Upper Hand® Brewery

Microbrewery in Escanaba, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Bell's Brewery
Associated Venue: Upper Hand Brewery

Established in 2014

Contact
3525 Airport Rd, Escanaba, MI, 49829, United States
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.

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has citrus and grass notes with a hint of light grains underlying. Flavor has light grass, light citrus and light grains supporting.
Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2017 at 18:01

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2016. Pours a clear brown with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of toffee, biscuit, sweet dark grains, roasted malts and a bit of bourbon. Flavor has roasted malts, dark grains, a good amount of bourbon, some biscuit and a hint of chocolate.
Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2017 at 21:25

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Pours a lightly hazy golden yellow, with mid-sized, lasting head. Lots of carbonation in this one. Aroma is very earthy, bready, grassy. Flavor is also quite earthy. More of a bready, sweet pale ale than one that favors the hops. Not really my favorite variety of pale ale, TBH.
Tried on 25 Feb 2017 at 13:07

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Clear deep golden body with a frothy white head, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of toasted grain, grass, biscuit. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/sticky texture, lively carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2017 at 07:29

8.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 9
On tap at Maduro. Pours a hazy deep amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains, sweet bread and caramel supported by bourbon. Flavor has caramel, bourbon and sweet grains with a bit of toffee underlying.
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2016 at 09:15

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at Maduro. Pours a clear rusty amber with a near white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has grass, pine and rye with some bread backing. Flavor has lots of rye and grass with bread and light pine notes plus a touch of resin.
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2016 at 09:15

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Amber body with a frothy, off-white head. Light aroma of toasted grain with a hint of floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Not much in the nose and too sweet in the finish. Light caramel taste with some citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2016 at 06:18

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a clear yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of straw, biscuit , sweet grains and a touch of grass. Flavor is similar with straw, sweet grains and biscuit supported by a slight grass note. Crisp.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2016 at 08:28

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy copper amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out resinous hops and sweet caramel malts in good balance. Flavour is along the same lines, with resinous hops and caramel malts, with a noticeable alcohol presence. A bit harsh, a bit sweet, but all in all, quite good.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2016 at 00:11

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of hay, straw, grass and a bit of earthy pine underlying. Flavor has lots of straw, grains and hay with some light musty grass supporting.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2016 at 17:22