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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From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Spicy peppery aroma with peppercorn, pale malt, fruity notes, white pepper, and lime peel. Bitter, fruit peel and medium sour. Body is medium. Good!
Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:56

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From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is loads of tart stone fruits with apricot, big tart fruits, some funk. Sour and tart flavour, light funky, medium body. Nice puckering stone fruit Sour.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:29

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From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Puckering sourness. Aroma is tart citrus and stone fruits. Very dry! Bit zesty and citrussy, lots of fruitiness. Medium body. Very tasty Sour Ale.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:29

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Bottle from Beerdome. Aroma is intense tart raspberry with some herbal sage, more tart red berries throughout. Heavy puckering and acidic sourness, wow! Medium body. Wonderfully intense.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2025 at 07:08

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Can at Home. Lightly hazed golden colour with a thin disappearing head. Aroma and taste are initially yeasty lemon, then some tart fruit, with a dry slightly oily finish. Medium body.
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2025 at 19:55

7/10
Thanks Clark, aroma is spruce, ginger, tea, honey. Taste is tart, well balanced, really nice.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 13:24

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S: tart - fresh strawberries - cedar A: slightly hazy pink body - thin off-white head T: super soured - funky yeast - floral at end P: light icing sugar - spontaneous fermentation - oaked & crisp O: great complexity - fruit-centric - nice for special occasion 16 ounce can - Top Shelf Liqour: Allen Park, Michigan - purchased: 09-November-2024 - US$5,00 - sampled: 24-December-2024 as the final beer (#24) of my 2024 Advent Calendar while wrapping presents for my three kids
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2024 at 16:55

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2024 can drunk 12/25/24.
Let it settle for weeks but it still comes out slightly hazy. No head. Deep strawberry.
Lovely, rich, juicy strawberry in the nose with a touch of vanilla character, mild oak and big lactic acidity, though it doesn't seem punchy or artificial.
Juicy, rich strawberry again with mild sweetness. Lots of acidity up front but it trails off quickly ending on more of a wheat blandness and/or oak tannin. Wish there was Brett instead of just somewhat monotonous, not all that interesting lactic acidity, but it's not too acidic overall and not sharp or acetic. The strawberry is done incredibly well.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2024 at 00:15

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Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a hazy, honey gold color with a finger of white foam that lingers. Lovely aromas of dried honey, lemon, straw and funk. As it warms the rooibos really shines. More of the same on the palate with lemon, funk and dried honey standing out on the front end and rooibos notes of wood and stem with some almond flavors round out the finish. Not overly acidic or tart. Very nice.
Tried from Can from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 13 Oct 2024 at 03:47

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Bottle. Pours a clear plum with a pink hue and a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has earthy tart strawberry and oak with a bit of vanilla underlying. Flavor has a nice tart strawberry with growing earthy oak and just a bit of vanilla cutting through.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2024 at 22:13