2016 Michigan Brewer's Guild Summer Beer Festival

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by westlaunboy, Jul 1, 2016.

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  1. Nosnum

    Nosnum Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2007 Michigan

    I am going today. Any favorites from yesterday that are a must try?

    Cheers!
     
  2. patol8

    patol8 Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2010 Michigan

    Night furys from Witches Hat were all great, Smells like a citra safety meeting from dh, Ascension had some good ones... 17.1% ba stout. Rasberry Wild One and BA Expedition were great from Bells. The cocktail beers from Greenbush that I tried were all pretty terrible. Livery was kind of a letdown with their list.
     
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  3. caber2615

    caber2615 Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2011 Michigan

    Dragontrax and BA Expo...just keep going back and forth.

    Thats all you need to know.
     
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  4. mrebeka

    mrebeka Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 Michigan

    Arclight Brewing Caramel Coffee and Opus Kriek were both amazing.
    Bell's BA Coffee Consecrator was also fantastic.
    Founder's was a dud; per usual.
     
  5. patol8

    patol8 Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2010 Michigan

    Highly recommend the beer brisket tacos for food.
     
  6. Jmorey

    Jmorey Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2015 Michigan

    Got a beer and just got back in line at witches hat 3 times. Wasn't mad :slight_smile: dragon trax, vanilla night furry, cookies and cream, espresso, mirror, salted Carmel thing. (Had sonne of other people's)

    BA expo was amazing

    Sad that barrel aged toonilla from dark horse was out

    Had a LOT of good beer today.
     
  7. sculls65

    sculls65 Zealot (745) Dec 15, 2008 Michigan

    Went Friday night, had a blast as always. But my question is with this many breweries and beers, what is the chance that 1 beer never gets drank?? I had 16 and think the most I've ever sampled is 18.
     
  8. Cbusssted

    Cbusssted Initiate (0) Jul 3, 2012 Ohio

    If you didn't try Witch's Hat Wine Barrel Gose you missed out.
     
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  9. MadLatvian

    MadLatvian Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2015 Michigan

    How big are the pours?
     
  10. sculls65

    sculls65 Zealot (745) Dec 15, 2008 Michigan

    3-6 oz depending on who's pouring.
     
  11. biga7346

    biga7346 Zealot (686) Jun 19, 2010 Michigan
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    Bruh, that Ascension lineup though...
     
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  12. Jmorey

    Jmorey Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2015 Michigan

    Sadly didn't find them until the very end but the one i had was crazy good.
     
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  13. FEUO

    FEUO Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2012 Canada (ON)

    Highlights (and things I haven't tried before):
    - Arclight Mango and Kriek Opus (incredible, best MI sours I've ever had)
    - Arclight Coffee + Caramel Berrien County Stout
    - DH Citra Safety Meeting
    - Bells BA Expo
    - Founders BA Redankulous
    - Ascension You Too Much, Too Much (that 17.1% beast)
    - DH BA TOONilla
    - Fetch BA Mad Swag
    - Vivant Devastation
    - Pike 51 Crooked Rode
    - Witch's Hat Batch 500 Sour Train Hopper

    I was there both days and tried quite a bit. I only went back for seconds on the Opus beers from Arclight.

    Had a few duds. The Greenbush cocktails were not good.
    But the worst was Lansing's Anthony Gose. Smelt and tasted like an old backroad motel room. Don't ask.
     
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  14. tommyz

    tommyz Initiate (0) May 28, 2007 Michigan

    First off, Thanks to all of you who came by and said Hello when I was pouring for Witch's Hat...Was great to see you! Second, thanks to all who stopped by for pours...We consistently had one of the longer lines at the fest and cannot thank everyone enough..I know Ryan and Erin continue to be blown away by your support, both at the fest and brewery...
     
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  15. tommyz

    tommyz Initiate (0) May 28, 2007 Michigan

    On a personal note, I just want to give a shout out to Arclight Brewing...To me, they were far and away the best "new" brewery I tried Saturday...Everything I had from there was pretty darn good..I really look forward to going out there at some period and time
     
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  16. Jmorey

    Jmorey Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2015 Michigan

    Wasn't mad about the line length. We would get a pour and then just go back in line and drink it. rinse and repeat 3 or 4 times :slight_smile:
     
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  17. FEUO

    FEUO Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2012 Canada (ON)

    Good to see you, Tommy. And I compeletely agree about Arclight. Damn.
     
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  18. WolvAlerine

    WolvAlerine Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2010 Michigan

    Another vote for Arclight! Those Opus sours... Amazing! Also, that place (Watervliet, and the brewery itself) is a trip. Visited the weekend of the 4th, and it was definitely a bit of juxtaposition. Really cool setup though, and I for one am jealous of their cellar...
     
  19. biga7346

    biga7346 Zealot (686) Jun 19, 2010 Michigan
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    Couldn't agree more. Elijah Craig BA Berrien County Stout ended up being my no. 1 for the fest...sorry Tommyz, WH Choc. Espresso NF was my no. 2 :wink:
     
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  20. BeyondDescription

    BeyondDescription Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2009 Vermont
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    Nice to see many of you. Holy hell, that was a hot one. I almost melted.
     
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