Witch's Hat Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
South Lyon,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Witch's Hat Brewing Company
Established in 2011
Contact
601 S Lafayette St, South Lyon, MI, 48178, United States
Description
Our story begins with a Bat. Instead of seeing the Bat as a symbol we should fear, we trusted our bat to be a symbol of re-birth, intuition, dreaming and vision. Bats are nurturing and in tune to the sensitivity of others within their group.
Bats are the Guardian of the Night. Bats are the symbol of the end of a way of life and the start of another. Trust your instincts, follow your bat. In 2010, like many others in Michigan, we lost our jobs. Both of us. At the same time. We had just welcomed our first baby into the world. The job market was terrible. Money was running out.
One night, a bat flew into our living room, what we now can see as a positive omen. It was shortly after that we scraped every last penny together and took a gamble on our dreams. Being unemployed and getting an SBA loan was hard, most said it would be impossible. We fought, and we made it.
We take pride in the craft we have a passion for. Being a gathering place and giving back is a huge part of who we are and a symbol of our gratitude for the community that embraces and supports us. Everything is connected.
Luck brought us our Bat and it is our mission to spread the symbol of the Bat onto you. Thank you for indulging in our dreams, sharing our visions and most of all, for keeping us happily employed.
Bats are the Guardian of the Night. Bats are the symbol of the end of a way of life and the start of another. Trust your instincts, follow your bat. In 2010, like many others in Michigan, we lost our jobs. Both of us. At the same time. We had just welcomed our first baby into the world. The job market was terrible. Money was running out.
One night, a bat flew into our living room, what we now can see as a positive omen. It was shortly after that we scraped every last penny together and took a gamble on our dreams. Being unemployed and getting an SBA loan was hard, most said it would be impossible. We fought, and we made it.
We take pride in the craft we have a passion for. Being a gathering place and giving back is a huge part of who we are and a symbol of our gratitude for the community that embraces and supports us. Everything is connected.
Luck brought us our Bat and it is our mission to spread the symbol of the Bat onto you. Thank you for indulging in our dreams, sharing our visions and most of all, for keeping us happily employed.
6/10
Tried
on 09 Mar 2018
at 23:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours a cloudy gold orange. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Flavor is juicy grapefruit, pine, orange. Very light on the bitterness, but the juicy hops are great.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2018
at 06:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the Logan's Alley. Pours black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dry dark grains with roasted malts and a light earthiness. Flavor is similar with dry dark grains, roasted malts and a bit of oyster in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2018
at 17:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours a near black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of peanut butter supported by dark grains, roasted malts, chocolate and touch of raspberry. Flavor has red fruits and peanut with sweet dark grains backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2018
at 02:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours a clear deep amber brown with a brown head that dissipates completely. Aroma is toffee forward with sweet grains and bread supporting. Flavor has earthy bread with a bit of sweet grains and a growing toffee presence.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 23:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours a hazy amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has raisins, fig and sweet grains with Belgian yeast underlying. Flavor has sweet grains and raisins with growing fig and a bit of Belgian yeast.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 23:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours a clear gold with a red hue and a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains and light flora with a bit of cookie underlying. Flavor has straw and sweet grains with bread and a bit of grass underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 23:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours a very dark brown with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dry dark grains with earthy roast and a bit of bitter chocolate. Flavor has dark grains and roasted malts with a bit of dry coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 22:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small beige head, dissipates to some lacing. Aroma is bourbon, mocha, hints of vanilla. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter, lots of bourbon, cocoa beans. Vanilla light. Oak tannins. Medium plus body. Hot. Pleasant enough, but not top tier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2018
at 02:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small creamy brown head, dissipate slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is heavy on the espresso, ashtray, coffee grounds, cocoa powder. Flavor is medium plus sweet, fully bitter, heavy heavy coffee. Cacao beans, hints of leather. Full body, lingering bitterness. Rich mocha with minimal bourbon influence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 21:49