Greyline Brewing Co. - Grand Rapids

Excited for this to open. I know they have equipment and are starting to brew very soon, so I would guess in the next couple months. official date should come out soon

 

They have been doing a lot of work on the building inside and out over the last two months. Really looking forward to this as well. I think MLIVE is going to do another article on them soon (maybe next couple weeks).

Did he do malted milk ball too? I "heard" the person who owned the recipe left and that is why they no longer brew it. Not sure if it is true....but makes sense since it was one of their more popular beers and no where to be seen.

 

I think that brewer and recipe went to Bravo Zulu in TC, although I don't know if he ever brewed that beer there, or if he left there and is now starting this brewery.

 

I could be very wrong..But I think Malted Milkball is Nate's recipe... My reasoning is this...Bravo Zulu has never brewed Malted Milkball...Which, imo would be stupid as people would come all over the place to have that beer..They push the heck out of that cherry bomb, which is real good..But its not MM

 

It is his, was the last big thing he did there before he left. not totally sure of recipe ownership, but he definitely brewed the milkball

 

I can confirm....Sam Sherwood at Bravo Zulu is the "owner" of the Malted Milk Ball recipe. He used to make it at The Walldorff in Hastings before he went to Perrin

 

So we have one for Nate and one for Sam. I hope its Nate since that is 3 minutes from my house and Bravo is 2 hours.

If Sam, kind of weird that he doesn't brew it at Bravo...but who knows, maybe there is a batch in barrels right now.

 

When talking with Nate about the beer while it was on tap, he mentioned that it was his "last horah", the conversation was slightly after Nate had left Perrin. To me, this means that it was his.

I do not recall ever seeing the Milkball at Waldorff or Sam ever mentioning it before, However, I am not local to Waldorff and it could have happened. I really don't care who it belongs to, Nate and Sam both make great beer, and both breweries will succeed. I hope that which ever one it does belong to(strongly believe Nate), will make it again. I do not think this is an important enough question to bother them with a phone call, but if it comes up in conversation I will ask.

 

You may have missed the "I can confirm" part....it is Sams beer. He hasn't made it at BZ because the owners don't have the funds to process it. The amount of malt in that beer is mind blowing (think Monster29 and its struggle to be made again)! I visited Sam last month and he talked about the owners seeking someone to lease part of the brewery out because of all the unused space and amount they spend on rent.

Malted Milk Ball was on tap at Walldorff for months at a time when Sam was there with no one buying it because it was too heavy for the locals...I used to score growlers of it so he could turn the tap over to something locals would drink

 

Talked to Sam. He did indeed write the recipe and brew Malted Milk-ball. Sorry for misinformation, I guess I must have mis-remembered the conversation with Nate. Kinda bummed, because I was hoping Nate would brew this at Greylline .

 

And just incase people still dont believe who did it..

 

Really excited for this one to open!

 

Wow.....and no shout out???

 

It's not very widely known even though Sam posted it on his FB page. The brewery has a PR in the works. IMO, Right Brain does have the space to do a Malted Milk Baltic Porter!

 

Just got the PR from Right Brain. Officially Sam has been hired as their head brewer.

 

Anybody hear anything new lately?