WARREN, MICHIGAN

Incomparable DRAGONMEAD offers, at any given time, over forty softhearted to hard-bodied ales of differing strength, texture, complexity, and stylistic affiliation by brew master, Erik Harms. As of ’07, Dragonmead only bottled superfine Final Absolution Trippel and Under The Kilt Wee Heavy (listed in Beer Index). Big Larry’s Broken Paddle American IPA, with its medicinal cherry-bruised orange-soured pepper-spiced luxuriance, is a personal fave. Long list of tapped brews quaffed over the course of four cordial visits (September '04; July '05; August '06) is as follows: AMERICAN ALES Big Larry’s Pale Ale prickly-hopped floral-accented fruit-rasped bitter. Castlebrite Apricot Wheat tart lemony apricot-soured grassy-hopped serenity. Corktown Red peat-malted tobacco-dried cherry-bruised orange-soured ale. Crown Jewels IPA tranquil red-fruited dry-body w/ restrained mocha-tea midst. Dragon Daze Ale mocha-soft dry-fruited hemp-spiked herbal remedy. Mariann’s Honey Brown astringent wet-papered mocha nutty sedation. Redwing Raspberry Ale juicy lemon-soured raspberry-tart dessert. Lancelot’s Cream Ale mellow diacetyl nullification. BELGIAN ALES Armageddon Grand Cru creamy banana-bruised orange-candied Cognac ‘quad.’ Bill’s Witbier daintily banana-clove-sweetened lemon-soured orange-tart retreat. Bronze Griffin Belgian Ale banana-chipped fig-dried mandarin orange-y pale ale. Dubbel Dragon Ale alcoholic orange-bruised honey-sugared serenity. Guinevere’s Golden currant-perfumed banana-clove-sweet pineapple-sour toxicity. Wench Water off-dry pale ale w/ cotton-candied peach-tangerine-nectar zest. CZECH LAGER Squire Pilsen pungent peppery-hopped pumpernickel-breaded wheat-dried pils. ENGLISH ALES Crusader Dark Mild Ale plain nut-dried mocha-malted tobacco-leafed anodyne. Breath of Dragon Bitter mild tealeaf-addled earthen-grained bore. Erik The Red earthen red-fruited herbal-hopped Irish amber soapsuds. Honey Porter maple-sapped nut-dried black cherry-soured bark-charred English-styled softie. Inquisition Pale Ale blunt floral-hopped red-fruited pale-malted sipper. Larry’s Lionheart Pale Ale mild tea-dried orange-fruited biscuit-bottomed seducer. London Brown Ale dry-bodied hop-roasted ice coffee-soured complacency. Woody’s Perfect Porter expert coffee-roasted molasses-sugared Brit knockoff. GERMAN ALES & LAGER Bishop Bob’s Holy Smoke peaty Band-Aid-wafted wood-burnt meat-cured rage. Dragonslayer Altbier carbolic floral-hopped berry-jellied apple blossom dabbler. Kaiser’s Kolsch honeysuckle banana-bready coriander-spiced rosebud-bitter sop. Nagelweiss Hefeweizen lemony wheat-thinned banana-apricot-nipped dry body. Nuhelles Einbock fab musty-nosed apricot-dried strawberry-papaya-sugared sass. SCOTTISH ALE Andromeda Heather Ale dry cola-nutty tobacco-smoked chocolate-chipped gruit. 90 Shilling Ale strong cherry-sweet Scotch-dried potion. Under the Kilt Wee Heavy robust black cherry-pureed chocolate-malted dry body. STOUTS Cask Cond. Imperial Stout espresso-roasted tobacco-dried vanilla-oaken bitter. Imperial Stout ashen coffee-oiled nut-charred licorice-finishing astringency. Earl Spit Stout creamy cocoa-malted black cherry-soured Irish-styled dry body. Reverend Fred’s Oatmeal Stout dry hop-charred stone-fruited chocolate-y malted. Willy’s Oompa-Loompa Stout lactic wood-burnt chocolate-coffee-roasted solace. www.dragonmead.com