Barrel + Beam

Microbrewery in Marquette, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: barrel + beam - Out of business

Established in 2018

Closed in 2026

Contact
260 Northwoods Rd, Marquette, MI, 49885, United States
Description
We pour our hearts into our passionate pursuit of bottle-conditioned farmhouse ales.
Fall in love with our special beers —extraordinary is at the heart of what we do best!

Located in Marquette, Michigan, we’re solely focus on crafting world-class farmhouse and barrel-aged real ale. Our name reflects the intersection of Old-World process with New-World taste and premium ingredients.

Not just another craft brewery…

Michigan is home to over 300 craft breweries. So, why do we need another one? Here are four ways that Barrel + Beam is different:

Family of Ales

Barrel + Beam opened in January 2018 as the region’s lone farmhouse ales brewery; a genre that allows a range of flavors, textures and nuance grounded by dry drinkability.

Michigan Sourced Ingredients

The Great Lakes State could just as well be called The Great Fruit State. Michigan grown apples, peaches, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, among others, find their place in our seasonal and limited releases. The growth in Michigan’s hop, malt and brewer’s yeast industries, combined with our freshwater, has allowed for 100% Michigan sourced ale to be crafted. Ale with pure Michigan terroir is a cornerstone of Barrel + Beam.

Oak Aging

Aging in oak wine barrels provides the ultimate environment for house culture to thrive and produce the most refreshing, complex and distinct ales. Many of our ales spend a year or longer in oak, often with an addition of Michigan fruit.

Bottle Conditioning

This finishing touch is the only way to ensure fine, Champagne-like carbonation and perfectly soft foam when poured. Like wine, beer that is bottle conditioned often gets better with time.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy medium orange body, thin off-white head. Aroma mostly Bretty funk, with notes of tart lemon, horse blanket, and sulfur. Crisp, biting body, initially tart then dusty, woody, and sulfuric, with grape and lemon. It's weird pouring these from the can, as everything about the beer suggests an old, dusty bottle. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2023 at 22:11

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from 8 Degrees Plato. Pours a hazy, straw gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Great lacing down the glass. Lemon, horseblanket and lime zest on the nose. Palate has more of the same with a nice funk throughout. Good carbonation. Drying finish with grass and citrus zest. Very nice.
Tried from Can at 8 Degrees Plato Beer Company - Detroit on 22 Jan 2023 at 01:53

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 6
Super hazy golden and pale straw coloured body with a hint of an orange glow with a thin off-white head that fades relatively quickly and leaves nothing up top or on the sides even after a few seconds. Aroma of super funky, dry, grassy and bretty notes from the yeast with a bit of spontaneous fermentation and lactobilly notes, but the complexity is evident from the first sniff that the yeast has paid a big factor into this one, with ample support from the malts and even some noticeable hops here, make this nice in the nose. Light-bodied; Very crisp and grassy, herbal and perfumey profile up front with a noticeable, but fairly light malt backbone and somehow even a touch of smoke or pungency from very strong notes on the tail end that gives off an almost acidic quality that brings out some complexity and pungency in a not so great way. Aftertaste shows some dry lavender, earl grey and oversteeped english breakfast tea notes with a lot of bitterness and astringency, especially at the end that really can't be hidden, given that there isn't any real sugars here and no depth in the profile. Overall, a decent enough, complex and especially funky (in terms of yeast) bite, with some deep, astringent and quite bitter flavours here that give this an interesting depth, but a bit too bitter in too many odd spots make this not as good as it smelled and looked that it was going to be. Still, nice to sample from the great state of Michigan of course and if you have a can of this (like I did), it's better to drink this NOW and not wait any longer, there's really no hope for this one. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Siciliano's in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 03-August-2021 for US$4,37 sampled more than a year later here at my house here in Washington on 27-October-2022.
Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2022 at 08:13

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Capped half liter bottle from Ridgeview Liquor, 10/15/22. Gold, very slight haze. Thin white head, below average retention. Aroma of oak, pepper, orange. Taste is tart orange, oak, pale malt. Peach comes very very late. Pretty simple. Moderate sour. Well balanced. Just a touch thin.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2022 at 23:26

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle, shared by Ryan. Pours gold orange. Raspberry, funk, tart, intense tart, minerally, apricot. Spritz. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2022 at 21:21

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can, at share, thanks to Ryan. Pours hazy yellow. Funk, buttery, lemon, light juniper, yeasty. Medium body. Good.
Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2022 at 17:38

8.5/10
My favorite from them so far. The rye is surprisingly mild but really compliments the boughs of holly. I mean juniper. Very clean, stainless steel farmhouse. Would love a case of this on a camping trip. My first non-Wisconsin Sahti.
Tried from Can on 15 Sep 2022 at 21:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Pours a hazy yellow with a slight peach hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light grass and a hint of lemon with a bit of earthy flora and a touch of oak backing. Flavor has lemon and earthy flora with a bit of bread and oak supporting.
Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2022 at 03:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear, glowing straw gold with a finger of foam that dissipates. Lovely saison yeast focused nose with lemon, pineapple and light mint notes on the nose. More of the same on the palate. Notes of clove, crackery malt and mineral notes with the same tropical notes from the hops. Highly drinkable and refreshing. Reminds me a lot of Blackberry Farm (which is a good thing!).
Tried from Can from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 31 May 2022 at 02:40

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 29 May 2022 at 18:45