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2804 13th Street
Columbus NE 68601
Telephone: +1 402-562-6488
Hours: Monday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm, Sunday 10:30am-2:00pm.
Brewer: Jeremy Kirby
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Notes

Visited: May 23, 2007

Opened: 1995

Annual Production: 158 bbl

BIAS ALERT: I brewed here from May 2005 to June 2009.

Updated: October 29, 2009

News

2009-10-27: Kirby the new master of Gottberg’s brew (Columbus Telegram)

Beer List

1916 Irish Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

3.50% abv.
- Date: June 29, 2006 (#6031)
  
  Package: nitrogenated
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 18 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Black. Thick dense nitro head.
  
  Aroma (4)
  Coffee, cream, and milk chocolate.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Light body, creamy. Really roasty and really malty. Nice bitterness from both hops and roasted grain. Kent Goldings hop flavor shows up in the finish.
  
  Overall Impression (2)

Abtskelder Tripel

Belgian-Style Tripel

8.40% abv.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6216)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden, deeper than the All-American Gold. Huge dense head.

Aroma (3)
Yeasty, malty, spicy. Mildly alcoholic.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, really smooth. Low-moderate fizz. Sweet and malty, with a big yeasty flavor. Lots of fruity fermentation esters and spiciness. Warming. Sweet malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)

All-American Gold

Golden or Blonde Ale

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6215)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Low carbonation. Low dense head.

Aroma (2)
Mild sweet grainy malt. Butter.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, moderately fizzy. Sweetish grainy malt. Mild diacetyl. Hint of herbal hops.

Overall Impression (1)

All-American Lager (discontinued)

American-Style Pilsener

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5807)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Pale golden. High carbonation. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Very very mild malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, fizzy. Malt character is bigger than the body implies. Very very faint hint of noble hop flavor. Clean grainy finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad for my first-ever attempt at brewing a light beer.
Date: August 12, 2003 (#5066)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Pale golden. Hazy. Thick head. Clean malt aroma, with mild spicy hops. Light body, very fizzy. Sweetly malty with lots of fruity hop flavor.

Belgian Ale (discontinued)

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

Date: September 30, 1996 (#1840)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Orangey-brown, good head. Spicy-citrusy aroma. Good body, sweet, tart, lemony. Tastes like a "Dubbel Wit". Much different in a pint glass as compared to the "sampler" size.

Bugeater Brown Ale

English-Style Brown Ale

4.40% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5810)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (2½)
Deep bright red. High carbonation. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Brown sugar. Hints of plum and roast.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Moderately fizzy. Lots of toasty, sweetish malt. Faint hint of hop flavor. Toasty malty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Charles Bremer's Sesquicentennial Ale

California Common Beer

4.20% abv.

Date: June 29, 2006 (#6027)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Woody, grassy hops. Some caramel.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big sweetish caramel malt up front, followed by earthy, woody hop flavor and bitterness. Clean hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Cow Palace Scotch Ale

Traditional Strong Scotch Ale

6.80% abv.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6218)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11½ points

Appearance (2½)
Red-brown, opaque. Still. No head.

Aroma (2)
Caramel. Toast. Butter.

Mouthfeel (6)
Medium body. Still. Sweet. Caramel. Butter. Hint of tartness.

Overall Impression (1)
This is nowhere near up to the Cow Palace standard.

Doppelbock (discontinued)

German-Style Strong Doppelbock

Date: May 27, 1998 (#2812)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Deep red, moderate carbonation and head. Perfumey, malty aroma. Medium body, dark, sweet.

Double Gueuze (discontinued)

Belgian-Style Gueuze Lambic

Date: August 12, 2003 (#5071)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Deep golden. Low head. Fruity, floral, alcoholic aroma. Medium body, smooth. Mildly tart, some acetaldehyde — tastes like dry cider.

DSB / Dusters Special Bitter

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

5.60% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5811)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Red-amber, quite hazy. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity esters, berries. Hint of toast.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, creamy. Lots of toasty malt. Mild fruitiness. Kinda bready.

Overall Impression (2½)

Eighty-Shilling Scottish Ale (80/-)

Scottish-Style Export Ale

5.30% abv.

