Speciation Artisan Ales
Microbrewery
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2016
Contact
928 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49506, United States
Description
Speciation Artisan Ales takes an evolutionary approach to brewing wild beer, wine, hard seltzer, and cider. We make use of oak aging, innovative ingredients, and a coolship.
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pretty clear deep brown coloured body with a thinnish off-white and tan head that fades quickly. Aroma of super sour, tart and funky bretty, lactobilly and spontaneously fermented notes with some blackberries and raspberries here along with some barrel and oaky foeder notes here as well but a lot of complexity in the nose, in a good way. Light-bodied; Strong soured, tart and funky yeast notes with a lot of blackberries, raspberries and strawberry flavours up front along with some lemon and lime notes along with a bit of a oak, foeder and barrel aging here, but the spontaneously fermenting notes and assertive effervescence is the strongest here, in a great, complex way. Aftertaste is very deep, intensely complex with a nice robust fruity sourness, but the yeast, effervescence and especially the funky notes shine through here in a great way with a lot of tanginess and mouthwatering qualities here, but nice throughout. Overall, a great beer that hits the mark nicely for a wild ale, with a ton of complexity, a lot of robust fruit flavours that perhaps are all from the yeast, but an elegant robustness throughout makes this worth trying to find, or at least keep a bit longer than I did! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Everyday Wines in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 02-August-2021 for US$9,00!!! sampled at my house here in Washington, as Beer #23 (second to last!) of my 2021 Advent Calendar, sampled on 02-January-2022, just a few days late.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2022
at 08:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Straw red body, no head but effervescent. Tart, sour nose with wheaty bite, sour fruit, and some funky earthiness. Body oak, horse blanket, fruit, and vanilla, with evident alcohol. Tart initially, then less so, with subtle cocoa. Dissipates quickly with an insubstantial finish.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2021
at 21:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Grant. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strawberry seed, passionfruit, oak. Thin body, strawberry, passionfruit, oak, nice tartness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2021
at 05:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Foeder For Thought. Pours a cloudy orange gold with small white head. The aroma is funk, plum skin, citrus, oak. Medium body, oak, funk, lacto, tart plum, light dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2021
at 05:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Foeder For Thought. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head. The aroma is cherry, stone fruit, oak. Thin body, apricot, cherry, oak, light acidity, nice tartness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2021
at 04:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Wakefest. Pours a cloudy orange with small frothy white head. The aroma is peach, lemon zest, yeast, funk. Thin body, tart peach, light funk, straw, light dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2021
at 03:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Wakefest. Pours a dark purple with small pink head. The aroma is currant, berry, funk. Slick body, tart berry, currants, jammy, light funk, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2021
at 02:57
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 375 ml, shared with Max, Miro B and kajser27. 2021 vintage. Dark red with small white head. Funky, quite fruity, juicy, red berries. Easy going for abv. Puckering. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2021
at 04:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Tavour: pours clear brown with a light beige head. Aroma is loads of apice, vinegar and tamarind. Taste is a lot is spice but combatting against the powerful tamarind. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2021
at 03:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Tavour: pours bright ruby with small head. Aroma is black currant, vinegar, loads of funk. Taste is loads of currant, really sour, light sweetness. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2021
at 01:42