Speciation Artisan Ales

Microbrewery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Speciation Artisan Ales

Established in 2016

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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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7/10
Can. A hazy bright yellow golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of sour blood orange, grapefruit, zest, grapes. Taste of tart blood orange, grapefruit, grapes.
Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2020 at 18:40

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy golden color with a thin white head that evaporates quickly to a sparse outer ring. Spotty lace. Aroma of peaches, pungent hops and yeast. Light-bodied with a hoppy character and notes of peach and yeast. The finish is slightly hoppy with a peach aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried on 24 Dec 2020 at 21:33

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sample during the It Would Brighton MI Birthday If Yoopers Could Lake It To This Tasting! event on 09/18/2020. Hazy pale golden color with a medium thin white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Pear, oak and wheat in the nose. Light to medium body with flavors of prickly pear, floral wheat, oak and doughy malt. The finish is oaky and fruity with a prickly pear aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried on 24 Dec 2020 at 18:50

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On draught at Cultivate Coffee & Taphouse. Dark mahogany-brown color with a thin off-white head that recedes steadily to a dense film. Sparse strings of lace. Tart fruit, coffee and vanilla in the nose. Medium body with flavors of tart apricot, oaky vanilla, roast coffee and subtle tequila. The finish is tart stone fruit and coffee. Good beer all around.
Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2020 at 23:13

9/10
Pretty funky. Weird IPA, horse blanket
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2020 at 17:49

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Red amber pour. Aroma of dry pomegranate, acidic sourness, dry berries, lime and malt. Taste has dry tart pomegranate, oak, strong acidic sourness, grapefruit, lime, dry orange zest, juicy stonefruit and some malt. Really sour, but good flavors.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2020 at 18:27

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle, 355 ml, shared with Max, Miro and Zubo. Cloudy yellow, small white head. Citrus, funk, grapes, vinous, medium+ sourness. Low carbonation. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2020 at 07:06

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle, 375 ml, shared with Max, Miro and Zubo. Reddish pink with low white head. Funk, red fruit, berries, herbal note - sage?, barrel, juicy, medium+ sourness. Bit salty, medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2020 at 06:46

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours a a cloudy copper red with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dry tart cherry and raspberry with a hint of cinnamon underlying. Flavor has an interesting combination of cinnamon and tart cherry with a raspberry bite growing.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2020 at 22:01

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Head gone in seconds over clear, big-bubbled red beer. Cranberry & rhubarb aromas, lactic acid, and indeed, pomegranate nose. Sour, tart, vinous in a very outspoken way. Grapey, fruity (pomegranate again, and other, but seen I don't know aronia...) Further a flavour as from cypress. Tart, acidthinning and light -burning; undercarbonated, but it just doesn't harm this beer in any way. Long lasting flavours. Simply outstanding.
Tried from Bottle from Station 1280 on 01 Nov 2020 at 09:19