Wolverine State Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Wolverine State Brewing Co. - Out of business

Established in 2006

Contact
2019 W Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, United States
Description
In Michigan, we have a knack for being creative in less-than-ideal situations. Take Wolverine State Brewing Co., for example. Matt Roy and Trevor Thrall, WSBC’s founders, took a bad snowstorm, a Jeep, and a northbound route on I-75 and turned it into Michigan’s only lager-focused microbrewery.
The snowstorm delayed their trip for several hours, and, to kill the time, they started talking about the huge amount of beer they had stuffed in their cooler for their guys’ weekend. They had microbrews from all over Michigan, imports from Europe, St. Louis, and Milwaukee…
But, as they talked, they realized something was missing: a regular Michigan beer — a kickass, easily-approachable beer that all Michiganders could rejoice over. They spent the remaining hours wishing for such a thing to exist before realizing that they could either keep complaining, or they could do it themselves. And that’s how the idea for Wolverine Premium Lager, our flagship brew, was born.
A few years and a few additions later, we’re operating as the first and only all-lager microbrewery in the state of Michigan. We’re constantly pushing the envelope with what a lager can do -- we experiment with combined cultures, high-gravity lagers, and best-quality ingredients for the most balanced, unique, and innovative beers possible. Our Brewmaster, Oliver, along with brewer Karl and cellarmen Rick and Brandon, spend every day fanatically creating, caring for, and bottling each and every lager. We hope you love drinking it as much as we love making it!

Sold to new ownership in 2025, with the taproom closed, but plans to continue production and distribution of the brand.

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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a near clear brown with a yellowish brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma is a bit thin with some dark grain a bit of rye and bourbon with lager yeast. Flavor has more rye coming through that works nicely with the bourbon and a bit of dark grains underlying.

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2012 at 12:51


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

Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a hazy semi dark brown with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma kind of has a roasted malt note with some chocolate and a bit of earthy dark grains. Flavor has a dry creamy chocolate note with some roasted malts and coffee that adds a slight bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2012 at 12:02


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has a nice combination of dark bread and pine hoppiness with a hint of grapefruit. Flavor has even more of the pine/grass hops with a backing dark bread note. Drinks nicely.

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2012 at 09:01


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear brown with an amber hue and a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has note of breads and fresh grain with a hint of chocolate. Flavor has notes of dark grains and sweet chocolate with a hint of backing roast and toffee.

Tried from Draft on 22 Nov 2011 at 14:09


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

On tap at the at the brewpub. Pours a clear orangish amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of pumpkin with a bit of backing sweet grains and a hint of spice. Flavor has more spice with a good amount of pumpkin and some backing grain notes.

Tried from Draft on 22 Nov 2011 at 13:23


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours a near clear ear brown w a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of caramel backed by sweet and dark grains with a hint of bourbon. Flavor is similarly sweet with notes of sweet and dark grains with a pretty nice bourbon note.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jul 2011 at 14:38


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has notes of sweet grain with a hint of grassy hops with a hint of a floral notes. Flavor has much more of a biscuit note with a bit of popcorn and sweet grains.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jul 2011 at 14:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of caramel with a slight backing floral hop note. Flavor has a light caramel note with grain and a hint of hops.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jul 2011 at 14:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the brewery. Porued a clear brown with a slight red hue and a near white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had some sweet earthy grains, light chocolate and a slight biscuit backing. Flavor began with earthy grains and was joined by growing biscuit and sweet chocolate.

Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2010 at 13:40


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Poured a clear gold with a white head that dissipated completely. Aroma had a nice combination of citrus and pine with a slight earthy hay/grass backing. Flavor began with citrus but was might by a growing bitter pine to give the beer a bit of a bitter finish. There was a note of underlying hay through the flavor.

Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2010 at 13:33