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.

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7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
750ml bottle pours a deep amber/purple with some swirling pink head. Nose has cherry and raspberry, jammy but also earthy. Flavor is tart with berry, some grapefruit, vanilla too, red grape jelly. Full bodied. Enveloping, tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2021 at 15:39

7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
16 oz. can. Aroma is oak, funky blueberry, slight lemon rind. This sour ale will not cheat you. It is tart and shows a strong pucker in the finish. It displays everything it has in the aroma. Bolder bitch right here.
Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2021 at 21:52

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
75 cl bottle @ Hapanta! tasting. Aroma has rather tart and sour, earthy aromas. Flavour has milky notes, lactic acid, grapefruit and earthy tones. Also some spiciness occurs after some sips. Like an aggressive gueuze with milky notes added. Rated on 2021-04-01.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2021 at 19:15

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Nice stuff. Raspberry, blackberry. Nice balance. Tangy berry blends well. Murky reddish pour with good head. Tangy finish. Bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2021 at 20:46

7/10
Currant. Blackberry. Tart
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2021 at 17:02

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Pretty clear golden. Lots of apricot, lacto, oak, some funk, sour, juicy, kinda lemony. Great and refreshing.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2021 at 16:38

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16 oz. can, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out floral dry hops, mixed wild bugs, and gentle tartness. Flavour is a bit confused, with some floral hops, subdued wild bugs, and wheaty notes. A bit spicy and buggy, with a pleasant hoppiness. Not the most complex beer but it's pleasant.
Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2021 at 03:09

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 oz. Aroma has notes of gun metal, lemon, vanilla, wood, tobacco, leather. Pours hazy golden with a one finger bone white head that falls into a ring pretty quickly. Taste is highly sour (10/10) and acidic with barrel aged and sour culture flavors. Nice.
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2021 at 22:21

8/10
Bit schizophrenic on the palate. Not overpowering but the cinnamon and vanilla caused me to expect a slightly richer or sweeter beer, but it's well balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2021 at 19:15

7/10
Real tart, almost kettle sour ish, should have stashed and opened after a year, but the nose is fantastic fresh.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2021 at 18:40