The first brewery that I am going to feature has to be Rusty Rocket Brewing Company out of Pullman, Michigan. Located about 30 minutes northwest of the Kalamazoo area, this is the Michigan brewing world’s best kept secret.
Rusty Rocket Brewing Company was established in 2020, which was a very hard year to open a brewery. They are right off of beautiful Upper Scott Lake in Pullman, Michigan. This brewery is by appointment only, but trust me, make an appointment if you love beer. The brewery itself is an old YMCA camp from the 1920’s.
The owners Tim and Lisa are very friendly and very welcoming to all that walk through the door. I was treated as though we had been friends for years, even though our only exchanges were through messages from me setting up an appointment. Tim and Lisa live on the other side of Upper Scott Lake and run the brewery out of a labor of love. As a matter of a fact, all proceeds from the brewery are donated to local charities. They also make really fantastic beer. The owners really love dogs, the area is super dog friendly, and there was plenty of our four legged friends roaming the property while I was there.
I ended up trying a flight of everything that they had on tap while I was there. They had a couple of IPA’s, a couple of amber ales, a wheat beer, a blonde, a brown ale, a sour, and a chocolate porter on tap. The chocolate porter also came with an optional salted caramel rim on it. All of the beers were absolutely delicious, with my favorite being a toss up between the big boy brown and the chocolate porter. As a matter of a fact after having my flight, I went back for a pint of the Big Boy Brown. I didn’t find a single beer that I wouldn’t drink a full pint of, you can’t go wrong with anything on the menu.
Tim also ended up giving me a tour of the brewing facilities as I enjoyed my pint of Big Boy Brown. It is a very small brewing operation, but you can taste the love in every single sip you take of their beer. Between the views, the story, and the people that run this brewery, this might be the coolest place I have visited in the state of Michigan. I highly recommend that you make a stop at Rusty Rocket Brewing Company the next time that you are in the Kalamazoo area, you will not be disappointed.
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