17 Winners from the Detroit Fall Beer Fest (2024) - Better On Draft

The Detroit Fall Beer Festival took place on Saturday, October 19, 2024. We couldn’t have asked for a better day. The sun was shining, there was a small breeze, and it was comfortably warm. The 15th iteration of the classic fall festival was put on by the Michigan Brewers Guild, and happened in Eastern Market.

Prior to the festival, I scoured the Beer List and put together our the 20 Beers to Check Out at the Detroit Fall Beer Fest list.

We at Better on Draft had four of our teammates on site to sample and socialize. It was great to see and meet so many beer loving friends. One of the podcast’s co-hosts, Rob, even dressed like a pickle!

Below are our 17 favorites from the fest. There were a lot of crowd favorites. Beers are in alphabetical order by brewery name.

Baja Bae

Austin Brothers Beer Co | Alpena | Sour | 7.5% | Ken’s Pick

Ghost Stories

B. Nektar | Ferndale | Mead | 11% | Rob’s Pick

Detroit Fly Life

Batch Brewing Company | Detroit | Light Lager | 4% | Ed’s Pick

Spooky Kriek

barrel + beam | Marquette | Kriek Lambic | 6% | Rob’s Pick

Ms. Pickles

Bier Distillery | Comstock Park | Sour | 4.9% | Rob’s Pick

Lil Love

Burzurk Brewing Company | Grand Haven | Tropical Stout | 5.3% | Wendy’s Pick

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale

Dog and Pony Show Brewing Company | Oak Park | Brown Ale | 5.8% | Wendy’s Pick

Oak Leaf

Elder Piper Beer & Cider | Petoskey | Märzen | 5.8% | Ken’s Pick

Cranberry Ginger Saison

Four Circles Brewery | Brighton | Saison | 8.6% | Wendy’s Pick

Gingerbread Amber

Great White Buffalo Brewing Company | Northville | Amber | Unknown ABV | Ed’s Pick

Coffee Oat Lager

Griffin Claw Brewing Co | Birmingham | American Lager | 5.8% | Ken’s Pick

Oktoberfest

The Maple Grille | Hemlock | Märzen | 5.4% | Ed’s Pick

Ghettoblaster Ale

Motor City Brewing Works | Detroit | Mild Ale | 3.8% | Rob’s Pick

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Spooky Shark

Niles Brewing Company | Niles | Pastry Sour | 4% | Ed’s Pick

Solace

Old Nation Brewing Company | Williamston | Dark Lager | 5% | Ed’s Pick

Mango Habanero IPA

The Royal Oak Brewery | Royal Oak | American IPA | Unknown ABV | Rob’s Pick

Macadamia Crazy

Rustic Leaf Brewing Company | Waterford | Brown Ale | 6% | Ken’s Pick

Let us know if any of them were your favorites and if we missed yours.

See you in February at the Winter Beer Festival in Grand Rapids!

Cheers!

Ed Norton

Edwin "Ed" Norton was first introduced to craft beer when his designated fraternity Big Brother Vince asked him if he knew anything about the topic. Ed admitted his ignorance and the rest is history as Ed and Vince would split six-packs of craft beers each week during Ed's probationary status. Ed is now a craft beer enthusiast who is always on the lookout for a beer he has not tried when bottle shopping or drinking at breweries and bars. In addition to drinking beer, this livelong Michigan resident enjoys a bunch of hobbies that he doubts you really care about, other than drinking beer and sounding off about it.

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