{"id":8296,"date":"2012-11-15T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=8296"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:50:41","slug":"saugatuck-brewing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/saugatuck-brewing-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons We Love Saugatuck Brewing Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saugatuck Brewing Company’s flagship beers arrived onto store shelves and tap handles at bars in Chicago to minimal fanfare in late September.\"\"<\/p>\n

The southwest Michigan brewery in Douglas, sandwiched between Benton Harbor’s The Livery and Holland’s New Holland (for those into beer geography), had long been on our radar as an up and comer in the state.<\/p>\n

Their daily offerings were solid and occasionally spectacular. But it was their recently launched Brewers Reserve Series and the addition of a new seasonal that caused their stock to rise exponentially in our book.<\/p>\n

Needless to say we were thrilled to see Saugatuck’s arrival in the Chicago market, and here’s four reasons why – in no particular order – using beer logic, of course.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pier Cove Porter<\/strong>: Saugatuck calls this year-round offering an “English dark ale.” We call it awesome. A perfect compliment to a crisp fall day, Pier Cove pours pitch black with a billowing tan head (see photo below). It’s densely carbonated with notes of rich molasses and peanut butter that take it to a whole new level. Sweet, roast-y and clean – this beer has quickly risen up the ranks of our favorite porters; just below Founders<\/a> but above so many others.<\/p>\n

Neapolitan Milk Stout<\/strong>: We really can\u2019t say enough good things about this beer. The Neapolitan has been on our radar since we first heard about it months ago, and since then we’ve always been hoping to stumble across it and see if it lived up to the promise it set up in its name. A beer called this, you expect some gentle cocoa and coffee flavors, some coating vanilla, and then some nice sweet strawberry right up on top that\u2019s not too tart, not too forward, but part of a nice comforting harmony of flavor. This beer nailed exactly that, and it\u2019s unbelievably good.<\/p>\n