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Arcadia Brewing

(Closed)

103 West Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek MI 49017
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Notes

Visited: February 9, 2002

Opened: 1996

Annual Production: 6,000 bbl

Contributors: Angela Russell, Jack C. Lamb, Peter Epp

Updated: April 14, 2020

News

2011-02-15: Arcadia Brewing Co. to can beer, make debut with Whitsun in April (MLive.com)

Beer List

Anglers Ale

American-Style Pale Ale
- Date: February 9, 2002 (#4179)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 13½ points
  
  Overall Impression (2½)
  Deep golden, low head. Citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, spicy hop flavor, mild bitterness, some diacetyl.

Arcadia ESB

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4181)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Red-amber, low head. Clean malty aroma. Medium-light body, caramel malt flavor, mildly bitter, some DMS.

Big Finish Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

Cereal Killer Barleywine

Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer

Awards:

Gold Medal, 2009 Great American Beer Festival

Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

Chocolate/Cocoa Flavored Beer

Date: August 22, 2008 (#7270)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Chocolatey, smoky.

Mouthfeel (7)
Big body, smooth. Big chocolatey flavor, resiny bitterness. Smoky. Lots of lingering resiny bitterness in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Brewed with chocolate, molasses, and lactose.

Hopmouth Double IPA

Imperial or Double India Pale Ale

Date: August 22, 2008 (#7269)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Amber-orange. Moderate foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Floral, grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and bitter and biscuity. Resiny bitter finish, fruity hop flavor.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: March 1, 2002 (#4268)

Package: bottled

Place: Real Ale Festival, Chicago IL

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression (3½)
Black, thick head. Roasty, chocolatey, hoppy, alcoholic aroma. Medium-big body, sweet and black and smooth and chocolatey. Drying chocolate alcoholic finish.

Date: August 22, 2008 (#7268)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Big floral, fruity, grassy, earthy hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, moderately fizzy. Big biscuity malt flavor, big fruity hops. Mildly bitter. Earthy, and a bit tannic.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 9, 2003 (#5017)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden. Moderate head. Huge spicy hop aroma. Medium body. Intense spicy hop flavor, just mildly bitter, with some diacetyl.

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4180)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, moderate head. Big spicy fresh hop aroma. Medium body, big spicy fresh hop flavor, big bitterness.

Date: August 14, 1999 (#3321)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Nice amber, low carbonation, thick head. Caramel aroma, with herbal-minty hops. Quite bitter, smooth, medium body. Real nice bitterness all the way through.

Date: August 17, 2008 (#7258)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Almost black. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Chocolatey, roasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Very nicely chocolatey and malty. Grassy, resiny hop bitterness. Sweet chocolatey finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4183)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, thick head. Sweet, black aroma. Big body, black and roasty, fairly sweet, mildly smoky.

Date: August 14, 1999 (#3322)

Package: real ale

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, thick tan head. Chocolatey, faint herbal hop aroma. Medium body, huge sweetish coffee flavor and finish. Not much smoke character in this Smoked Porter.

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4184)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep red-brown, moderate head. Nutty aroma. Medium body, sweetish nutty malty toasty flavor, sweet finish.

Date: August 17, 2008 (#7259)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Big caramel malt. Fairly sweet.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big and smooth and really malty. Loads of caramel flavor, pretty sweet. Hints of smoke and toffee in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: March 1, 2002 (#4273)

Package: real ale

Place: Real Ale Festival, Chicago IL

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep red, moderate head. Mildly malty aroma. Medium-big body, chewy, lots and lots of caramel and some alcohol.

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4178)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep dark red, still. Malty perfumey aroma. Medium big body, lots of dark caramel flavor.

Date: June 2, 2013 (#9134)

Package: draught

Place: Anton's Taproom and Restaurant, Kansas City MO

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden, hazy. Big thick head.

Aroma (4)
Big spicy grassy rye. Citrusy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy. Big grassy rye flavor, nicely malty-sweet. Grassy, fruity, mildly bitter finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Real good beer.

Date: February 9, 2002 (#4182)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, big dense head. Clean malty roasty aroma. Light creamy body, hugely roasty, mild hop flavor and bitterness in the finish.

Date: September 24, 2008 (#7370)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs IA

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Bright yellow. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Grassy, fruity, grainy.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, smooth. Really sweet and really grassy.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: August 17, 2008 (#7257)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Amber, with a slight haze.

Aroma (3)
Biscuity malt and lots of fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body. Fizzy. Lots of sweet malt and lots of fruity hops.

Overall Impression (2)
Resiny bitterness is out of balance with the other flavors.