Griffin Claw Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Birmingham,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Griffin Claw Brewing Company’s official opening day may be July 18th, 2013 but it all started when Dan Rogers began working his magic at Big Rock Chophouse in Birmingham, MI. Dan had been brewing since 1991 and eventually found his way to Big Rock in 2004, this is the unofficial start of Griffin Claw. Dan continued hammering out amazing beers in the small confines of Big Rock and the Michigan beer community started taking notice. It wasn’t until 2010 that his name and beers received a lot more attention. 2010 was a big year, winning two World Beer Cup medals for Norm’s Raggedy Ass and Bonnie’s Raggedy Ass.
Griffin Claw’s culture is that of growth. Our path to get where we are has been a quick one but it’s because of our people. We are centered around young, hungry, active beer enthusiasts – with a foundation of grizzled vets. Our love for this Great Beer State is increased as the days go on and we love the industry that we’re in.
Griffin Claw’s culture is that of growth. Our path to get where we are has been a quick one but it’s because of our people. We are centered around young, hungry, active beer enthusiasts – with a foundation of grizzled vets. Our love for this Great Beer State is increased as the days go on and we love the industry that we’re in.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Brownish red, clear, medium head. Malt and caramel aroma. Malty taste with almond, nutmeg and a little vanilla. Balanced bitterness.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2024
at 18:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Systembolaget. Dark reddish/amber with a medium head. Sweet with caramel, malt, butterscotch and light dried fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2024
at 13:35
8/10
Maybe coffee stouts are growing on me, maybe it's just damn good coffee in here. Medium light bodied, easy drinking upfront, mid and finish are packing espresso, dark chocolate, and bourbon with lingering espresso notes. Thanks FlandersNed !
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2024
at 19:06
8.4/10
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2024
at 14:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out amber color topped with a sand head. Nose is sweet caramel toffee malts some nice bourbon barrel vanilla notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts rich bourbon barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2024
at 15:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 31 Jan 2024
at 18:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 28 Jan 2024
at 23:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 oz can. A fully hazy yellow pour with a white head. Tropical pineapple, mango aroma with orange. Flavor has orange and grapefruit matched up with the tropical mango and pineapple. Very ripe fruit flavors, maybe even a bit too much. Still now bad.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2024
at 04:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
16oz canned 11/5/2020, drunk 12/21/23. Clear, dark mahogany. Fizzy, tan head slowly fizzles to cover. For three years this is still a shocking amount of spice....it's not as intense and piercing, but it's still dominant. Barely any room for malt and even less bourbon character. Not boozey. Some light vanilla, molasses and chocolate lingering. More malty in flavor with fizzy, loose carbonation and heavy, nearly burning spice character. Light bourbon, but it's washed away by ginger and nutmeg. Body is medium, not as rich and thick as it needs to be for the abv or all of this insane spice. It's clean, it's malty, it's not too sweet or boozey, but it's just not thick enough and the spice is overdone. When it's still too over-spiced at over three years, you done screwed up.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2023
at 23:53