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Beer of the Month: October 2021

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We’re back for Beer of the Month after a nearly 18-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 crisis, the cause for our inability to be “On The Mitten Road” with no destination except our new favorite brewery somewhere in Michigan.

Truth is, we didn’t really go far to find this “local” brew.

Standing in the middle beer aisle at Siciliano’s on a Monday afternoon staring at a five level rack of aluminum cans doesn’t seem like a bad thing until you realize you’ve been there for 12 minutes just looking for something different.

Then we realized October began with Pulaski Days here in Grand Rapids and the drink of choice for our team is Tyskie.

 

From their website:

 

Gronie is our flagship pale lager of full strength, which has been gaining recognition both in Poland and all over the world for years. Thanks to the centuries-old tradition of Tyskie Browary Książęce and the experience of their brewers, Gronie provides the perfect balance between hoppy bitterness and malty fullness.

A discerning beer drinker will sense some malty notes, a delicate aroma of hops, and even apple and banana flavours. Tyskie Gronie is the only Polish beer to have won two “Brewing Oscars” – Grand Prix at the British Brewing Industry Awards.

Alcohol content: 5.2%

Best with: baked and grilled meat, game, pasta and potato dumplings

Serving temperature: 4-6°C

Nutrition facts: www.abcalkoholu.pl

 

October 2017: Pigeon Hill’s Oktoberfest

Why wouldn’t October’s beer of the month be named Oktoberfest?

We couldn’t think of a good reason either.

Pigeon Hill Brewing in Muskegon produces this “lightly hopped beer (which) has a semi-dry finish that nicely complements its light-to-medium body. A light caramel and malty sweetness provides a pleasing smooth flavor.”

With an overall score of 3.57 out of 5 on BeerAdvocate.com’s scale, Oktoberfest is right in line with some of our past winners.

The beer come in at 20 IBUs and has an ABV of 6.0%.

“This is a pretty nice looking Marzen with a slightly higher amount of medium sweetness and a little bit of an apple cider-like aroma that ends with a fairly smooth & crisp, slightly creamy taste on the lighter side.” reader StoutHead said back on October 18, 2017.

Superspak had earlier chimed in with “tastes like a step between Pale Festbier and Amber Marzen overall. Clean and flavorful Pils/Munich malts, just enough bitterness for balance, and solid noble hop flavor presence. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.”

Check out our October beer of the month while it lasts at:
PIGEON HILL BREWING COMPANY

October: Ichabod Pumpkin Ale from New Holland Brewing

If you’ve been holding your breath for us to announce our Beer of the Month this October, you’re probably a zombie by now.

And that’s perfect, it’s Halloween!

Had we named this beer earlier in the month, it would have coincided with Oktoberfest and everybody does that. So, we dressed appropriately for the end of the month party, searched far and wide for something mysterious and picked the creepiest local we could find on the shelf. We hope you’re not too scared to join the spooky fun.

The 3-Point Turn podcast’s Beer of the Month for October 2016 is Ichabod from New Holland Brewing.

Ichabod is a pumpkin ale with 5.2% ABV and 26 IBUs that combines malted barley, pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg to leave you speechless.

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