Hogie S

Hi-Ball Drifter

Malty, bitter. Not one of Founders better barrel aged offerings.

Breakfast Stout

4. I misread the tap list and thought it was a KBS variant.

All Day Chill Day

Rübæus

Thanks for the memories.

Mortal Bloom

Hockey pre-game.

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2023)

Bourbon, chocolate, and maple syrup. Yum!

Mortal Bloom

Citrus Squall

Zamboni beer before the OLSM vs CC hockey game.

The Cranfather

Bourbon and cranberries go well together.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2017)

I found this in the back of my beer cellar. From back before it became a year round beer. Almost 8 years old now. Strong espresso with a hint of bourbon. It's still a good stout, but nothing special anymore.

French Toast Bastard 2023

Boozy French toast in a bottle. Maple syrup and cinnamon in just the right balance.

60 Minute IPA (2023)

Kind of meh to me, but that's not the beer's fault. My previous beer was a Hopslam. 😂

Utopias Barrel-Aged World Wide Stout (2020)

Big and boozy. Chocolate, molasses, bourbon.

Oktoberfest

Mini-tour beer.

Breakfast Stout

I'm not a fan of this label. I wish I had a bottle of the previous one. I did save a bottle with the empty highchair label. I believe that was 2015 and mandated by Michigan LCC.

4 Giants Starcatcher Haze

Hazy with a whole lot of citrus.

Green Zebra Watermelon

My favorite watermelon gose.

Ginger Smiles Rum BA Golden Ale (DTRX) 2021

Rum, ginger, and guava. I first had this at their taproom. My taste buds must have been in a totally different place for me to buy 2 bombers. I'm not a fan of this now.

Sweet Repute

Taco Tuesday.

Backwoods Bastard (2016)

Bottled on 9/22/16. 11.2% ABV. Smokey, peaty, sweet, warming. I didn't know I still had one from that far back. Held up nicely.

Mango Magnifico

Sweet heat.

Snowbound Vanilla Porter

Mini-tour beer. Very good flavor.

French Toast Bastard (Barrel Aged Series 2022)

Liquid French toast. Bourbon, lots of maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla. Sweet and boozy.

All Day Chill Day

Mini-tour beer. Crisp, light, bready.

Nitro Rübæus

So good on nitro.

Ultimate Oktoberfest

Not sure about this one. Does an Oktoberfest Märzen really need to be BBA?

Bottle Shop Series Mango Magnifico

Really nice sweet heat.

Mango Magnifico (2022)

Starts out as mango on your tongue. Finishes as habanero down your throat. Love the sweet heat.

4 Giants Hazy IPA

Four Giants And the Haze of Destiny

Waiting for the hockey game to start.

Underground Mountain Brown (2019)

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2017)

The last of my 2017s. 😒

Curmudgeon’s Better Half (2018)

Sweet bourbon deliciousness.

Backwoods Bastard (2016)

Nice, boozy wee heavy.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2016) 12.4%

Oooooweeee! Even better now than 5 years ago.

Oude Geuze Boon à L'Ancienne - VAT 110 Mono Blend (2016)

This is my favorite of the 4th that were packaged together. Dry, tart, and a bit fruity.

Oude Geuze Boon à L'Ancienne - VAT 92 Mono Blend (2016)

"This Oude Geuze is full-bodied, complex and has notes of spices and smokiness as a result of the oak foeder. The oak cask clearly positively contributes to the Lambic aroma. Brewed on 11/16/2014, bottled on 12/16/2016." Very oaky, moderately funky.

B.A. Black Biscuit

Maple syrup bourbon barrel-age black ale brewed with biscuit and chocolate malt and molasses. SFG

Blushing Claus (Mothership Series)

Nice!!!

Velvet Rush (2021)

This might be the least Bourbon tasting BBA beer I've ever had. Other flavors are fine.

Oude Geuze Boon à L'Ancienne VAT 91 Mono Blend (2016)

Foeder 91 was originally a calvados cask in Normandy. Soft, subtle apple and oak notes. Brewed 1-7-15. Bottled 12-19-16.

KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa

Lots of cinnamon and a lesser amount of cocoa. I would have preferred them reversed. Still a fine KBS varient.

Utopias Barrel - Aged World Wide Stout (2021)

This is as close to Utopias as my budget allows me to get. Boozy chocolate vanilla caramel goodness. Thanks Kdog for picking these up for me.

