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.

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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Thin ring tan head. Clear black pour. Alcohol and bourbon in the aftertaste. Very nice indeed.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2015 at 15:40

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
No head; hazy peach-coloured beer. Mineral, lactic acid, lemon, citrus. Sweetish-sour; bone-dry, but again a bit weyish (as the IPA), faint mineral from the nose repeated. Marked dry-out effect, light carbonation and ditto body. Definitely citrussy, but I wouldn’t have hazarded grapefruit. Far from bad! Thanks to M. & L. V.!
Tried on 18 Oct 2015 at 03:40

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No head or carbonation left; red-ochre beer. Grapefruit, milkwey, babymilk, exotic fruit, mild. Wry-bitterish taste, woody, grapefruitpeel, walnut peel. Not very lively [tasted in less than ideal circumstances], medium bodied at best. Good IPA Thanks to Louis and Mathieu!
Tried on 18 Oct 2015 at 02:35

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Thanks to ElManana+1! 32 oz. growler sampled @ “Tim’s orgasmic Trillium tasting”. Light golden, small white head. Nose is sweetish pine resin, caramel, orange, some sweetish butter. Taste is buttery pine resin, oily, caramel, touch butterscotch, malt, USA hops & some sugar. Body is lower carbonation & some butter. Okay beer, touch too sweetish & buttery for me.
Tried on 17 Oct 2015 at 06:48

7.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Witch's Hat Train Hopper IPA (by Witch's Hat Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

16/X/15 - 1L growler @ home - BB: n/a (2015-1488) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!

Clear orange beer, small irregular aery head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: very fruity, mango, melons, hoppy, exotic fruits, sweet, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter, fruity, bit sweet, citrus, resinous touch. Aftertaste: very bitter, citrus, mango, fruity, pineapple, bitter, resinous notes.
Tried from Growler on 16 Oct 2015 at 15:01

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at One Eyed Betty’s in Ferndale. Pours black with an off-white head. Lots of coffee in the aroma, chocolate. Flavor again lots of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, molasses, and cream/malted milk ball. Clean palate. Showcases the coffee flavor well.
Tried from Draft on 13 Oct 2015 at 23:59

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Brian. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong vanilla, roast, cocoa. Medium mouth, roast, dark chocolate, vanilla bean, bourbon, lingering bitterness, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2015 at 22:40

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Bottle. Pours orange amber white head. Nose/taste of booze, citrus, hot alcohol, sweet caramel, light bourbon and oak - full bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2015 at 23:58

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Re-rate 4/18/2021 from a 12 oz can. Pours a lightly hazed yellow with a white head. Yeasty green grape/pear pale malt aroma. Similarly yeasty flavor, green grape and pear. Not too sweet. Palate is full, but still has a nice lightness to it. Very good.
Original rating 2015: Growler pour from the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy deep golden with a white head. Yeasty clove and bubble gum aroma, green grape. Flavor is similar, but kind of on the light side for a tripel.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2015 at 01:35

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Growler pour. Pours a murky brown with an off-white head. Heavy sticky caramel aroma. Toasty malt and caramel flavors, some grape and peated malt. Pretty nice.
Tried from Growler on 06 Feb 2015 at 23:43