ROAK Brewing Co.
Client Brewer
in
Marshall,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Benchmark Beverage Co.
Associated Venue: ROAK Brewing Co.
- Out of business
Established in 2015
Contact
511 S Kalamazoo Ave, Marshall, MI, 49068, United States
Description
Made with every kind of love. Hoppy. Sour. Juicy. Dark. Malted. Zesty. And barrel-aged.
You’re here because you love craft. And we’re here because we love to craft. Every day, we brew beer the way it was meant to be made, full of heart from grain to glass. Independent since day one, our team in Marshall, MI, brings the best out of every ingredient — from the grain and hops to the barrels we use to age our sours — because the easiest thing to taste is imperfection. Enjoy a brew at our beer garden in Marshall or find us across Michigan and Ohio on tap and on shelves.
Admin Note: Originally located in Royal Oak, MI, ROAK closed their original location in 2021 and moved to Marshall, MI after purchasing Dark Horse.
You’re here because you love craft. And we’re here because we love to craft. Every day, we brew beer the way it was meant to be made, full of heart from grain to glass. Independent since day one, our team in Marshall, MI, brings the best out of every ingredient — from the grain and hops to the barrels we use to age our sours — because the easiest thing to taste is imperfection. Enjoy a brew at our beer garden in Marshall or find us across Michigan and Ohio on tap and on shelves.
Admin Note: Originally located in Royal Oak, MI, ROAK closed their original location in 2021 and moved to Marshall, MI after purchasing Dark Horse.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce can. 11.4% ABV. Nearly opaque black brown color. Frothy tan head. Spotty lacing. Roasted malt aroma hints at vanilla, cinnamon and maple. Flavor follows nose. Bittersweet chocolate, cinnamon, maple and a hint of oakiness. Somewhat thin for a big stout. Light on complexity and depth. Dryish bitter finish and aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2021
at 05:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler Powell.
Tried
from Growler
on 15 Sep 2021
at 15:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2021
at 19:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 30 Mar 2021
at 00:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Backlog. Hazy pale yellow pour with a white head. It smells of wheat, yeast, and spice. It’s sweetish with wheat and yeast and a little spice. Light. It’s kind of underwhelming.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2021
at 17:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a pitch black with a finger of brown head that dissipates. Prune and cacao nib on the nose with warming bourbon and light oak aromas. More of the same on the palate with some roasted coffee and molasses that comes out. More bourbon. A bit thin on the palate, but overall pretty solid...especially for the price point.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 25 Jan 2021
at 03:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a dark brown to black with a small bit of beige head. Lots of maple syrup and cinnamon on the nose. More of the same on the palate. Some maple kit kat vibes. More cinnamon. Light on the barrel, but as it warms up some slight warming bourbon notes come out I guess.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 09 Jan 2021
at 05:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Big pounder can. 3$ at chalet in north lime, nice place. Nose is cranberry, not artificial. Foamy all over the place head goes down. It a craggy slightly pink head. This head thing happens with every top off. The taste is so tart. This is more like a real lambic, not a gose. Yes, it is that wildly tart. If it is a gose, it lacks any of that so called salt. This stuff is so tart It makes me pucker and shudder after every swig. I bet its eating away at my enamel, LOL. Yes, I am really enjoying this session. As a tart wild beer lover, I have not had a beer this far into the PH scale for a while, its got to be a 2! Great beer session, yummy ending.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2020
at 21:04
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is pure gold pale ale. Scent is stimulating sweet spice. Taste is big apple on top of rude lager; maybe ale. No, this is not really a sour wildly beer, forgettahbahttit. Its an overly spiced brew with lots of artificial apple and shit spices, oops, I mean flavor. Too much like an apple fruit beer wanna bee with the added cloying spice to cover up and reinforce the artificial aspects. A little out of bounds to allow this to be placed into the same style a as a natural wild brew. Well, in the end, it is what it is. Didn't have high expectation and found out I was correct. To put this into the same style as North Country Lurnberry Sour Ale , Helltown Kriek, Beaver Open Fermented Wild, Draai Laag Red Briar or even Church Brew Sour Piet is a big mistake. Please, separate sour and wild, for beers sake, no pun intended. This beer is not bad overall, it just comes across as unnatural at times. Just a tad of trying to be real. There you have it.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2020
at 21:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Bright amber gold pour. Large rocky beige head. Citrus aroma hints at orange and grapefruit. Bittersweet citrus hops are balanced by a light crisp malt backbone. Lots of pine and black pepper notes in the dry finish. Some warming alcohol as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2020
at 05:17