Beer from Arcadia Brewing in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Food and beer pairings:

1) Cereal City Beer-Straw yellow/slight gold in color, flavors of grains, breads, spicy/earthy and sweet malt with aromas of golding hops.  4.2% abv, 32 IBU’s’s

Food Pairing-Parmesan encrusted whole grain bread filled with gruyere and grilled

2) Extra Special Bitter-An English Style ESB deep copper color with ruby undertones.  Full bodied, caramelly toasted malt character finishes slightly sweet and is balanced by a solid hop bitterness.

ABV 5.5% IBU’s 30

Food pairing-Prosciutto wrapped cantaloupe

3) Sky High Rye(12th Anniversary Ale)- In honor of our adventurous friends at Sky Dive Inc. in Hastings, Michigan, we crafted a truly adventurous brew in Sky High Rye.  A West Coast-style Pale Ale with rye malt, Sky High Rye boasts a massive floral aroma of resinous hops.  The hops contribute flavor notes of lemons, peaches, and pine needles, combined with the sweet, malty flavors of toffee and bread.  Rye adds a pleasant peppery, spicy note like a fresh slice of pumpernickel bread.  Very well-rounded and very drinkable, Sky High Rye will surely inspire adventure in all who taste it. 6.0% ABV, 5 IBU ’s

Food Pairing-Poached Alaskan Cod with grapefruit buerre blanc atop a corn tortilla

4) Coco Loco-A truly one-of-a-kind brew, we like to call this our Triple Chocolate Milk Stout.  A combination of three different chocolate malts, cocoa nibs and 63% cacao bittersweet chocolate make this a sinfully delicious brew.  The addition of lactose lends the beer a creamy quality- not unlike a milkshake- while the Blackstrap Molasses adds rich, burnt, syrupy flavors.  Flavors of baker’s chocolate and espresso dominate, while rich malty flavors and a subtle kiss of hops add nice balance.    7% ABV   39 IBU’s

Food Pairing-Espresso rubbed bbq beef atop bibb lettuce

5) Hop Rocket-After 11 years of brewing beer with balance, our Brew Crew took a left turn with Hop Rocket Imperial IPA, a massive Imperial that focuses on the hops!  At 111 IBUs, this huge ale Rockets off the charts with a massive nose of sticky, resinous hops and flavors of grapefruit, lemon peel, spruce, earthy mushrooms and dew-covered grass.  While the focus truly is on the hops, a pleasant, sweet malt base backs the beer and balances it to a delicious level of drinkability with notes of toffee and freshly baked biscuits.   9% ABV   111 IBU’s

Food pairing-Applewood bacon wrapped jalepeno filled with citrus and scallion cream cheese

6) Cereal Killer-Brewed in the traditional English style of Barleywines, Cereal Killer is an explosion of full-bodied, malty goodness.  Huge syrupy flavors flow over caramel, toffee, molasses and toasty notes.  All these rich malt flavors are balanced out nicely by just the right amount of citrus-like hoppy bitterness.  A high alcohol content makes this a beer for the cellar.  As this brew ages, it will continue to develop more sherry-like flavors and aromas similar to a cask-aged port.  9.1% ABV   45 IBU’s

Food Pairing-Grilled duck and fois gras salad crostini

7) Shipwreck Porter- This beer was aged in 10-year old whiskey barrels. A very dark brown, nearly black beer with a thick cafe au lait head. A bit of lace. Sweet chocolate aroma, and noticeable whiskey. Mostly tasted of sweet chocolate, some vanilla.  13% ABV

Food Pairing-Beef tips rubbed with green peppercorns, almond encrusted, skewered, baked and served with rosemary hollandaise.

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