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 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Pours a deep red with a purple hue and a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has has sour deep berries with a light oak and a bit funk underlying. Flavor has nice tart dark berries with a light funk and a bit of oaky grain backing.
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2020 at 00:54

8/10
Very piney, aggressive
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2020 at 19:53

8/10
Not overly tart, definite berry notes
Tried from Can on 02 Jul 2020 at 19:21

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can. Pours a clear dull gold with some visible carbonation and a white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has oak and tart peach with a bit of light grain underlying. Flavor has sour peach throughout with a light oak and a touch of hay backing.
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2020 at 20:52

8/10
Tried from Draft at Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar on 21 Jun 2020 at 01:29

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2020 bottle from Holiday Market. Pours a most clear straw gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Very guava-forward nose with some passion fruit and mango seed aromas as it warms. Lots of passion fruit on the palate with high acidity and some oak flavors as it warms. Lingering acidity on the finish with more passion fruit and guava.
Tried from Bottle from Holiday Market on 14 Jun 2020 at 00:43

8/10
Tried at Beerhub on 13 Jun 2020 at 17:34

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
7-3-8-4-16 Can, four years before bbd. Pours hazy very pale yellow, with a big rocky head. Aroma is light pilsner malts with hay, grassy notes and fruity brett with lemon and light tropical notes of pineapples, as well grapes, sour candy and funky notes of wood. Medium body, with average to fizzy carbonation. Flavour is hoppy herbal notes and tart notes of hay, grapes, white berries and fruity brett with lemon peel light tropical notes, as well as funky farmhouse notes with grass, apples, sour candy, musty fruit peel and wooden minerals.
Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2020 at 15:25

8.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
9-3-8-5-17 Bottle, vintage 2019, four years before bbd. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow, with a tiny creamy head. Aroma is tart lactic notes of apples, musty fruit peel, hay and wine grapes, as well as floral bretty notes and wooden barrels. Medium body, with soft to average carbonation. Flavour is lactic acid with hay and musty fruity notes of apples and bretty fruits, as well as hay, wine grapes, floral notes, barrels and minerals.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2020 at 20:41

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750 ml corked and caged. Aroma is cherry pits, lacto, match heads, very funky, earthy. Pours hazy ruby red with a fleeting purple-white head. Taste is highly sour (8.5/10) and acidic with flavors of dark fruit, funk; vanilla comes through nicely after warming up a bit. Crazy and tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2020 at 03:20