Alley Kat Brewing Company Reviews

cmacklin	3.4 Alley Kat Cherry Bomb 473ml can. Pours a hazy red orange with a small, foamy, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet aroma of bready wheat malt, maraschino cherry and floral hops. Sweet flavour of grainy wheat malt, cherry blasters candy and floral hops in a crisp, dry, tart finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Refreshing and crushable. Fun stuff. Saturday, May 11, 2024
cmacklin	3.2 Alley Kat Ryed the Storm 473ml can. Pours a clear copper with a small, foamy, short lived, off-white head that laces. Aroma of grainy rye malt and light piney hops. Sweet flavour of spicy rye malt, grapefruit and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average to soft carbonation. Pretty simple Rye IPA, but flavourful and enjoyable. Saturday, March 30, 2024
cmacklin	3.4 Alley Kat New Moon 473ml can. Pours a hazy blonde with a small, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of grainy wheat malt, grapefruit, passionfruit, pineapple and light piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of grainy wheat malt, lemon, mango, peach and piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with an oily to watery texture and average carbonation. Flavourful and crushable. Sunday, March 17, 2024
cmacklin	3.2 Alley Kat Fireside S'more Stout 473ml can. Pours a clear brown with red hue and a small, foamy, short lived, beige head that laces nicely. Mild aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and graham cracker. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, lactose, chocolate, oats and vanilla in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily to watery texture and soft carbonation. Not really getting any marshmallow and graham cracker was faint. Just ok. Thursday, March 14, 2024
bdleedahl	3.4 Alley Kat New Moon Reasonably well made, per good for the abv, simple and straightforward, sharp but clean citrus. Costco advventkak Tuesday, December 26, 2023
cmacklin	3.2 Alley Kat Cold Brew 473ml can. Pours a clear amber brown with a small, foamy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of toasted pale malt, coffee and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted pale malt, caramel, coffee, a hint of dark chocolate and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Nice flavour and crushable. Monday, November 20, 2023
Gerbeer	3.3 Alley Kat The Mangolorian On tap. Pours a bright amber with light head. Aromas of apple candy, dried tropical fruit and soft doughy malts. Flavors follow same with a bit of bitter pine and cereal. Tuesday, September 12, 2023
JoeZasada	4.1 Alley Kat Dragon Series Hazy Dragon Tall can.Pours a hazy light reddish amber with a thin lacy white head. light spicy hop aroma. Taste is bitter, with notes of spruce and grass. Malt undertones. Warming mouthfeel. Finish is slightly bitter - grassy and spice, and warm with some malt. Pretty good for a hazy double IPA. Thursday, May 11, 2023
arvidspiny	3.5 Alley Kat Razzykat Tuesday, March 7, 2023
cmacklin	3.4 Alley Kat Candid Coffee Porter 473ml can. Pours a clear dark brown with red hue and a medium, foamy, short lived, beige head that laces. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and light vanilla. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, caramel, milk chocolate and day-old coffee in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Tasty and easy to drink. Great for the coffee lover. Sunday, October 9, 2022
zabrazasca	3.1 Alley Kat The Mangolorian Tuesday, August 16, 2022
ryanhunter_4	3.3 Alley Kat The Mangolorian 355 ml can poured at home. Gifted from my friend Natasha. Pours amber with an off white head. Smells very sweet with heavy mango. Tastes sweet with mango, sweet malt and a bit of pepper. A little too sweet for me. Tuesday, July 19, 2022
alexandre-bedard	2.4 Alley Kat Main Squeeze Grapefruit is better as sour. All right. Sunday, June 26, 2022
alexandre-bedard	3.1 Alley Kat Amber Brown Ale I was quite tipsy when I drank it. But it was a regular good brown ale. I will sleep tight. Chug the last half.menoum Saturday, June 25, 2022
alexandre-bedard	2.7 Alley Kat Full Moon Pale Ale Chill, bonne entrée dans le monde des Ipa un plus amer Saturday, June 25, 2022
HopsPours41	3.2 Alley Kat Aprikat Saturday, May 28, 2022
