Library Bar & Restaurant Reviews

Drake	2.6 Library Bar Copper Country Gold Keg at the brewery, 5/28/23. Slightly hazy gold, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of pale malt, acetone, stone fruit. Taste is pale malt, floral hop, stone fruit. Meh. The beer has really gone downhill here the last three years. Monday, May 29, 2023
Drake	2.1 Library Rock Harbor Light Ale Keg at the brewery, 5/28/23. Clear pale gold, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of citrus, corn, butterscotch. Taste is pale malt, corn. Thin. Meh. Monday, May 29, 2023
blackflag321	3.3 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Monday, May 15, 2023
blackflag321	3.3 Library Miner's IPA Monday, May 15, 2023
BeerandBlues2	3.9 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Draught at the brewery. Pours opaque black with a medium, creamy tan head, medium retention. Aroma is rich roast and chocolate malt with prunes and dates, and medium earthy and woody hops. Flavor is bitter roast, coffee and chocolate malt with dark fruits, medium earthy and woody hops and bitterness and a dry finish. Light body and medium carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.6 Library Rabbit Bay Brown Ale Draught at the brewery. Pours clear brown with a large, creamy off-white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is moderate nutty and chocolate malt with light roast notes, dates and earthy hops. Flavor is moderate chocolate and nutty malt, roasty with medium earthy hops and bitterness and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.3 Library Miner's IPA Draught at the brewery. Pours clear golden orange with a large, creamy white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is moderate citrus and pine hops with stone fruit esters and bready malt. Flavor is moderate citrus and pine hops and bitterness, light stone fruit esters, bready malt and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.2 Library Copper Town Ale Draught at the brewery. Pours clear copper with a large, creamy white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is moderate citrus, fruity and pine hops with medium cracker malt. Flavor is moderate citrus, resin and pine hops and bitterness with cracker malt and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.2 Library Red Ridge Rye Draught at the brewery. Pours clear orange with a medium, creamy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is medium earthy and nutty rye malt, medium citrus and pine hops and light fruity esters. Flavor is medium earthy, grainy rye malt, light fruity esters, medium pine and resin hops and bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.1 Library Whiteout Wheat Draught at the brewery. Pours cloudy yellow with a medium, creamy white head, medium retention with spotty lacing. Aroma is medium banana esters, light spicy cloves and light grainy wheat malt. Flavor is spicy grainy wheat malt, medium banana esters, light spicy and nutty cloves with a dry finish. Medium-light body and moderate carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	2.7 Library Rock Harbor Light Ale Draught at the brewery. Pours clear white gold with a medium, creamy white head, medium retention. Aroma is medium grainy malt with light pine, citrus and resin hops. Flavor is medium grainy malt, light citrus, resin and pine hops and medium bitterness and a dry finish. Light body and medium carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
BeerandBlues2	3.4 Library Keweenaw Golden Ale Draught at the brewery. Pours clear pale yellow with a medium, creamy white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is medium grainy malt with faint fruity esters and earthy hops. Flavor is moderate grainy malt, light earthy and spicy hops and bitterness with a dry finish. Light body and medium carbonation. Monday, June 19, 2017
Drake	3.6 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Keg at the brewpub. Dark brown, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate. Taste is chocolate, roasted malt, caramel. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	2.8 Library Rabbit Bay Brown Ale Keg at the brewpub. Clear copper, large creamy offwhite head, good retention. Aroma of toasted malt, green apple. Taste is caramel, toffee, faint hops. Medium bodied. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	2.8 Library Miner's IPA Keg at the brewpub. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of lemon, pale malt. Taste is citrus, lemon, grapefruit, pale malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	2.4 Library Copper Town Ale Keg at the brewpub. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of diacetyl and caramel. Taste is bitter hops, caramel. