Madison Brewing Company & Pub Reviews

shawnmurphy	3.6 Madison JU-C Double IPA 16-ounce can pours hazy yellow-gold with a 1" creamy off-white head and lots of lacing. Aroma: orange, lemon, grapefruit, honey. Flavor: orange, honeydew melon, grapefruit, earth, toast, pine, white pepper. Mouthfeel: medium-bodied with a slight creaminess and dry finish. Saturday, June 4, 2022
stevoj	3.4 Madison Downtown IPA Taster at brewery. Clear, dark golden, white silky head, lacing. Bready, malty aroma with hint of pine, hops. Taste is sweet, oily, bitter. Nice hop/ malt balance. Monday, May 23, 2022
stevoj	2.8 Madison Old 76 Strong Ale Taster at brewery. Dark brown, flat. Sweet, malty aroma. Taste is sweet, woody, medicinal. Monday, May 23, 2022
stevoj	2.9 Madison Woodford Red Taster at brewery. Dark, clear amber, wispy head. Aroma is tree bark. Taste is super sweet, sugary, then fades to nothing. Not a lot of malt character here Monday, May 23, 2022
stevoj	3.2 Madison Jenny Cream Ale Taster at brewery. Pale straw color, thin ring of head. Grainy aroma turns sweet in the taste. Nice body Monday, May 23, 2022
BroSpud	3.9 Madison F Bomb 16oz can. Pours a golden amber with a white head and a ton of lacing. Very fresh tasting. Sticky palate. Ripe citrus notes. Really liked this one. Saturday, January 22, 2022
alobar	2.9 Madison Monument Summer Wheat Hazy straw yellow pour with aroma of wheat and some citrus. Mostly, wheat flavor with some notes of citrus. Saturday, August 7, 2021
alobar	3.3 Madison Sommerset Raspberry Gose On tap at brewpub. Pours a hazy purple/ pink color with aroma of raspberry, tropical fruit, and some vinegar. Slightly sour raspberry flavor with some tropical fruit sweetness. Saturday, August 7, 2021
alobar	3.5 Madison Chocolate Milk Stout Pours cola brown with aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, and some lactose. Roasted malt flavor with hints of chocolate and lactose. Very nice beer. Saturday, August 7, 2021
alobar	3.4 Madison Sucker Pond Blonde Pours a hazy straw yellow with aroma of wheat, lemon, and grass. Refreshing flavor with lemon, wheat, and touch of yeast. Tuesday, August 3, 2021
BrianinVT	4.5 Madison Mango Sparq Nice! Lightly soured with good mango flavor that isn’t over the top Monday, March 15, 2021
alobar	3.4 Madison Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout Can from the brewery. Pours cola brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of peanut butter and roasted malt with some hints of chocolate. Peanut butter flavor with some chocolate and roasted malt. Thinner body, but quite decent. Saturday, January 18, 2020
-whitey-	2.5 Madison Mango Sparq Sunday, January 5, 2020
solidfunk	3.4 Madison F Bomb Grapefruit and some tangerine. Golden pour without much head but good lacing. Bitter end. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.3 Madison Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout Light peanut butter and lots of roast. Black pour with ok head. Light bitter end. A little watery. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.2 Madison Sandy Roads Tangerine and mostly peel, green onion. Pours hazy orange with ok head. Hop tang finish. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.5 Madison JU-C Double IPA Green onion and passion fruit. Powdery hop resin. Murky yellow pour with ok head. Hop tang finish. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.4 Madison The Perfect Morning Coffee and some sharp roast, nut. Pours black with good head and lacing. Light creamy consistency, and partly slick on mouthfeel. Crisp end. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3 Madison Old 76 Strong Ale Not bad but watery, and not a lot to it. Only light tobacco, with some caramel. Pours clear maroon without much head. Light sweet end. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.5 Madison Downtown IPA Mango and some green onion. Some dusty hop resin. Pours hazy orange with decent head and lacing. Hop tang finish. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.4 Madison Mango Sparq Mango and lime. Some light grapefruit. Nice little kettle sour, and not too tart. Pours golden with ok head. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	2.7 Madison Harvest Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin spices. Light squash. Some cinnamon and some nutmeg. Pours orange golden with great head and lacing. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3.4 Madison Blackberry Tart Light blackberry and some florals from Belgian yeast. Pink clear pour with ok head. Light tangy finish. Easy drinking and pleasant. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
solidfunk	3 Madison Strawberry Symphony Strawberry and champagne yeast. Golden pour with ok head. Tangy end. Some lime. Tap at brewery. Sunday, November 3, 2019
alobar	3.4 Madison Old 76 Strong Ale Dark caramel pour with aroma of caramel, bread, and dark fruit. Bread background with caramel, and dark fruit sweetness. Nice beer. Sunday, September 8, 2019
boto	3.9 Madison JU-C Double IPA 16oz can: This one pours a hazy, orange tinged golden color. Just a bit of a white head and almost no lacing. Nice nose. Orange, some earthiness. Lighter notes of some breadiness and a faint spice. The taste is good. Unlike what the name implies, this is not a juice bomb. Orange, some spices, earthiness, some breadiness, faint pine and a bit of a dry finish. Very good! Saturday, August 31, 2019
