. Nose of a dark citrus and stone fruit. Medium body. The flavor is a really fruity and there is enough citrus to balance it well. Finishes with both a lot of earthiness and a boh fruit and bitterness. Great beer. Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	3.7 Bonsai Initiation Ale Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish, Montana. In the taster was a clear gold with a white head. Nose of citrus and pine. Medium body. Flavor has some light fruit. grapefruit, and pine. Finishes with some light bitterness. Good. Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	3.8 Bonsai Sheriff John Brown Sampled at the brewpub in Whitefish, MT. In the tasting glass, it was brown as you expect a brown ale to be with a light beige head. Good lacing. Nose of chocolate and coffee with good roasted malts. Medium body. Smooth mouthfeel. Flavor is roasted caramel malt and the chocolate and coffee ride to a finish that makes for a really good beer Friday, October 19, 2018
hayduke	3.7 Bonsai Due North IRA From a sampler at the brewpub in Whitefish. The reddish amber brew came with ab off-white head and good lacing. Nose of caramel malts and citrus. Medium body. Flavor is citrus and the finish is bitter Soldi beer. Friday, October 19, 2018
bb	3.3 Bonsai The Unkindness Stout Draft. Nitro. Blackish beer with a tan nitro head. Light roast aroma. Roast and light coffee flavor. Medium bodied. Roast and light coffee linger with light nuttiness. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.1 Bonsai Mexicali Blues Draft. Straw beer with an off-white head. Malt aroma. Malt and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Refreshing. Malt and light citrus linger. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.2 Bonsai Sheriff John Brown Draft. Amber-brown beer with a light tan head. Cocoa aroma. Cocoa and light caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Cocoa and light caramel linger. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.7 Bonsai Smash Burn Barleywine - Xythos Draft. Hazy amber beer with a dark cream head. Malt and light bourbon aroma. Malt and bourbon flavor with vanilla and light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Bourbon and vanilla linger with light caramel and light grapefruit to balance. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.3 Bonsai Initiation Ale Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light grain flavor. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light grain linger with light pine. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.8 Bonsai To:Keela Draft. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Lime and tequila aroma. Lime and apricot flavor with light sourness and light tequila. Medium bodied. Lime and apricot linger with sourness. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.5 Bonsai Spottie Oaty Draft. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. Dank grapefruit aroma. Light dank grapefruit flavor with light earth and light malt. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light malt linger with light earth. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.5 Bonsai Due North IRA Draft. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Malt and citrus aroma. Citrus and caramel flavor with grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and caramel linger. Sunday, August 12, 2018
bb	3.7 Bonsai Big Ole' Poppa, Barrel Aged Imperial IPA Draft. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Bourbon aroma. Bourbon and grapefruit flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Bourbon and grapefruit linger with oak and light pine. Sunday, August 12, 2018
Ibrew2or3	4 Bonsai Show & Prove IPA Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a pure gold body that supports a thin white head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up inviting candied tangelo, floral notes and some mild grain malts. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of hop flavor and modest hop bitterness. The classic hop flavors are here: citrus, spiciness, floral and grassiness. Solid. Sunday, July 29, 2018
Ibrew2or3	4.1 Bonsai Smash Burn Barleywine - Xythos 22oz bomber pours with a slightly hazy copper body that has thin gold hues and supports a thin white head of foam. The aroma offers up floral hops, candied peach and plum and then thin vanilla oak notes and bourbon. The taste delivers smooth candied peach and plum moving quickly into a flash of candied citrus and then smooth full bourbon booze notes. Just below the bourbon a sweet oak vanilla sensation bubbles away under the weight of the booze. In general this is a tad barrel forward and I'm enjoying the ester and hop notes that are getting through. Nice stuff. Sunday, July 29, 2018
Ibrew2or3	3.9 Bonsai Grandma's Cookie 22oz bomber pours with a slightly hazy copper body that supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up oak, vanilla, bourbon and then light notes of prunes, raisins and cinnamon like spices. The taste delivers smooth prune and raisin fruitiness heading into smooth bourbon, vanilla, malt sweetened oak and booze. Smooth sipper albeit a little too barrel forward. Sunday, July 29, 2018
Beer30_4_Me	2.9 Bonsai The Unkindness Stout Friday, March 30, 2018
DuffMan	3.5 Bonsai Cranky Sheriff Howler, shared at game night by heavylaevy. Dark brown with ruby highlights, very low head. Prominent vinous character, red fruits, brown bread, cocoa, light acetic sourness with a dry woody finish. Light to medium bodied. This sucked a lot of wine out of the wood, but it was pretty tasty. Friday, September 1, 2017
Ernesto987	4.2 Bonsai Wort the Furnk on draft at the brewery, tons of tartness, incredible complex flavors and berry nuances. Very deep wine flavors. Incredible. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.6 Bonsai Cranky Sheriff on draft at the brewery, this one was all over the place. Great tartness, then some roast, and strong red wine berry flavor. Big bold and complex. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.9 Bonsai The Flow on draft at the brewery, tons of hop flavors and hop aroma. Great balance as is typical from this brewery. A very well made IPA. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.9 Bonsai Sai-What-Son? on draft at the brewery, tart, dark fruit yeast flavors, some candy smarties flavors, some citrus, a balance of a lot of flavors. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.7 Bonsai Bouquet IPA on draft at the brewery, the floral flavors complement instead of overwhelm the hops in this IPA. The citrus and flowers is a great and unique flavor profile. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.8 Bonsai Nil Bean on draft and on nitro draft. Creamy and thick, a good balance of vanilla and roast. Some caramel flavors, the finish is all vanilla. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.7 Bonsai Due North IRA on draft at brewery. Take the base IPA and add a rye spiciness to it, very clean and tasty, well balanced. Highly drinkable. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.5 Bonsai Initiation Ale on draft at brewery, very drinkable and pleasant. LIghtly floral and light bitterness. Nothing mindblowing though. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.5 Bonsai Lil Blond Honey on draft at brewery, very clean and balanced. light floral hops and sweetness from the honey is a nice touch. A very clean and highly drinkable ale. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Ernesto987	3.9 Bonsai The Unkindness Stout on draft at brewery, a solid creamy thick roasty stout, extremely fresh and enjoyable. This place is a gem. Thursday, August 18, 2016
Torontoblue	4.1 Bonsai Single Poppa This is the Zeus hopped version. Draught pour to a shaker. LArge fluffy head that stays around. Huge spicy, resiny, cat pee, Grapefruit, Orange, Satsuma, minty, sweet malts aromas, could sniff this all day long. The spicy, citric, orange hops really shine through in the flavours, although it’s a high IBU, everything is balanced out thanks to sweetness from the malts. Medium bodied, chewy, sticky texture, with good soft carbonation. A fine bitter, lingering drying finish. The 9.2 alc is well hidden/balanced!!! Monday, May 19, 2014
Torontoblue	4 Bonsai The Unkindness Stout Very West Coast in style. Resiny, piney hop aromas, roasted matls, dark chocolate, hint of anise, cold bitter coffee aromas. Flavours follow all the aromas, with a nice resiny hop bite, good roasted malt, with a pleasant roast coffee, dark chocolate bitterness leading to a dry, roasty, lingering finish. Monday, May 19, 2014
Torontoblue	3.8 Bonsai Due North IRA Draught pour into a shaker glass. Aromas of spicy hops, caramel, a little bready. Bitter, spicy hops balanced with a good malty backbone. Medium bodied, nice creamy texture, with an average carbonation leading to a drying spicy finish. Monday, May 19, 2014