Transient Artisan Ales

Microbrewery in Bridgman, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Transient Artisan Ales

Established in 2013

Contact
4229 Lake St, Bridgman, MI, 49106, United States
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Description
Midwestern brewer of modern farmhouse ales, focusing on traditional methods and oak fermentation to produce a product that is a representation of the area.

Our goal is to create beers with unique character produced from local ingredients and developed by the influence of open-fermentation.

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7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
2013? Vintage. Pours like apple cider mixed with OJ. That foam in the photo clears off quickly, but a column of bubbles keeps coming up in the center. Looks like juice pulp around the edge and in the beer itself. Smells a lot like peach nectar, just a bit of funk.
TASTE. peach? Check! Apricot? Check!
A lot of tartness once I actually get into sipping it.
2nd of 10 beers from the seller of another friend who's moving I have been going through the lighter alcohol ones or the ones that might not age so well, and saving a lot more barleywine and barrel aged stouts for later.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2026 at 20:50

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
500ml bottle [2025 vintage, 13.5% abv]. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, small, creamy, diminishing, brown head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and spicy aroma, notes of coffee and maple syrup, some vanilla, dark chocolate, boozy overtones. Taste is sweet-ish and roasty, chocolately, dark malty, slightly spicy and alcoholic, notes of coffee, maple syrup, some dark chocolate and vanilla; lingering coffee finish.
Viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, medium, scattered, mildly prickly carbonation.
Very nice coffee flavours, quite intense, sadly a tad heterogeneous - pretty decent.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2026 at 15:46

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Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, cocoa, vanilla, blackberry, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, coconut, warming chilli spice. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried on 05 Jun 2026 at 10:06

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Benny’s place, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty, red berry fruits, caramel. The flavour is over moderate sweet, with a silky smooth, rich, roasty, light herbal, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2026 at 18:54

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Opaque colour and tiny beige head. Toasted, toffeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Toffee, some sweetness, low bitterness, light chocolate. Ouki.
Tried from Can at Brewklyn Craft Beer Cafe on 28 May 2026 at 17:17

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is nutty, some alcohol, chocolaty and mild biscuit tones. Flavour is very similar, but also has some caramel tones. Good, fudge wasn't mentioned, that would have been false marketing.
Tried from Can at Brewklyn Craft Beer Cafe on 28 May 2026 at 17:02

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7 Texture 9 Overall 8
Kindly shared by fonefan.
Tried from Draft at Peders - Pisserendens ølkælder on 21 May 2026 at 09:30

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, vanilla, blackberry jam, taste is similar, light sweetness. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried on 12 May 2026 at 06:35

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can. Pours unclear orange, medium off white head, good lacing. Aroma is caramel, pine, orange. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Meh.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2026 at 00:10

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Старая школа. Стаут прям классический, что считали пастри до пастри, сладость и нереально сильная бочка. Словно выжимка дерева, нету почти ничего больше. Если допить бутылку то будет ощущение что выпил три стакана водки.
Tried on 08 May 2026 at 22:31