alobar	3.3 Madison Downtown IPA Yellow orange pour with aroma of citrus, grass, and some pine. Citrus sweetness with pineapple, pine, and grassy notes. Nice. Friday, August 30, 2019
alobar	3.4 Madison Bennington Blueberry Wheat Purple pink pour with aroma of blueberries. Blueberry flavor with some wheat. Very well done. On tap at the brewery. Brought home a 4 pack. Saturday, August 3, 2019
bytemesis	3 Madison Nice Threads Tap. Pours hazy orange, small white head, some lacing. Aroma is light, floral, grain, saffron, citrus. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body, low carbonation. Friday, July 26, 2019
Ratman197	3.4 Madison JU-C Double IPA Can poured a hazy orange amber with a small lasting creamy ivory head. Aromas 8f straw, yeast, orange zest and light earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of bread, yeast, orange, earthiness and light grapefruit with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish. Monday, April 16, 2018
Jow	3.3 Madison Downtown IPA Tap at brewpub for lunch. Yellow orange pour. Nose is citrus and grasssy. Tastes herbal, pineapple, lemon rind, grassy. Bitter and touch sweet. Saturday, September 30, 2017
yespr	3 Madison JU-C Double IPA From tap. Pours hazy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity. Slight peachy. Bitter, slight herbal. Grassy. Toasted malt. Dry and slight herbal finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3 Madison Bennington Blueberry Wheat From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is blueberry fruity. Dry fruity. Mild blueberry. Mild estery. Slight fruity. Medium dry blueberry finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3.3 Madison Mocha Milk Stout From tap. Pours hazy dark bron to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, breadish and dark malty. Bitter, roasted, coffee. Dark malty. Lingering dry and roasted far finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3 Madison Downtown IPA From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild herbal, slight grassy. Bitter, light fruity. Dry and toasted malt base. Bitter and slight herbal finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3.4 Madison Sesh From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small whitehad. Aroma is grapefruity and peach hoppy. Bitter, crisp hoppy. Lingerinh fruity. Dry, bitter and mellow fruity far finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3.2 Madison Old 76 Strong Ale From tap. Pours hazy brown with a small brown head. Aroma is roasted malty, slight breadish. Bitter, toasted malty and slight caramelish. Dry amd breadish finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3.1 Madison Revolution ESB (Extra Special Bitter) From tap. Pours hazy orange to light brown with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish. Bitetr, dry and toasted malty. Medium dry and malty finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3 Madison Wassick's White Wall From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is estery and slight spcied. Dry, estery and slight fruity. Herbal and mild spiced finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
yespr	3 Madison Sucker Pond Blonde From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grainy and straw. Slight grassy. Bitter, herbal and toasted malty. Dry and grassy finish. Saturday, July 1, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.7 Madison Battlefield Stout Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a rich brown color with a finger’s worth of light tan foamy head that glistened and fell off at a moderate pace. Light stringy lace. The aroma had a nice big roastiness to it up front. Milk chocolate and some light coffee grounds play the second part in this section. Some dark chocolate and a little bit of cream slide in underneath. The flavor leaned in on the sweetness at first and then allowed a nice roastiness come in with a little bit of toast, and slight earthy components. Not much of an aftertaste but has a nice low key semi-sweet finish. The feel was about medium bodied with a nice relaxed smooth feature flowing over the roast, nice and controlled. ABV felt good and so was the carbonation. Overall, nice sweet stout well worthy of having again. Saturday, May 6, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.4 Madison Honey Brown Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a dark amber close to brown color with a cap of a little white foamy head that dissipated at a moderate pace. Light stringy lace. The aroma had a good dose of caramel/toffee malts covering some nuts, semi-roasty with some bitterness from some earthy/grassy hops. Light spice. The flavor leaned into the sweetness and then a gentle roast came in for a good balance. Nice lingering roasty to malty smooth aftertaste rolling into the finish in the same way. The feel leads with a medium body and had a soft carbonation. Malts smooth things out nicely without any cloying effects. Overall, nicely done brown ale well worthy of having again. Saturday, May 6, 2017
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 Madison Irish Stout Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance had a slight dark brown color almost close to black in color with a finger’s worth of a tan head. Slowly dissipates to leave some sly lace. The aroma takes on some roasty coffee beans, good layer of milk chocolate, slight cream and some earthy dry nuttiness. The flavor opens up with the blend between the previously mentioned aromas to gently glide on into the aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation felt fine against the ABV. All seemed well. Overall, good Irish dry stout that I could have again. Wednesday, February 8, 2017
