Speciation Artisan Ales

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

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 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at tasting. Aroma of rich cherry, oak, ripe red fruit, tart, acidic sourness and red berries. Taste has strong sour red fruit, tart, acidic sourness, red berries, oak and a really sour finish. Really sour, but also strong fruit flavors.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2020 at 18:10

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can. Pours a hazy gold with a peach hue and a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has a nice slightly funky tart prickly pear with a lime note and a bit of oak underlying. Flavor has sour prickly pear with a hint of sweetness and a light bit of oak in the finish.
Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2020 at 01:27

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle, 375 ml, shared with Max, Miro B and Boris. Hazy orange, low head. Fruity, citric, juicy, funk, some barrel, puckering, bit salty. Medium to heavy sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2020 at 10:45

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clearish gold with almost no head. Citrus zest, pineapple and notes of white wine vinegar and oak as it warms. Very tart on the palate with blood orange fruit and zest as it warms. Lingering pith and oak and a strong tart finish.
Tried from Can from Holiday Market on 05 Sep 2020 at 02:57

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Thanks Brad! Pours a clearish pink orange with a small bit of white foam. Lemon and rhubarb aromas with some strawberry as it warms. Tart with more lemon and citrus notes. Wild berry and lemon linger on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2020 at 04:01

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Hazy golden pour with no head. Notes of brett, tart stonefruit, citrus, lime, oak, lactic acid. Like the other Incipient beers, this one is also very tart.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2020 at 19:30

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Semi-hazy golden pour with no head, and visible carbonation. Notes of vinegar, tart apricots, sharp oak, sweat, mouldy wood, lactic acid. A bit too much acidity for my taste, obscuring the fruit.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2020 at 13:46

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Apollon 090820. Red amber color with a pinkish head. Flavor is plum, sourness, yeast, malt, fruit, funk. Nice beer.
Tried on 21 Aug 2020 at 08:21

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dark purple pour with no head. Notes of grape vinegar, oak barrel, subtle vanilla, sour cherries, elderberries. Quite alright, though a bit too much on the tart side, like most US sours.
Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2020 at 18:54

8/10
tart apricots, lots of apricot flavors, puckering, lovely funky and sourness, great stone fruit taste, a bit sharp finish though, still like it
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2020 at 18:20