Each brewery has a specific taste.

Yep. Lagunitas immediately comes to mind, along with Russian River.

 

Rogue....Pacman Yeast

 

Just about every New Belgium brew has a biscuity tone to it.

It's the yeast, basically.

 

Lagunitas, for me.

Also, Boston Lager has a distinct biscuit aftertaste, I find.

 

Definately Lagunitas for me, glad to see others taste it too.. It seems everyone of their IPAs i drink taste very similar.

 

Stone. Very unique.

 

It's probably the yeast strain used that is helping you to identify the company.

 

Definitiely the yeast but I would also add the water used.

 

It's called "house character"

 

Yeast and various techniques are probably the biggest culprits, but I also feel the chemistry of the local water is a big contributor to a specific brand's taste, especially if you don't bother overly purifying/balancing the water. I feel there's a regional element to be had that can be distinguished when you look at west coast vs. east coast beers, and even foreign vs. domestic.

P.S. I love your avatar.

 

Definitely get the same taste from almost all NB beers - it works in some, some others I'd prefer if it weren't there. Lagunitas and Great Lakes are two others I find to have a common profile across their lineups.

 

I'm almost positive the biscuit note comes from their use of biscuit (aka "victory") malt, not the yeast.

 

Alpine

 

I can't believe no one has mentioned Victory, New Glarus, and Unibroue yet. They all have very similar tastes across their lineup, almost certainly because of the yeast as others have mentioned.

 

Breweries pick house yeasts, the brewer may also have certain tastes he/she prefers (brewer or group of brewers), or they might have gotten a sale on a particular specialty malt and are just working through a pallet of Special B...

I like everything Founders makes. I wonder if it's partially because of the yeast quality? Idk

 

Unibroue's goddamn yeast.

 

Yeast evolution based on fermentation techniques and wort chemistry over time = house character.

 

Something about the water in most Dogfish Head beers has always turned me off, or maybe it's the yeast they use. Tastes and smells like a moldy basement to me.