Noble Roots Brewing Company

I know this is technically the Milwaukee Beer Blog, but for this entry I turned my tastebuds elsewhere, about an hour and a half north to be precise. Noble Roots Brewing Company of Green Bay gives a new meaning to the word microbrewery: their taproom caps out at 50 people, making it the smallest brewery I’ve been to so far. However, by no means does that mean they don’t have good beer. The beer was actually incredible, and the small taproom only increased the intimacy of the establishment. They are on the Wisconsin Brewers Guild app, with a coupon for a dollar off a pint. The pints themselves are only $5 apiece, so this is a good coupon to use. As for the food options, they had a (seemingly) semi-permanent food truck in the parking lot that served the normal pub fare: tater tots, cheese curds, burgers, etc. The nice thing is that when you ordered at the truck, you could tell them where you were sitting and they would take it in and give it to you.

Now to get to the exciting part: the beer. I tried the Salty Leipz, a refreshing gose, and the Red Morning Sky, an incredibly creamy red ale, while my girlfriend tried the Blueberry Cream, a lighter cream ale than any I’ve tried so far. To start with, the presentation of the Blueberry Cream was cute, they filled the pint glass with beer and it was garnished with 3 blueberries. It tasted good, not overpowering with the blueberries, but you could definitely detect a few subtle notes. It was also very light, it didn’t really look like a cream ale, and clocking in at 5.2% ABV, it didn’t taste like most others I’ve tried either. Still a very good beer, it was definitely creamy, just a little different from what you might expect.

Now onto the Red Morning Sky. My favorite beers tend to be sours and ambers, but if you show me a good red ale I will love you forever, and this was a very good red ale. It was deliciously creamy (more creamy than the blueberry cream, in fact), it had a beautiful red color, and it tasted really good. It was slightly sweet, but also had the nice taste of a classic red ale. This was definitely one of the best red ales I’ve ever had (right up there with the Vanilla Rooibos Red of Dangerous Man Brewing Company in Minneapolis).

The Salty Leipz was one close to my heart, as most goses do tend to be on the sour side. This one was no exception, however, it wasn’t overpoweringly sour, which can ruin an otherwise splendid beer. This gose is “based on the Leipziger gosenschenke of yore,” and while I haven’t had the original, this take on the classic was really good. The mild sour taste made it refreshingly crispy to drink, and because the sour flavor wasn’t too overpowering, I felt like I could drink more of it than the average sour. This beer was another score for Noble Roots, and I’m sure that had I tried others, I would have been equally as impressed.

All in all, Noble Roots, while the smallest brewery I’ve been to yet, has managed to come out close to the top. The beer was really good, the taproom was adorable, and while it’s a bit of a drive from my house (1.5 hours), it’s definitely somewhere I will go again if I find myself in the area.