JoeZasada	3.3 Alley Kat Dragon Series Idaho Gem Double IPA Tall can. Pours a clear amber with a thin white head. Carbonation is low/minimal. Aroma is of hops, notes of earthiness, spruce. Taste is bitter, warms a bit. Light mouthfeel. Hop aromas expand to more complex notes of earthiness, spruce, citrus. Finish is earthy. Warms the tongue a bit. Amazingly light bodied for a double IPA. This one is interesting, a good example of a Double IPA. Sunday, May 22, 2022
Lubiere	3.5 Alley Kat Candid Coffee Porter A hazed copper brown porter with a very thin off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with coffee grind, musty character, light vanilla, pleasant. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with dark fruits and loads of coffee grind, musty character, pleasant. Saturday, May 21, 2022
Lubiere	3.4 Alley Kat Peachy Blinders A hazed milky yellow ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with peach pulp, light tropical fruits, light Epsom salts, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity tart mix of peach and citrus, pleasant and smooth. On tap at brewery. Saturday, May 21, 2022
Lubiere	3.4 Alley Kat Zephyr A blonde saison with a very thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light banana esters, cloves, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, sweet fruity malt with light basil, light banana esters, light cloves, pleasant and smooth. On tap at brewery. Saturday, May 21, 2022
Lubiere	3.3 Alley Kat The Mangolorian A golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet mango pulp with light acidity and mineral notes. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity mango pulp with light mineral notes, OK. On tap at brewery. Saturday, May 21, 2022
cmacklin	3.2 Alley Kat Super Sappy On tap. Pours a clear amber with a small, creamy, long lasting, beige head that laces. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, maple syrup and vanilla. Sweet flavour of maple syrup. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Would probably go great with pancakes. A little thin and too sweet for me. Quite literally like drinking watered down maple syrup. Saturday, May 14, 2022
lowbudget	2.4 Alley Kat Aprikat Saturday, April 30, 2022
lowbudget	1.8 Alley Kat Amber Brown Ale Wednesday, April 27, 2022
ryanhunter_4	3.4 Alley Kat Main Squeeze 355 ml can poured at home. Pours clear golden with a white head. Smells like grapefruit and tastes the same. Not a fruit beer fan but it’s okay. Tuesday, February 22, 2022
AgentAle	3.2 Alley Kat Hot Tropic Aroma is citrus, soap candy, and caramel. Taste is light, bready, and hinted by tropical fruits. Earthy grassy bitterness on finish. Wednesday, February 2, 2022
gunnish	2.9 Alley Kat Razzykat Monday, December 20, 2021
cmacklin	3.4 Alley Kat The Mangolorian On tap. Pours a clear amber-gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, mango, vanilla and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, mango, tangerine and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. One dimensional, but I like mango. Monday, December 13, 2021
ryanhunter_4	3.3 Alley Kat Aprikat 355 ml can poured at home. Pours clear golden with a white head. Smells like apricot. Taste is sweet with heavy apricot flavour. It’s a popular beer around here and delivers what it promises. Sunday, December 12, 2021
nimbleprop	3.3 Alley Kat Olde Deuteronomy Barley Wine 33cl bottle pours a translucent copper with a ring of white head. Nose has malt, raisins, caramel, some booze. Flavor is old school, malt and caramel and treacle, dates and raisins and figs. Full bodied, sweet, boozy finish. Tuesday, November 30, 2021
beastiefan2k	3.4 Alley Kat Olde Deuteronomy Barley Wine Shed by salad funk. At a tasting. It’s an old-school bw with a little bit of astringency and a cherry aspect to it. It’s freezing outside and the beer is cold so it’s hard to really taste it at this point. But it’s old school and not half bad. Saturday, November 27, 2021
solidfunk	3.8 Alley Kat Olde Deuteronomy Barley Wine Old leather and fig. Some caramel. Some bitter herb. Fig and some molasses. Sweet finish. Some booze. Brown pour. Bottle. Friday, November 26, 2021
nuplastikk	3.9 Alley Kat Olde Deuteronomy Barley Wine 2018 bottle c/o SolidFunk. Really nice barleywine, great malt tone. Amber malt, sweet malty sugary tone. Really nice. Friday, November 26, 2021
ryanhunter_4	3.2 Alley Kat Scona Gold Kölsch 355 ml can poured at home. Pours clear golden with a white head that disappears quickly. Smells like lemon. Taste is grassy and grainy. Easy to drink and pretty straightforward. Saturday, November 6, 2021
