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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Bottle shared at our Fury for a Feast Share. Thanks for pulling this out Adam. Pours a pitch black with no head. Sadly infected. Peanut butter Oud Bruin but awful.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:58

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Bottle shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a pitch black with a small beige head. Lots of peanut butter, coffee and dark cacao nib aromas. Good bitter chocolate notes with faint warming alcohol notes. Pretty smooth overall with the sweetness held in check by the coffee and roasted malt. Still drinking well.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:57

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
2020 can shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a pitch black with a finger of off-white foam that dissipates quickly. Lots of marshmallow and chocolate aromas. Thick and pretty viscous with similar marshmallow fudge flavors. Bit of Apple brandy like note present which may (or may not) be an off-flavor.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:56

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2020 can shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a pitch black with slight ruby red highlights and almost no head. Lots of coffee, faint char aromas. Coffee on the palate...raspberry underneath with a fairly bitter coffee finish. Too charr-y for me personally but raspberry was there and liked by many at the share.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:55

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
2020 can shared at our Fury for Feast share. Pours a pitch black with a small bit of beige head that dissipates slowly. Vanilla forward nose with light cinnamon and maple. Maple and vanilla play well on the palate. Light cinnamon. Quite good but gets a bit roasty as it warms.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:54

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2020 Can shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a deep brown to back with a finger of beige head that dissipates. Big chocolate tiramisu nose with lots of espresso notes. Vanilla and espresso on the palate. More tiramisu on the palate. Bitter and sweet finish. Really good.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:53

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2020 can shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a pitch black with a nice beige head that lingers. All the boysenberry on the nose. The ghost pepper is there but it is definitely reigned in and skillfully used. Really nice viscous, thick body with chocolate and berry flavors throughout. Lingering boysenberry, dark chocolate and light chili notes.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:52

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Pours a clearish plum purple color with a finger of pink foam that dissipates. Blackberry skin and fruit aromas with some mild smoke aromas as it warms. More of the same on the palate. Drying finish. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2020 at 03:51

8.4/10
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2020 at 19:18

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz can and former member of the surely I rated this already club. Pours a clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma is herbal, pine, spicy hops. Flavor has pine and herbal hops, toasty biscuit, a touch of butterscotch. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2020 at 00:53