DETROIT VICINITY, MICHIGAN
Further north of Birmingham’s Big Rock Chop & Brewhouse, Flint’s REDWOOD LODGE MESQUITE GRILL & BREWPUB (opened 1998), with its winter resort warmth, wooden furnishings, outside patio, and raw bar, retained a welcoming cottage-like intimacy, August ‘04.
Quaffed phenol floral-hopped grapefruit-mellowed Redwood Light Pils, summery citric-soured wheat-backed Kolschbier, tart yellow-clouded banana-grapefruit-clove-influenced Belgian Wit, orange-bruised cherry-tart Saison, citric wheat-cracked Munich Helles Lager, softly red-fruited perfume-hopped American IPA, buttery dry-fruited Pale Ale, and black chocolate-y espresso-roused Russian Stout with lobster-steak dinner.
