Untied Brewing Company is in a BIG building. I'm not sure if they have the whole building but the brewery and tasting room is big. They have a mix of tables both high and low top, as well as couches and comfortable chairs along the back wall. No bar seating, which I prefer when I'm doing flights of tasters because I actually like to talk to the staff. The bar staff here was very friendly and seemed to know what they were talking about, which is always nice.
UBC is apparently very family friendly as there were lots of kids around. It was also loud! Not just kids but music as well. My preference is for a little more intimate tasting area but what works for one doesn't for others. They do have a great, friendly vibe going.
The Winter Ale is a biere' de garde, a nice strong farmhouse ale. It had a little of that familiar farmhouse funk at the end. That's not a bad thing! It's expected. This is a good ale.
Exploration Series: Tropical Kettle Sour ale v3. Version 3 I presume. Nice light color with great fruit on the nose which didn't prepare me for the intense sour fruit flavors. The aroma gave me mango, pineapple and something else I couldn't quite place. The taste gave me the mango and pineapple as well as apple. This is a good sour but I would have liked the aroma to balance with the flavor a little more. Nice sour that lingers though.
The Neuhaus Belgian style quad. Powerful, intensely flavored Belgian. Absolutely expected but still strong. A true to style Belgian strong ale. This was nicely done.
Mayors Stout on nitro had a deep roasty and chocolate aroma with chocolate and coffee in the taste, with both competing for attention at the end.
The Vienna style lager. Is it just me or does everyone prefer their beers to have names besides just the style? I think breweries are missing it not giving their beers witty names relevant to the brewery's theme or something. Anyway, the Vienna style lager had a nice light amber color with a clean malty flavor. Just a good, clean beer. I know that the heavily flavored beers often sell better but the true to style often lighter flavored beers really tend to show the brewers craft I think.
Hazy West Coast style IPA. Hazy IPAs are all the rage lately I know. This one had a mild haze to it but with fruity hop aroma and flavor. Tasty IPA!
The Double DIPA. Is that a quad IPA? I'm guessing it is actually a DIPA with the double added so everyone know what it is. Or maybe it is a double double, which to me means In-n-Out. You would have to be familiar with west coast burger joints to know In-n-Out as I don't think they are east of Texas, but you guys are missing out. (By the way, White Castle sucks!)This had almost nothing on the nose, very mild for a DIPA and mild on the flavor as well. Now granted there is not much to focus on as far as "style" in a DIPA. It's kinda wide open but I did expect more hop flavor on this though the malt cane through nicely.
Hilltopper is, er, why does this one get its own name? Whatever, it's an American strong ale with a nice malty flavor, the alcohol comes through a little but not overwhelmingly. Give me a nice cold evening, a fire, a bearskin rug, and...uh never mind. Where was I?
Last beer, a Belgian style white with orange and raspberry. It just sounded good. I could smell the orange but couldn't pick out the raspberry. The flavor gave me both but a little bit of the citrus kicked turned me off slightly at the end. The flavors just didn't flow well for me. If they could get the flavors to work as well as the aroma this would be stunning.
Untied Brewing Company didn't wow me but they are brewing some good beers. And if you like the louder, kinda party atmosphere they have that going. I kinda prefer the snakes tasting room for the ambience but I don't hold that against UBC. They are definitely worry a stop.
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