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	3.5 Library Red Ridge Rye Keg at the brewpub. Clear copper, large creamy white head, good retention Aroma of rye, toasted malt, caramel. Taste is caramel, toffee, rye. Medium bodied, well balanced, pleasant. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	3 Library Whiteout Wheat Keg at the brewpub. Hazy lemon yellow, thin fizzy white head, poor retention. Aroma of heavy clove and banana. Taste is wheat, clove, banana, orange. Medium bodied, mild lingering spice. Traditional, decent. Could be crisper. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	2.9 Library Keweenaw Golden Ale Keg at the brewpub. Clear pale golden, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of green apple and pale malt. Taste matches, maybe a bit of citrus. Medium bodied, drinkable. Monday, May 15, 2017
Drake	3.3 Library Portage Premium Lager Keg at the brewpub. Clear very pale golden, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of pale malt, mild floral notes. Taste is doughy pale malt, herbal hops. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness. Monday, May 15, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3 Library Dunkelweizen The appearance was a muddled orange to brown color with an off-white thin foamy head. Moderate messy lace. The aroma had a rich sweet bready malt bold and up front with some grassy hops backing that up. A light floral hoppy bitter quality comes in. The flavor had the sweet malt up front with some milk chocolate tones and then some nuttiness. Crisp chocolatey to bready malts in the aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable sort of unyielding sweet stickiness on my tongue, almost cloying, but yes, this is pretty sticky. Overall, well, banana notes and wheat bite are totally missing. Also, seems like it’s a bit overly hopped for a dunkelweizen. And why is that nuttiness and chocolatey qualities rolling about. Honestly, for some odd reason, I really didn’t mind this as is, just for me. But true dunkelweizen fans will surely be disappointed. Saturday, February 18, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	4 Library Black Lager The appearance was a soft mostly black color with a two finger white foamy head that left some stringy lace. The aroma had some nuttiness with a soft German yeasty/bready malt. Some roast and coffee beans deep underneath. Dark chocolate even farther underneath. The flavor leads with the German yeasty/breadiness semi-sweetly with a firm robust black malt. Some bittering grassy hops. Lingering dark bready aftertaste gripping the finish in the same way. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a fair sessionable sort of smooth feel rolling about and keeping the malt bill to want to just lay down on my tongue. Overall, pretty good schwarzbier really ensuring that the German yeast takes the lead. I’m quite impressed as not many American brewers can really pull off this style this well. Saturday, February 18, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 Library Small Boat Oatmeal Stout Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a black color with a soft white foamy one finger head. Quick dissipation. Sly lace. The aroma had some sweet oats, dark chocolate malts, roasty coffee and a light pecan roastiness. The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas somewhat together bringing about a sly sweet end of black licorice, not necessarily the spicy part, but the sweet side of the licorice. Roasty pecans come back but also seem to meld into the aftertaste with some roasty coffee bean. Sly roasty and malty finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable sort of feel trying to coat my tongue with a semi-silky smooth way. Mild carbonation. Good ABV. Overall, it works as an oatmeal stout with some extra intricacies coming about. Worthy of another pour. Saturday, February 18, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.8 Library Amber Lager Poured into a pint glass, the appearance had a ruddy burnt amber color with a delicate transparency about it. Sly carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace to fill a slim finger’s worth of white foamy head. Filmy lace. The aroma had a semi-sweet bready to nutty malty quality. Some grassy hops. The flavor tried to blend the hops to the malts but seems like the malts come out on top. Wisps of the hops in a biscuity to bready aftertaste. Dry quick finish, somewhat nutty. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation. Swift semi-sticky notes glide along my tongue. Overall, decent Vienna lager that I could come back to if I was in the area. Saturday, February 18, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.6 Library Java Stout Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a nice finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Sly stringy lace. The aroma centered around dark roasty coffee beans, robust cocoa bean, rugged dark chocolate nibs and a dry chalky caramel malt very far underneath. The flavor yielded nicely to the roasty sweet blend of the prior mentioned aromas but leaving out the caramel malts. Roasty sweet and chalky aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine along my tongue. Overall, fairly nice dry stout and it is quite dry. Still, I would have again. Saturday, February 18, 2017