Bottle Shop Series Highball Drifter

Bottle Shop Series Highball Drifter

Bumped the rating .25 from last time. Still not sold on it.

Unraveled IPA

This is really good! Nice and hoppy.

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge

Last morning in the Shenandoah Valley.

Blueberry Braggot

Have to treat my taste buds after that last fiasco.

Porter

A good old, solid porter.

Burst

Lip smacking and bursting at the seams. Burst IPA pops with a slight bubble gum aroma followed by fresh citrus and orange pith. Light to medium body finishing with a juicy grapefruit bitterness. Solid West Coast IPA.

All Day IPA

Great ballpark beer.

Bees In the Peach Trees Braggot

Far right. Soft, juicy peaches, rich Madagascar vanilla beans, a touch of spicy cinnamon mingle with sweet buscuit malts & honey from Bees in the D!

Geodos Lemon Herbal Wheat

This is so good. Lemony and and tea notes.

Cerveza Especial

Center. Cerveza is a collaboration beer with our friends from Mahou. Simply put, it’s a crushable session lager. Tasty.

Ginger Smiles Rum BA Golden Ale (DTRX) 2021

My daughter's 50th birthday.

Pralines & Dreams

Brewed with Great Lakes Coffee’s Guatemala roast, this coffee cream ale features soft notes of coconut to create a light, well-balanced blend of sweet malt and roastiness reminiscent of a delicate praline latte.

Ginger Smiles

I'm liking this more than most. The golden strong ale is hidden behind the ginger and guava. Rum barrel aging could use some mellowing out. Think ginger ale with a shot of Don Q 151 rum. All that said, I like it.

Blueberry Braggot

Trying out my new Yeti-style bottle and can cooler. 12oz bottles (stubby and long neck), 12oz cans (beer, soda, seltzer), and 16oz cans and aluminum bottles all fit. Plus it fits in cup holders. The beer is good, also.

Blueberry Braggot

Part mead, part beer. Lots of blueberry and honey flavor.

All Day Vacay

All Day Vacay

Not really my type of beer.

Mas Agave Clasica Prickly Pear

It doesn't seem to be as sweet as when I had it in the taproom in March. Nice sweet/tart blend with a touch of salt.

Mas Agave (2021)

Loving this Margarita beer.

Hazy IPA

Juicy, hoppy, sweet, dank.

Thing #2 IPA

Bitter finish. I'm getting some notes of tropical fruit.

THING #1 IPA

Experimental and tropical hops create a clean dry finish.

Brandy B. A. Quad Pro Quo

Sweet but not as boozy as bourbon aging. Very nice.

Más Agave Premium Hard Seltzer Strawberry

Ocho for Cinco mini-tour beer. One of the more flavorful seltzers.

Maple Barrel Aged Frangelic Mountain Brown

Maple and coffee. From the Mothership. Don't say damn, say whoa!

Founders Bottle Shop Nemesis

Malty, boozy and bitter. 18 holes of golf under bright sun, and now an 11.2% beer. I hope they wake me for dinner.

Wandering IPA

Far left. Single hopped IPA featuring Paradigm hops. Known for its stone fruit, citrus, and tropical qualities. I'm really liking the bitterness.

Fuzzy Stephanie

Blushing Monk (2020)

Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (2020)

Roasty, thick, boozy, delicious.

Frootwood (2017)

Bottled 12/20/16. Cherry sweetness. Not getting the maple syrup. Bourbon is but a remnant on the back end. Still tasty.

American Beauty Hazy Ripple IPA

What a long strange trip it's been.

Big Luscious (2020)

Tastes like a dark chocolate raspberry creme from a box of fine chocolates. Very sweet dessert beer.

Harvest Ale (2020)

Floral, melons, piney.

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge

Chocolate and coffee up front. Maple and Bourbon are barely there.

Curmudgeon’s Better Half (2018)

Sadly, this is my last one.

Double Trouble (2019)

I need a better system to keep track of what's in my beer fridge. Malty with a bitter finish.

Más Agave (2019)

This is just so good!

Slightly Mighty

Really good for a low-cal beer.

Devil Dancer (2020)

It's been 4 years since I've had this hop monster. As good as I remember it. 112 IBU to fry your taste buds. 12% ABV to fry your brain cells.

Marvelroast

One of my favorite coffee beers.

Curmudgeon’s Better Half (2018)

Age hasn't hurt this ole gal at all. Still an amazing brew.

Unraveled IPA

Getting unraveled on the golf course.