Best brewery to visit in the detroit area?

[n240sxguy]

Ok. I'll look into those.

 

[wpshadowens]

Definitely hit 51 North, good beers and atmosphere. Clubhouse BFD is a great tap bar in Auburn Hills, not too far off I-75 (M59 & Crooks Rd), they have many local and not so local Michigan beers on tap. Sherwood Brewing Company is in Shelby Township, I would recommend them as well. Redwood Lodge is just south of Flint / Grand Blanc, right where I-75 & 23 split. They won best small brew pub at GABF a few years back.

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

Definitely hit 51 North, good beers and atmosphere. Clubhouse BFD is a great tap bar in Auburn Hills, not too far off I-75 (M59 & Crooks Rd), they have many local and not so local Michigan beers on tap. Sherwood Brewing Company is in Shelby Township, I would recommend them as well. Redwood Lodge is just south of Flint / Grand Blanc, right where I-75 & 23 split. They won best small brew pub at GABF a few years back.

Out of all those do yourself a favor and hit Clubhouse BFD. Check out their taplist at clubhousebfd.com

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Kuhnhenn & BFD. I know they have been said but it may help affirm your tour route
The one thing I didn't like about Kuhnhenn was the lack of food. If you want something you'll have to order it & have it delivered. I really could have used a good bar burger while drinking there in the afternoon.
I wasnt impressed with the one downtown.

 

[n240sxguy]

Update: I went to frankenmuth brewery, missed the tour, not impressed with their beer.

My wife's sister's boyfriend knows the owner of Atwater brewery, so fingers crossed I get a backstage brewery tour. That would be awesome!

 

[dannypo]

Update: I went to frankenmuth brewery, missed the tour, not impressed with their beer.

My wife's sister's boyfriend knows the owner of Atwater brewery, so fingers crossed I get a backstage brewery tour. That would be awesome!

Most of Frankenmuth's stuff is decent at best. But their Dunkel is the best I've ever had from the US.

I doubt you will be impressed with Atwater. Nothing they make is bad but very little is good.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

I doubt you will be impressed with Atwater. Nothing they make is bad but very little is good.

I used three of their draft products, all Bock, at a large Bock Beer Festival I co-chaired a while back at our German Club ... Atwater Voodoo-vader, Atwater Teuful Bock, and Atwater Maibock ... all three were excellent and the people from Atwater were accomodating and easy to work with.

The Atwater beers sold well and this was in the face of competition from about a dozen other bottled bock beers from other brands AND three other non-bock beers on draft (warsteiner, franziskaner, and a bmc brand).

I think it comes down to both the batch and the style. Two of the products were very high gravity ... Voodoovader and Teufel, and they were popular with people who like that style.
I'd use them again and I like their beers.

 

[hs1149]

Update: I went to frankenmuth brewery, missed the tour, not impressed with their beer.

My wife's sister's boyfriend knows the owner of Atwater brewery, so fingers crossed I get a backstage brewery tour. That would be awesome!

Definitely go to Atwater. The "tasting room" is in the production facility. The brewers are young & willing to show you around if they have free time.

 

[n240sxguy]

Too late. Missed out on all the Detroit beer goodness, tour wise anyway. I did have some very good beer while in michigan; I just had to get it from the store. My wife's sister reared her big bitchy head again, so we said F it, and came home early from that half of the michigan experience.