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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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. pours a clear straw gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Bready malt aromas with some light grain and mineral yeast aromas. Balanced on the palate with some dry faint peppery notes alongside slight sweet honey malt notes. Crisp and clean finish with lingering bread and mild pepper.
Tried from Can from Holiday Market on 02 Feb 2020 at 01:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a hazy, deep golden color with a full 2 fingers of off-white foam that linger. Kaffir lime aromas with cantaloupe, honeydew melon and mandarin notes. Smooth on the palate with a slight, creamy citrusy character on the palate. Slight pine and pith on the finish, but bitterness is fairly restrained. Lingering creamy stone fruit and citrus.
Tried from Can from Holiday Market on 18 Jan 2020 at 01:22

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz crowler from the brewery. Pours a very reddish amber with a purplish pink head. Lemony aroma. Flavor is mostly lemonade, somewhat of a berry flavor I suppose, but mostly just lemonade. Sweet and tart. Tastes just fine, but not much in the way of beer-y flavors.
Tried from Crowler on 29 Dec 2019 at 04:48

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz crowler from the brewery. Pours a very red amber with a light pinkish head. Strong raspberry aroma. Flavor is strong raspberry, definitely quite tart, and juicy. Not much to say, it's good at what it is.
Tried from Crowler on 28 Dec 2019 at 05:11

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a dark pure black hue with a medium this beige head. A big butterscotch and bourbon nose. Sadly, tons of butter here, no way this is intentional. Also, light vanilla, roast, cocoa. OK. Not quite right.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2019 at 08:28

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a pitch black hue with almost no head. A big sweet nice, peanut butter, vanilla, roast. Certainly decadent, rich toffee, caramel, soft sugary peanut butter. Very nice, the base is big roast and holds up. 13.5% not 10.8.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2019 at 07:56

8/10
Rye boi
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2019 at 19:27

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours golden with a light haze and a white head. Citrus, floral hop aroma. Flavor floral and citrus hops with some apple early on. Moderate, smooth bitterness. Pretty nice.
Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2019 at 02:30

8/10
Solid stout, nice nuttiness
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2019 at 19:28

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at tasting. Dark brown to black color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, roast, cocoa, chocolate, malt and roest bitter. Decent body. 8-3-8-3-16
Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2019 at 19:01