Upper Hand® Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Escanaba,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Bell's Brewery
Associated Venue: Upper Hand Brewery
Established in 2014
Contact
Description
At Upper Hand Brewery, we believe that life’s mission is to do what you love, where you love, with the people you love. For us, that means brewing the best beer in the best place on Earth: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Our founder—Larry Bell of Bell’s Brewery— has always loved the U.P. His adoration is what got us here, but your support is what keeps us here. Thanks for choosing Upper Hand. Sip, share and enjoy.
Our founder—Larry Bell of Bell’s Brewery— has always loved the U.P. His adoration is what got us here, but your support is what keeps us here. Thanks for choosing Upper Hand. Sip, share and enjoy.
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear golden-copper color with a medium foamy off-white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Sticky strings of lace. Malty aroma with fruit and mild hops in the background. Light-bodied with flavors of roasted malt, fruit and mild earthy hops. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 18:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
This beer is a clear yellow-golden color with a medium thin white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Stringy lace. Floral hops, pineapple and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of floral hop, pineapple and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a pineapple and hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2025
at 20:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
This beer pours a clear copper-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Fruit, malt and hops in the nose. Light body with flavors of fruity yeast, earthy malt and mild hops. The finish is fruity with a grainy malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2025
at 20:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 27 Jan 2025
at 05:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige head that lingers. Bourbon and oak on the nose with chocolate as it warms ups. More oak on the palate with light espresso, cacao and vanilla. Slight warming finish with more bourbon, oak and chocolate. Very nice low ABV BA stout.
Tried
from Can
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 13 Jul 2024
at 04:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown with a finger of beige head that lingers. Big mikan, tangerine, pineapple and mango aromas on the nose. Faint hit of cocoa on the front end of the palate, but more fresh squeezed citrusy hops next to bright tropical fruit. Balanced finish without any bitterness. Blindfolded it would be extremely hard to tell this has dark malt at all. Impressive!
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2024
at 02:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Fairly hazy deep copper and nice bronze coloured body with a frothy and large three to four centimetre tall deep tan coloured head that fades slowly and covers the side of the glass with noticeable head. Aroma of deep and aromatic, piney and dank, grassy and herbal scents with a lot of hop bitterness here in the nose and a kick of resinous and sweet notes coupled with some deep caramelised sugar and rich malty characteristic that is pungent throughout. Medium-bodied; Rich and deep grassy and especially herbal, piney and flavourful hop flavours are balanced with strong malt and sweetness and show a lot of range, especially with deep hoppiness. Aftertaste is rich and robust with a lot of grainy and bitter, bready and caramel flavours and a dank, piney richness that really shows the hop bitterness at the end. Overall, a very old school, grainy and dank, piney IPA that doesn't apologise or back down - it's strong and deep, but balanced with a lot of malt and sweetness, too. Great to have from Michigan, especially the Upper Peninsula - very fresh - a nice old-school IPA option! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Kroger [grocery] in Livonia, Michigan on 23-October-2022 for US$8,99/six pack, packaged on 21-September-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 09-November-2022.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2024
at 06:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
on 07 Jan 2024
at 21:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can. Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a white head. Sticky grapefruit, pine, floral hops in the aroma. Flavor has grapefruit and pine, some herbal hops and caramel, with a nice sweetness. Definitely worthwhile.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2023
at 03:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz can. Pours a very slightly reddish amber with a white head. Berry aroma suggesting a bit of tartness. Light blueberry/raspberry flavor with lightly toasty pale malts. Light, but it works okay.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2023
at 22:04