Date: June 29, 2006 (#6028)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (1)
Butterscotch.

Mouthfeel (6)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Intense butterscotch flavor on top of the malt.

Overall Impression (1)
This was a pretty good beer when it first came out in April. It actually sold really well right up until it ran out in early July, despite the diacetyl.

English Brown Ale (discontinued)

English-Style Brown Ale

Date: August 12, 2003 (#5069)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Deep dark red. Moderate head. Smells roasty and sweet, with a dark caramel aroma. Medium body. Lots of roast malt, with a real nice dark caramel base. Tasty coffee character, and a herbal hop flavor at the end.
Date: October 15, 2001 (#3930)

Package: draught

Place: Thunderhead Brewing, Kearney NE

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Deep red brown, thick head. Huge toasty malt aroma. Medium body, lots of toast, quite a bit of diacetyl.
Date: September 30, 1996 (#1842)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13 points

Overall Impression
Red-brown, moderate carbonation, good head. Fruity nose, with some brown malt. Thin, sweet. Hint of hops in finish, but not much character.

Fire in the Hole!

Bamberg-Style Rauchbier

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6219)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Moderate carbonation. Thick head.

Aroma (2½)
Fairly intense smoke. Some SO₂.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, fizzy. Really smoky, mildly sweet. Some describe it as "bean soup", and I can't disagree. Too sweet, too much sulfur.

Overall Impression (1½)

Harvey's Märzen

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

5.10% abv.

Date: May 23, 2007 (#6519)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mild grainy malt, mildly toasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, low-moderate carbonation. Nicely malty, nicely toasty. Mild noble hop flavor, low bitterness. Clean malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Light American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast

Date: September 13, 2009 (#7901)

Package: draught

Place: Great Nebraska Beer Festival, Papillion NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Slight haze. Foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity, grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light and sweet. Mildly grassy, mildly bitter. Very clean, a little astringent at the end.

Overall Impression (2)

Heavenly Helles

Münchner-Style Helles

5.30% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5806)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden. Nice thick head.

Aroma (3)
Clean, malty, slightly grainy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Really malty and fairly sweet, with a hint of noble hop flavor and just a little bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Tasty, but much sweeter than I remember them in Bavaria.

Impromptu Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

5.00% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5813)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Big thick head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy hops. Fairly fruity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body. Lots of caramel malt, but not really sweet. Spicy, fruity, almost earthy hop flavor. Fair bitterness. Biscuity, grainy maltiness.

Overall Impression (2½)

Irish Porter (discontinued)

Date: September 30, 1996 (#1844)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression
Dark red, good head. Pretty clean aroma. OK chocolatey flavors, OK black malt. Sour note.

Jack of Spades Schwarzbier

German-Style Schwarzbier

3.90% abv.

Date: May 23, 2007 (#6518)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13 points

Appearance (2)
Deep bright red. Thick dense beige head.

Aroma (2½)
Mild chocolate. Some grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Very light body. Moderate carbonation. Nicely chocolatey, mildly malty. Mild tart note is disappointing.

Overall Impression (1½)
Other than the tartness, it's not a bad beer, but it's not much of a Schwarzbier.

Model-A-Tor Doppelbock

German-Style Strong Doppelbock

7.40% abv.

Date: June 29, 2006 (#6030)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 11½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright, deep red. Thick head.

Aroma (1½)
Real fruity, from esters and dark Munich malt.

Mouthfeel (6)
Big creamy body. Low carbonation. FIERCELY fruity. Hugely malty. Fairly oxidized.

Overall Impression (1)
This was a LOT better last winter.

Octoberfest (discontinued)

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

Date: August 12, 2003 (#5068)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression
Bright golden. Low head. Mild grainy aroma. Light body. Huge grainy malt flavor start to finish.

Old Powerhouse Lager (discontinued)

American-Style Lager

Date: September 30, 1996 (#1841)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Golden, good carbonation and head. Floral hop aroma and flavor, good body and bitterness.