blackflag321	3.2 Library Red Ridge Rye I had this on draft at brewpub. An okay beer I had with a good meal. The rye was the best of its characteristics. Sunday, September 25, 2016
rosenbergh	3.5 Library Miner's IPA Draught at The Library, Houghton, MI. Clear golden color with a small white head. Sweet candy hops, mild bitterness and malt in the aroma. The flavor is resiny hops, moderate bitterness, dryness and some malt. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, September 24, 2016
rosenbergh	3.2 Library Belgian Tripel Draught at The Library, Houghton, MI. Clear golden color with a tiny white head. The aroma is sweetness, mild yeast, sugar and some citrus. The flavor is sweetness, mild yeast, malt, mild hops and some citrus. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, September 24, 2016
rosenbergh	2.5 Library Whiteout Wheat Draught at The Library, Houghton, MI. Slightly cloudy yellow color with a small white head. Yeast, toffee, wheat, citrus and mild rubber in the aroma. The flavor is wheat, citrus, sweetness, yeast and some malt. Watery. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, September 24, 2016
rosenbergh	3.2 Library Copper Town Ale Draught at The Library, Houghton, MI. Clear deep golden color with a small white head. Darkish fruity hops, mild bitterness and sweet malt in the aroma. The flavor is dry hops, moderate bitterness, some papery dryness and caramel malt. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, September 24, 2016
rosenbergh	2.7 Library Oktoberfest Draught at The Library, Houghton, MI. Clear golden color with a tiny white head. Grainy malt, sweetness and some paper in the aroma. The flavor is hops, quite harsh bitterness, dry grainy malt and some oily notes. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, September 24, 2016
chriso	3 Library Whiteout Wheat Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Rock Harbor Light Ale Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Red Ridge Rye Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Rabbit Bay Brown Ale Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Portage Premium Lager Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Keweenaw Golden Ale Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Java Stout Friday, June 3, 2016
chriso	3 Library Copper Town Ale Friday, June 3, 2016
crossovert	3.1 Library Continental Premium Lager Draft. Golden pour, not as sulphury as this yeast strain can be, crisp and refreshing, hint of citrus and pine. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	2.6 Library Miner's IPA Draft. Gold pour, a pretty forgettable double ipa (if that abv is correct) Basic grainy malt, some herbs, not unpleasant but not entertaining in the least. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	3.8 Library Red Ridge Rye Draft. Probably my favorite of this place. Light pale gold/amber. Nice rye oatmeal character, creamy and slighlty sweet, crushable. Reminiscent of an esb. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	2.8 Library Rock Harbor Light Ale Draft. Thought this was a lower abv than listed but anyways a light brew, some herbal hops, basic. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	2.9 Library Whiteout Wheat Draft. Very clearly a hefeweizen, hazed gold pouur, huge yeast notes, mostly banana and a hinto f bubblegum and spice, overload of yeast on this one. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	3.2 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Draft. Black/brown pour. PRetty traditional if heavy irish dry stout. Some peaty notes roasted notes, pleasant\, herbal,. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	2.1 Library Maibock Draft. Golden pour, this one to me had a bit of a plasticy note, no daicetyl but off to me. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	3.3 Library Keweenaw Golden Ale Draft. A better beer form these guys, golden pour, creamy mouthfeel, wheat and biscuit flavor, toffee, easy to drink but uninteresting. Thursday, August 27, 2015
crossovert	2.7 Library Copper Town Ale Draft. Amber/gold pour. Very basic brew some herbs and spices, malt, basic stuff. Thursday, August 27, 2015
stevoj	3.8 Library Shafthouse Dry Stout Every brewpub has to have a signature beer, this could be the one for The Library. Dark and smoky, bitter and biting, black as engine oil and just as slick. Hints of dark chocolate and espresso. A sipper for sure. Friday, August 29, 2014