Atwater Brewery

Regional Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Tilray Brands
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1997

Contact
237 Jos Campau, Detroit, MI, 48207, United States
Subsidiaries
Atwater Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
“Founded in 1997, Atwater Block Brewery made its debut in Detroit, Michigan in the historic Rivertown district. The original owner’s reasoning and focus was to bring back the Bohemian style lager that Stroh’s Brewing Company had made famous in the mid 1800’s. The passion for beer started in 1848 when the first mass produced beer was bottled in the Detroit area. So although Detroit is known for being the Motor city, at one time Michigan had more production breweries than anyone in the country. Atwater wanted to re-invent that product back in 1997 of making German style Lagers. The owners purchased a Kasper Schulz, the oldest makers of brewing equipment in the world! It was purchased at a trade show in 1996 and by 1997 Atwater was producing beer!

Atwater currently holds true to making traditional German style lagers, along with unique boutique ales. Rieth says, “We’ve analyzed the marketplace and studied what consumers really want in a beer and have successfully provided this for them”. Atwater keeps things fun around the brewery, never taking things too seriously; a favorite slogan around here, “We drink all we can and sell the rest”. Rieth says the company recently became international when beer was shipped to Munich, Germany in a partnership with an all-American craft beer tap house. Today the brewery is thriving and expanding at its original Joseph Campau location, including a full scale Biergarten and Tap House. We recently opened Atwater in the Park which is located 8 miles from the brewery in a renovated church serving unique styles and great food, along with Atwater Spirits and Wine. Atwater in Grand Rapids opened its doors in October 2016 and is located in the renovated Rowe Hotel downtown.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at Cask & Craft.
Pours clear golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Caramel malts, pine, grapefruit, grassy, resin, bitter finish.
Good Pale Ale

Tried from Draft at Cask & Craft Local Spirits and Bites - DTW on 11 Dec 2025 at 14:59


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 19 Jul 2025 at 22:16


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draft from Habitat. Cloudy yellow wispish white head. Mild bananas and lemon. Ok but not amazing

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 01:12


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. A clear gold with smallish head. Mostly hops aroma. Grassy tasate and hops.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:03


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draftt I don’t know if they had the beer hooked up properly because this was dark and malty for an imp ipa. I even had then pour out a sample to make sure.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 01:01


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught from peculier pub. Poured dark and tasted like sour cherries, naturally. Better than expected.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. Poured a dark color, very creamy and rich and bready and malty. Maybe a bit too heavy for a double bock, almost portery.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:58


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft from blue smoke. Pours a clearish but not shiny gold. A bit of a floral aroma. Taste is clean and kolschy. One of the better american kolsches.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 00:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Draft from ginger man. Pours dark - obvious vanilla flavoring. not too bad.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 00:57


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Poured a calm dark. Needed a bit more malt and a bit less fruit IMO.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:57