Ellison Brewery + Spirits

Microbrewery in East Lansing, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Ellison Brewery + Spirits

Established in 2015

Contact
4903 Dawn Ave, East Lansing, MI, 48823, United States
Description
In 2015, Ellison was created from humble beginnings.

At the time, Lansing didn’t have a brewery large enough to sell its beer outside of its own taproom. Now, there are breweries all over the map competing for marketshare.

Ellison has made it a mission to experiment. A continual refinement of beer, wine and spirits. Sure, we have the usual suspects, but we’re always looking for new flavors. With over 700 different locations across the great state of Michigan to purchase Ellison product, we’d like to say “people like our stuff”.

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tried from Bottle from Horrocks Farm Market on 03 Aug 2025 at 20:50


7

Juicy fruity with waves of grapefruit and tangerine, some mango, nice mouthfeel medium body, assertive hoppy finish. Good stuff. Nearly a 4.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:52


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is nice big roast malts bourbon barrel chocolate some heat. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate big roast malts a little vanilla and plenty barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2022 at 05:08


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at Your Old Droog Cellar Blast. Pours a pinkish, ruby with a finger of off-white foam that dissipates. Blackerry aromas with some light wildberry and plum as it warms up. Tart on the palate, but the barrel adds some vanilla notes. Good carbonation. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2022 at 02:23


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber with a brown hue and an off white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has earthy grains and tart dark berries with a bit of earthy currant underlying. Flavor has has tart berries through out with growing sour currant and a hint of earthy grain backing.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2022 at 01:48



8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is sweet chocolate maple syrup and a great bourbon barrel blend. Taste is more of the nice sweet maple chocolate roast malts bourbon barrel vanilla.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2021 at 00:51


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours hazy orange with a huge off white head. It has an aroma of citrus hops and caramel malt. The flavor has bitterness with citrus, resin, and caramel. Medium bodied.

Tried on 15 Sep 2021 at 04:17


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22oz bottle at the June DC Rate Beer tasting. Poured a very dark cola color with an off-white head. Aroma was big, creamy coffee notes. Flavor was big roast, vanilla, barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2021 at 05:35


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle, heavy wax, pours an oily dark brown, leggy. Big maple nose, coffee, malt, licorice, toast, vanilla. Huge flavor, port and bourbon and licorice, vanilla, maple. Full bodied, oily finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2021 at 18:25