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March Release


  • Speciation Artisan Ales 928 Wealthy St SE Grand Rapids, MI, 49506 United States (map)

March pre-sales open Friday, March 5th at noon and will close Tuesday, March 9th at 6pm.

All orders placed for pick up will be available at our Wealthy Street taproom during normal taproom hours from 3/12 to 3/14. Simply show the bartender your ID, and they will grab your order. All orders will be pre-packed, so they will not take long to grab. If you are proxying for someone, please show the bartender both your ID and a picture of the ID of the person you are proxying for.

Delivery orders will be dropped off by our staff on the designated delivery day for your area. The driver will text you when they arrive. Since it’s the cold season now, it’s best not to let the box sit outside for too long, so make sure someone is home.

Wealthy St. Pick-up Options:
Friday 3/12: 4-9pm
Saturday 3/13: 1-9pm
Sunday 3/14: 1-6pm

Delivery Options:
West MI & Grand Rapids - $5 - Thursday 3/11
East Side (Lansing, Metro Ann Arbor, Metro Detroit) - $8 - $50 min - Monday 3/15


MARCH RELEASE INFO:

Blackberry Incipient - Foeder Aged Solera Sour w/ Blackberries - We last released Blackberry Incipient in 2019, so we thought it was about time to bring it back! This blend has it all: jammy dark fruit, bright lemony acidity, and a touch of classic Speciation funk. As always, this was blended from our 1500 gallon white oak foeder, nicknamed Biggy. All this for just $8/16oz can! 6.5% abv - 1680 cans produced - Limited statewide distribution.

Allopatric - Barrel Aged Wild Ale with MI Grapes - Each blend of Allopatric has been slightly different, based on what grapes and beer we have available, but the general premise of this beer is to balance MI grown red grapes with wild ale. The 2021 blend consists of 2 barrels of spontaneous amber sour (the Stop Codon base), 1 2nd use Gin & Rum Barrel with golden sour, and 100 gallons of St. Croix Grape juice, which makes this ⅘’s spontaneously fermented! Tasting notes from our staff: Grape forward with a complimentary molasses/brown sugar backbone, rich fruity middle, and a touch of port to round off the finish. $12/375ml bottle - 10% abv - 1560 bottles produced - Limited statewide distribution.

Croatoan - Gin Barrel Aged Wild Ale - Collaboration with ZAO - It’s no secret that we are metalheads at Speciation. When ZAO's 2019 tour took them through Michigan we gathered to blend a beer. The resulting blend of two oak barrels was named after a song on the upcoming ZAO album, “The Crimson Corridor.” Croatoan is an exceedingly complex wild ale with notes of vanilla, herbal gin botanicals, tart cherry and charred oak. The can art was designed by ZAO’s singer, Dan Weyandt. $10/16oz can - 624 cans produced - LIMIT 1 PER PERSON! We will refund additional cans if they are purchased.

Halophile - Open Fermented Sour Ale w/ Pineapple, Cherry, Vanilla & Sea Salt - We’ve partnered with Tavour yet again to bring you this luscious liquid treat, loosely based on a pineapple upside down cake! Do I need to say anything else? No, I don’t think so. $10/375ml bottle - 1320 bottles produced - No MI distro

No Regrets Piquette 6-Pack - Natural Wine Spritzer Mixed 6 pack - One of our favorite discoveries since becoming a fully operational winery is the recently revitalized style known as Piquette. It’s a rustic & dry beverage made from adding filtered water to “spent” wine grapes after the wine has been transferred off of the skins. In all truth, there’s a lot of alcohol, sugar, and most importantly FLAVOR left in those skins. Our 4 piquettes were so popular last year that we’ve decided to expand that portfolio a bit more. $24/6 pack - 200 available. This mixed 6 pack contains the following cans:

Yellow - Riesling & Honey - 6.5% abv
Rose - Frontenac Gris - 6.5% abv
Green - La Crescent & Lotus Hops - 3.5% abv
Red - Marquette & Frontenac - 3.5 % abv
Purple - Marechal Foch - 5.5% abv
Indigo - Syrah & Cab Franc - 5% abv

Earlier Event: February 5
February Release
Later Event: April 2
April Release