Odd Side Ales

Microbrewery in Grand Haven, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Odd Side Ales

Established in 2010

Contact
1810 Industrial Dr, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Description
Odd Side Ales is a family of gifted individuals, focused on the shared goal of crafting unique products, while maintaining the utmost quality.

Our story began in 2010, as a micro-brewery producing craft beer from our pub located inside the historic piano factory in Grand Haven, Michigan. We quickly outgrew the pub’s brewing capacity and now, after three different expansions, brew from our own 44,000 sq. ft. facility.

Our main focus is to creatively stay on the leading edge of craft beer styling. While maintaining a large core of year round and seasonal favorites, we strive to introduce new recipes that push the boundaries of flavor combinations and craft beer categories. Everyone at Odd Side Ales is here because they have a true love of craft beer, the industry as a whole, and the people who drink and enjoy what we are able to do each day!

Beyond Michigan, we now distribute to Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. We hope to continue our growth, expanding our reach even further, and share our craft as far as possible!

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

aroma is chocolate hazelnut bar with coconut, the normal hazel was a tiny bit nicer without the coconut flavor is coconut, chocolate, hazelnuts, roasted malts, faint peppery note. bourbon boozy note.

Tried on 14 Sep 2023 at 20:57


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

brewed 2021 I must say delicious aroma of milk chocolate and hazelnuts, I can hardly find any roasted malts or anything else in there, but the hazelnut chocolate aroma is very much present, and very very nice. flavor is chocolate, hazelnuts, faint licorice, bourbon, super nice i must say, perhaps a bit too crazy sweet and chocolatey, but for a sweet imp stout this is one of the better, one of the more interesting. At times a tiny bit boozy and phenolic, but most of the time just sweet chocolate with hazelnuts. next up is the one with marshmallows. even sweeter? ugh.

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2023 at 09:52


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can - dark brown pour with a thick and sticky lace - heavy on the maple and coffee, with a touch of bacon smokiness - whiskey notes late - a sharp acidity that seems most likely from the coffee leaves it a little abrasive on the tail end - meh.

Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2023 at 01:05


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

Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2023. Pours black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong cinnamon with a decent amount of vanilla, rye and sweet dark grains backing. Flavor is also cinnamon forward with growing sweet dark grains, roast and a bit of barrel in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 03 Sep 2023 at 17:54


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

Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a hazy gold with a finger of fluffy white foam that dissipates quickly. Lots of tropical fruit on the nose - mango, passionfruit, guava and touch of apricot as it warms. Crisp and clean on the palate with a soft mouthfeel under the carbonation. Melon and muted pineapple. Finishes dry with more tropical fruit notes.

Tried from Can from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 02 Sep 2023 at 00:41


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

Tried on 25 Aug 2023 at 00:15


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from the tap at Forward Craft & Coffee. Pours a near clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has pine and a slight dankness with some rind and sweet grain backing. Flavor is more dank with pine and onion with earthy grass a bit of sweet grain underlying.

Tried from Draft on 13 Aug 2023 at 14:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Roast and lots of coffee. Black pour with good mocha head, sticks around for a while. Decent lacing. Bitter finish. Good body here. Can.

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2023 at 21:57


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

Can, manufactured on 09/28/21, by, with and at Jean-Frédéric Pleau's (merci!), savoured on 2 July 2023; eye: very dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, thin sheet of brown head, light lacing; nose: hazelnut, light dust, vanilla biscuit; mouth: hazelnut, vanilla, light whisky, marshmallow, metallic, light acridness, nutty finale with presence of vanilla, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; in short: interesting FRANÇAIS
Canette, fabriquée le 09/28/21, de, avec et chez Jean-Frédéric Pleau (merci!), savourée le 2 juillet 2023; œil : brun très foncé, opaque, pas d'effervescence, mince couverture de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : noisette, léger poussière, biscuit gaufré à la vanille; bouche : noisette, vanille, léger whisky, guimauve, métallique, légère âcreté, finale en noix avec présence de vanille, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : intéressante

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2023 at 16:21


8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

very dry, with tons of chocolate, rye, chocolate, touch of bacon and oak character. Tons of rye, tons of chocolate, tons of oak and nice smoke in the background. Super well balanced. No alcohol. Super well balanced. Excellent

Tried on 03 Jul 2023 at 14:20