bnokk	3.9 Madison Old 76 Strong Ale On draft at the taproom. APPEARANCE- medium brown color, great head. NOSE- smells much like a brown ale. FLAVOR- extremely smooth drinking beer. Malty flavor with perhaps a hint of hop bitterness, but only enough to balance out the rest of the beer. NOTES- touted by the barman at the taproom as a flagship beer. I can see why. Very enjoyable and even more quaffable!! I think this is much better than the current rating of 39. Hopefully my review will bump that up a bit. Saturday, November 5, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	2.6 Madison Belgian Ale This was poured into a nonic pint glass. The appearance was a burnt orange color with little to no head. Basically, just a cap that immediately just slides away. No lace. The aroma has some tart to sour dried fruitiness (somewhat like peach and cherry). The flavor tries to come together. But a somewhat tangy to sour aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Sessionable, hmmmm...somewhat but that strong tangy to tart and sourness punches my tongue pretty harshly. Somewhat hard to get all of the way down my throat. Overall, Belgian ale? Somewhat, but that sourness seems a bit uncontrolled and doesn’t seem to want to stay together. Saturday, October 8, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 Madison Catamount Blonde Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a ruddy burnt yellow color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head. No lace. The aroma had some citrus and piney notes over a sly malt. The flavor somewhat wraps it together. Barely any aftertaste, but somewhat citrusy. Quick finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Low carbonation. Citrus hop bitterness is the harshness on my tongue. Overall, this one was a decent blonde ale that I could have again. Saturday, October 8, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 Madison Brown Ale Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a nonic pint glass. The appearance was a dark brown color with a finger worth of foamy white head that dissipates at a nice low pace and leaves some light lingering lace. The aroma takes some earthy notes over some nutty crisp malts. Low amount of caramel and toffee. The flavor is malty sweet and balances with the earthiness. Light malty to earthy aftertaste. Sly finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Low to medium carbonation. Earthiness comes back to give a push in the harshness department on my tongue but doesn’t distract from the flavor. Overall, mostly good brown ale with an added acceptable earthiness to it. Saturday, October 8, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	4 Madison Hawley's Maple Sap Red Reviewed from notes. On tap at the brewpub. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a ruddy malty dark amber/red color. Bar pour’s kind of slim white foamy head quickly dissipates. Lingering white rimmed messy lacing sticks to the sides of the glass. The aroma takes on some of the sweet contours of the maple syrup but then some of the normal qualities of an amber ale = malty rich nutty to caramel/toffee notes. The flavor brings it all together decently. Big malty tones weave through the sweet maple portion. Lingering malty rich sweet aftertaste. Slick caramel sweet finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation feels good. Maple syrup even feels good, nothing cloying, just feels all around good. Overall, really nice amber ale, maple syrup is there, but not overly done, as sometimes in these "maple syrup" flavored ales, most of the time, they get cloying, but this one is well balanced and worthy of more pours. Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	3.5 Madison Black Lager Didn’t really think this was a Schwarzbier but figured it was the closest probable style fitting for this beer according to ratebeer suggested styles. On tap at the brewpub, this was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a nice looking hazy dark brown close to black color with a thin wisp of white head quickly dissipating. No lacing. The smell had some burnt coffee grinds, light cocoa bean and sweet bready lager malts, more American than German (why I don’t think this is a Schwarzbier). The taste had some great roasty to sweet bready to coffee grinds effect all around. Quick semi-bready aftertaste. Light smooth dry finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs smooth. Overall, though not really a Schwarzbier, still good for the most part. I could come back to this. Friday, April 15, 2016
Bulk_Carrier	4 Madison Downtown IPA On tap at Madison Brewpub. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a glossy/hazy burnt orange color. Light lacing after a quickly dissipating little head. The smell took on a light sweet to bitter orange to lemon bitter rind. Light emblazoned sweet citrus runs in underneath. The taste was semi-sweet with a light sweet malty flavor riding in on the aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body. Great sesionability. Overall,I’d say this was great, I’d have again. Thursday, April 14, 2016