Crit	3.3 Alley Kat Dragon Series Ekuanot Dragon Bright amber, small white head. Light, balanced nose. Good body , nice malt in back. Medium late, lasting hop bitterness Tuesday, October 12, 2021
ryanhunter_4	3.2 Alley Kat Fish Bone 341 ml can poured at home. Pours cloudy golden with a white head. Smells like piney hops. Taste is bitter with a little bit of piney hop. It’s okay but pretty one dimensional. Sunday, October 10, 2021
JoeZasada	3.3 Alley Kat The Mangolorian Can. Pours a clear light amber with a thin white head. Aroma of mango. Taste: Slightly sweet (fruity), slightly bitter. Moderate hops notes, some citrus. Finish is more citrusy hops, and a b it of mango. Interesting fruit beer. Warming mouthfeel. Reminds me of Aprikat, but perhaps with Mango instead. Wednesday, September 29, 2021
ryanhunter_4	3.1 Alley Kat Full Moon Pale Ale 355 ml can poured at home. Pours amber with a fluffy off white head. Smells like lemon and rye grains. Tastes like malt with yeasty rye and a weird combo of bitter and watery. Not really working for me. Saturday, September 25, 2021
ryanhunter_4	3.2 Alley Kat Buena Vista 355 ml can poured at home. Pours clear brown with an off white head. Smells like nutty malt. Taste is malt forward with hazelnut flavour. It’s okay but nothing super exciting about it. Saturday, September 25, 2021
NordicV	3.1 Alley Kat Razzykat Burk från Systembolaget. Orangeröd öl med ett lätt vitt skum. Doft och smak av hallon, hö och ljust bröd. Bär- och laktossyrlighet. Monday, August 30, 2021
cmacklin	3.7 Alley Kat Fish Bone On tap. Pours a cloudy gold-yellow with a small, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves thick lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, tangerine, orange, honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, mango, nectarine, papaya and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, tangerine, orange, grapefruit rind, cantaloupe, pineapple and nectarine in a dry, bitter, piney hop finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Tasty and enjoyable. Sunday, July 18, 2021
cmacklin	3.4 Alley Kat Hot Tropic On tap. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, pineapple, peach, orange, funky yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, pineapple, mango, guava, grapefruit, funky yeast and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter, slightly tart finish. Light body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Tasty and refreshing. Sunday, July 11, 2021
zabrazasca	3.4 Alley Kat Full Moon Pale Ale Thursday, July 8, 2021
hawthorne00	3.5 Alley Kat Razzykat Can. Red with an inch of white head that lasts well. Aroma of tangy raspberries, some (wheaty, I'd guess) crackers. Light bodied, fairly spritzy. Taste is of sweet and somewhat tart berries, crackers. No wildness to them but they're nice berries. Straightforward but refreshing and pretty tasty. Wednesday, May 12, 2021
JoeZasada	2.9 Alley Kat Dragon Series Sabro Dragon Double IPA Tall Can. Pours a clear, slightly reddish medium amber, with a medium, lacey, offwhite head. Light carbonation. Mild aroma of citrus. Taste is bitter, some resin, some citrus. Warming mouthfeel. Finish is hoppy, some citrus, some mild malt bread notes. Pretty good for the style. Great looking. Wednesday, May 12, 2021
JoeZasada	3.1 Alley Kat / Grizzly Paw Grizzly Kat Blackberry Kölsch Tall can. Pours a very dark clear red with not much head. Berry aroma. Taste is slightly sour, a tad sweet, malty, with some earthy hops. Warms to an earthy hop flavour. Finish is a tad berry. Pretty nice for a fruit beer, not bad for a Kolsch. I'de buy this one again. Monday, May 10, 2021
bierkoning	2.7 Alley Kat Razzykat Can. Deep orange color. Raspberry sweeties and a hint of metal in the aroma. Raspberry sweeties in the sourish flavor. Tastes like cheap lemonade. Hint of metal in the finish. Apple, milky. Not too bad, but seems artificial. Friday, May 7, 2021
thejackpacker	3.2 Alley Kat Razzykat Can from Systembolaget. Raspberry syrup aroma. Unexpected bitter caramel colour. A very asteingent sour finish with a lagery hint. Not great, but not unpleasant to drink. Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Opus412	2.5 Alley Kat Razzykat Monday, April 19, 2021
ekimcaglar	2.6 Alley Kat Razzykat Sunday, April 18, 2021