Barrel + Beam
Microbrewery
in
Marquette,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: barrel + beam
Established in 2018
Contact
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.
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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce can from Bigfoot Liquor Florence, WI, 4/21/24. Very light pink, thin white head, poor retention. Aroma of heavy funk, pepper, cherry. Taste is cherry, pepper, vegetal notes. pale malt, lemony sour. Mild tartness. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2024
at 02:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 4/20/24. Hazy orange, medium off-white head, average retention. Aroma of bready malt, citrus, floral. Taste is bready malt, celery, citrus, brett. Dry, well balanced.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 07:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery, 4/20/24. Black, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of berry, toast, molasses. Taste is plum, cherry, molasses, mild funk. Nice.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 07:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shared at the April 2024 PS tasting, 4/13/24. Hazy orange, thin white head, average retention. Aroma of funk, pepper, bready malt. Taste is stone fruit, citrus, mild funk. Simple, well balanced.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2024
at 03:50
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Undated can drunk 12/26/24.
Tried clear and adding some sediment. Sahtis are often fairly cloudy. Deep.copper. massively carbonated, off-white head.
Rustic and mellow with no punchy acidity. Bit of light juniper, low breadiness. Good maltiness with strong mineral.
Juicy juniper is tasteful and the malt is deep and supple. Despite the carbonation level, the can conditioning prevents it from being problematic. Not too bready, but enough to-style. Rustic, flavorful and mellow, despite being a cleaner example. This brewery kills it.
Tried clear and adding some sediment. Sahtis are often fairly cloudy. Deep.copper. massively carbonated, off-white head.
Rustic and mellow with no punchy acidity. Bit of light juniper, low breadiness. Good maltiness with strong mineral.
Juicy juniper is tasteful and the malt is deep and supple. Despite the carbonation level, the can conditioning prevents it from being problematic. Not too bready, but enough to-style. Rustic, flavorful and mellow, despite being a cleaner example. This brewery kills it.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 27 Dec 2024
at 10:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Undated can drunk 12/24/24.
Clear, very pale, white gold. No head. Lots of protein or yeast break in solution.
Lactic and light Brett with dull tannin and zero juiciness. Very bland with only the fruitiness coming from yeast.
Incredibly dry in the mouth. Not thin or watery but like we're talking negative finishing gravity here. Gotta have some sweetness, fruit, roundness, sumptuousness....something! Not so here.
Clear, very pale, white gold. No head. Lots of protein or yeast break in solution.
Lactic and light Brett with dull tannin and zero juiciness. Very bland with only the fruitiness coming from yeast.
Incredibly dry in the mouth. Not thin or watery but like we're talking negative finishing gravity here. Gotta have some sweetness, fruit, roundness, sumptuousness....something! Not so here.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 24 Dec 2024
at 21:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Capped half liter bottle, 12/23/23. Hazy purple, thin tan head, poor retention. Aroma of pepper, funk, sweet blueberry, oak. Taste is blueberry, pepper, oak, vegetal, grape, mustard-like note. Mild tartness. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 22:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Capped half liter bottle from Ridgeview Liquor, 12/23/23. Hazy pale gold, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of brett, citrus, bready malt. Taste is brett, hay, sweet lemon, citrus, pale malt, some curry-like spice notes and umami. Well balanced and bright. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 22:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Capped bottle from Ridgeview Liquor, 11/20/23. Hazy orange, thin white head, average retention. Aroma of cherry, grape, funk. Taste is grape, cherry, pale malt, toast. Mild tartness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 21:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Undated can drunk 12/1/24. Bright, deep, honey-maize-beeswax. Small, off-white head quickly to ring. Beautiful nose shows almost no lactic character with tons of fruity Brett and Sacch; noticeable saison quality, and rich, honey-like malt to balance. No aggressive oak, no acetic. Bright pineapple-apricot-lemon-kiwi, again very Brett and Sacch focused with just a bit of tart lactic character. Oak is extremely mild, providing light tannin structure, with plentiful, attenuated malt depth. Juicy, fruity, malty, mellow. Lots of Sacch saison character which is impressively not lost in the other aspects.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2024
at 18:59