Pioneer Pale Ale (discontinued)

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: August 12, 2003 (#5070)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression
Bright golden. Thick head. Fresh fruity hop aroma. Medium body. Huge fruity-herbal-resiny hop flavor. This beer is all about hops.
Date: September 30, 1996 (#1843)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression
Amber, moderate carbonation, good head. Caramel aroma. Great body and balance. Tastes a lot like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Hop finish is just a little vegetal.

Platte River Pale

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: September 13, 2009 (#7902)

Package: draught

Place: Great Nebraska Beer Festival, Papillion NE

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber-red, hazy. Dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Mildly spicy, piney hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Resiny hop character, moderate dry bitterness. Clean finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Poor Richard's Ale

7.40% abv.

Date: March 4, 2006 (#5867)

Package: draught

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 13½ points

Appearance (2½)
Brown. Opaque — the yeast never dropped out. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (2½)
Malty, toasty, spicy. Some diacetyl.

Mouthfeel (7)
Big creamy body. Lots of sweet malt. Some diacetyl. Spiciness from the molasses. Some solvent notes.

Overall Impression (1½)
It was better a few weeks ago. Read the story of Poor Richard's Ale here.

Powerhouse Pils

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

Date: September 13, 2009 (#7900)

Package: draught

Place: Great Nebraska Beer Festival, Papillion NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Slight haze. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy, herbal hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, creamy. Sweet grainy malt. Grassy hop flavor, moderate bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good clean beer.

Princess of Darkness Porter

4.60% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5814)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black enough. Moderate thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly roasty on a nice malt background. Mild coffee.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body body, almost creamy. Really malty and quite roasty, with a nice Kentish hop flavor. Coffee and cream and malt.

Overall Impression (3)
Paris comes through again!

Rumble Seat Stout (discontinued)

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: May 27, 1998 (#2811)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Dark red, OK head. Lots of chocolate aroma. Fairly light body, lots of chocolate flavor. Faint roasty hoppiness at the end.

Stüvenbräu Maibock

German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock

6.30% abv.

Date: May 23, 2007 (#6520)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright deep amber. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Big caramel, toasty malt. Spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big-ish body. Low-medium carbonation. Huge maltiness. Sweet, caramelly. Mild noble hop flavor. Very mildly warming. Clean, grassy, really malty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Damn tasty beer.

Steinworthy Oktoberfest

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

6.00% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5812)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body. Really malty. Clean malty sweetness. Mild noble hop flavor. Clean finish.

Overall Impression (2)
This beer had a pronounced fruitiness when it was first tapped, that has completely vanished three months later.

Tin Lizzie Hefeweizen

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

5.50% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5808)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow opaque. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Banana. Bread. Banana bread.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, smooth and a little fizzy. Big wheat malt flavor, banana, and yeast. Lots of banana and some yeast in the finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Just tapped today!
Date: August 12, 2003 (#5067)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression
Golden, hazy. Thick head. Banana and mild clove aroma. Medium-light body, moderate carbonation. Lots and lots of banana and lots of sweet wheat.
Date: September 30, 1996 (#1845)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Yellow, filtered, chill haze. Good head. Very faint hint of banana aroma. Big wheat flavor. A bit sour, a bit bitter.

Toil & Trubbel Dubbel

Belgian-Style Dubbel

8.10% abv.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6217)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Deep bright red. Low head.

Aroma (2½)
Roasty, sweet. Sweet coffee.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Low carbonation. Pretty sweet and really roasty. Way too roasty.

Overall Impression (1½)
There might be a good Dubbel in there, but the roastiness covers it completely.

Uncle Ivan's Dunkelweizen

South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Weissbier

4.90% abv.

Date: December 20, 2005 (#5809)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Red opaque. High carbonation. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty, caramel.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, pretty smooth. Lots of toasty, raisiny, sweet malt flavor with a generous hint of banana. Real smooth, malty, toasty finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Higher carbonation wouldn't hurt.

Wilsteraner Altbier

German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier

5.60% abv.

Date: June 29, 2006 (#6029)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown, slight haze. Good head.

Aroma (3)
Mild toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Big resiny bitterness up front, marred by a mild lactic tartness. Good dark Munich malt flavor.

Overall Impression (1½)
I've had better...I've had worse.