OsbornBrewing
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Arrived at 11 am
Blue Tractor - not a micro-brewery; Bell's Two Hearted and North Peak's Archangel on tap
North Peak - our server put their seasonals on the sampler for us; so Heffeweissen, Northern Light Lager, North Peak Pale, Steelhead Red (aged in oak, good taste/idea), Mission Point Porter, Shirley's Irish Stout, Bitter Pale Ale - traditional and cask. Cask Bitter Pale Ale was AWESOME
Mackinaw Brewing Company - their sampler was pretty predictable: G.T. Golden, Peninsula Pale Ale, Red 8 Amber, Cherry Heritage Lager (too much cherry emphasis + lager = BOOO), Harvest Moon Oatmeal Stout, Belgian Whitecap. The bartender poured us an "off
Menu" sampler of a aged Vanilla Irish Stout, I would buy that beer to take home.
Red Ginger - Sushi, Sashimi and Short's Magician which almos overpowered the sushi, but was an excellent pairing with fish and wasabi.
U&I taphouse - Short's Huma Lupa Licious, and Keweenaw Widow Maker Black IPA
Right Brain Brewing Company - OMG! FINALLY made it to this place, had their sampler full of sheer beer tastyness!! Distill My Heart Bourbon Barrell Stout and TC 350 IPA brought home Growler's of both, I HIGHLY doubt they make it to yhe end of the week.
In addition to those two they were also serving Something Bright Extra Pale Ale (not overly hoppy, tasted great after the walk there), The Hawk Ale Amber, Threesome Stout (Cinnamon, Chocolate and Vanilla?), Black "Eye" PA (want to drive an hour back to get a growler of this, it's THAT good), Trotsky Stout, River Raft Brown Ale, Cask Conditioned Ale.
I asked about the Peanut Butter and Jelly, and the bartender poured us one special!! It's a black and tan, the original was a Peanut Butter Stout they had on tap at the time, ours was the Peanut Butter Porter they will start serving next week and their Cherry Pale Ale, any fruit beer, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, etc will work for the "jelly" as long as it's tan. (Traverse City is home of the international cherry festival and a mecca of the cherry world, so they make about everything with cherries)
The cool thing about Right Brain is they have no flagship beer, they all rotate, he never makes the same IPA twice, so what I had won't be what you have when you go. Have some hair, they are behind Salon-Saloon, so you can get a trim, scalp massage and a pint, which is awesome! If you are in Western Michigan this is a MUST SEE stop.
Apache Grill - Bell's Oberon and fish dinner
Firefly - neat club/bar no recollection of what I had here, and my notes are unreadable.
An AWESOME tour of Traverse City and great sampling of TC and Michigan microbrews.
Can't stress enough, if you're in or near TC stop at Right Brain, you won't be upset.
Blue Tractor - not a micro-brewery; Bell's Two Hearted and North Peak's Archangel on tap
North Peak - our server put their seasonals on the sampler for us; so Heffeweissen, Northern Light Lager, North Peak Pale, Steelhead Red (aged in oak, good taste/idea), Mission Point Porter, Shirley's Irish Stout, Bitter Pale Ale - traditional and cask. Cask Bitter Pale Ale was AWESOME
Mackinaw Brewing Company - their sampler was pretty predictable: G.T. Golden, Peninsula Pale Ale, Red 8 Amber, Cherry Heritage Lager (too much cherry emphasis + lager = BOOO), Harvest Moon Oatmeal Stout, Belgian Whitecap. The bartender poured us an "off
Menu" sampler of a aged Vanilla Irish Stout, I would buy that beer to take home.
Red Ginger - Sushi, Sashimi and Short's Magician which almos overpowered the sushi, but was an excellent pairing with fish and wasabi.
U&I taphouse - Short's Huma Lupa Licious, and Keweenaw Widow Maker Black IPA
Right Brain Brewing Company - OMG! FINALLY made it to this place, had their sampler full of sheer beer tastyness!! Distill My Heart Bourbon Barrell Stout and TC 350 IPA brought home Growler's of both, I HIGHLY doubt they make it to yhe end of the week.
In addition to those two they were also serving Something Bright Extra Pale Ale (not overly hoppy, tasted great after the walk there), The Hawk Ale Amber, Threesome Stout (Cinnamon, Chocolate and Vanilla?), Black "Eye" PA (want to drive an hour back to get a growler of this, it's THAT good), Trotsky Stout, River Raft Brown Ale, Cask Conditioned Ale.
I asked about the Peanut Butter and Jelly, and the bartender poured us one special!! It's a black and tan, the original was a Peanut Butter Stout they had on tap at the time, ours was the Peanut Butter Porter they will start serving next week and their Cherry Pale Ale, any fruit beer, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, etc will work for the "jelly" as long as it's tan. (Traverse City is home of the international cherry festival and a mecca of the cherry world, so they make about everything with cherries)
The cool thing about Right Brain is they have no flagship beer, they all rotate, he never makes the same IPA twice, so what I had won't be what you have when you go. Have some hair, they are behind Salon-Saloon, so you can get a trim, scalp massage and a pint, which is awesome! If you are in Western Michigan this is a MUST SEE stop.
Apache Grill - Bell's Oberon and fish dinner
Firefly - neat club/bar no recollection of what I had here, and my notes are unreadable.
An AWESOME tour of Traverse City and great sampling of TC and Michigan microbrews.
Can't stress enough, if you're in or near TC stop at Right Brain, you won't be upset.
