Wolverine State Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in Ann Arbor,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Wolverine State Brewing Co.
- Out of business
Established in 2006
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Poured a clear earthy brown with a near white head that dissipated slowly to the edges and laced slightly. Aroma had notes of roasted malt, toast and a slight backing note of sweet chocolate. Flavor had notes of toast and biscuit with some growing sweet grain and a hint of sweet chocolate in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear light brown with a white head that dissipated to the edges slowly. Aroma was full of biscuits notes with a bit of dark grains and a hint of backing hay. Flavor had lots of sweet dark grains with a growing biscuit note and a bit of dark fruit underlying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear gold with an amber hue and a white head that lasted throughout the beer and laced nicely. Aroma had a good amount of pine hops with a light citrus note and a sweet biscuit backing. Flavor began with pine hops and a growing citrus (orange) note and not much of a malt backing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear gold with a light brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma had notes of light fruit, slight citrus and a sweet wheat backing. Flavor had more sweet wheat coming through with a light fruit backing and just a hint of citrus in the finish.