A long, long time ago in a quiet historical town with a lack of culture, a young boy was leaving for a land far, far away. He wanted to make his last summer in this little metropolis really count! The last 4 years were memories of a mountain of bottle caps of the same homogenous mass produced beers. He wanted to explore new and exciting aromas, and ingredients that would soothe his curious palate. So off he went, in search with his friends a beer that would forever change the pleasure of beer drinking.

On this journey he encountered many types of beer. This ones too bland he cried! And he would try another. This one is too acidic! This one has no hops! And on and on this went until one day, a micro-brewed beer that was just right. There was something about the taste, the aroma, the color that moved the soul. Art in bottle! The whole summer of discovering grew his young boys beard and hair long, put hair on his chest and a passion for the art of great beer. He left for the end of the world and spent four cold years tasting, designing, and loving beer. The foreign land granted him a college degree, many new friends, and a love for the northern country.

But the art of beer kept calling his name. Back at the metropolis he had a vision. A vision that would become his own pride and joy. A little microbrewery called Dark Horse Brewing Company. A place that looked like a garage sale puked within its walls. A place that the ceo, factory worker, fisherman, truck driver, could go because within these walls the biggest, and boldest beers become a fresh and unique for those that are willing to seek it.

 

CRAWFISH BOIL IS AROUND THE CORNER JUNE 14 2008

CHECH OUT OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR DETAILS!!!!!!!!!

4-18-08  We're gonna give you our Rod...

"Those jokesters in Marshall are at it again. Dark Horse Brewing co. has a new beer for the late spring and early summer . This may, look for Rod. That's right, Rod. Rod is a refreshing, medium bodied red ale brewed with aphrodisiac herbs for woman and men alike. Brewer Russ Beattie was working on his own version of Sex Panther, using passion flower, epimedium, damiana, and ginko to elevate the levels of spring time friskiness and brewmaster Aaron Morse decided that the best way to spread the love was via Rod. " -Bil

It's brewed!! Watch here or on B.A. for a list of bars that will have it in 2-3 weeks.

 

3-28-08 Dark Horse to be at the Hopleaf in Chicago

Hold onto your hats Chicago!  The wind is blowing in Big Maniac Mike DH Rep and Russell the Love Mussell Brewer to Andersonville for a beer tasting at the Hopleaf.  Stop in on Wednesday, April 2nd between 7pm and 9pm to sample some of the good stuff.  Five beers will be on tap, especially our BIG spring specialty, Sapient Trip Ale.  Hope to see you there!  Holy Wah, ei? 

 

3-10-08 Double Crooked Tree in the "D"

This Saturday Mar. 15th, from 9pm until 12am we will be at Foran's bar in downtown Detroit having the official Double Crooked Tree IPA release party. There will be a couple other DH beers on tap along with several other great Michigan beers. Scotty Karate will also take the stage and rock out a couple sets!

 

 

12-17-2007 Dark Horse General Store

The Dark Horse General Store is now open - Dark Horse Merchandise, Homebrew supplies, Wine making supplies. Located across parking lot from the brewery.

Also the Dark Horse on-line Trading post will be hooked to paypal soon- to make getting Dark Horse Merchandise easier

 

10-15-07 Rocky  Mountain High!


We've spent the last few days partying in Colorado for the Great American Beer Fest. We had a great time visiting breweries, eating good food, and drinking far too much good beer. The icing on the cake was winning a couple medals at the GABF! We won the Bronze medal for the Three Guy Off The Scale Barley Wine and the Silver medal for Scotty Karate Scotch Ale!!! What a great feeling, to win an award in Denver with so many other great beers and breweries. Scotty Karate is availible now and Three Guy B. Wine will be out in Feb./March (yes, we will make a bunch of it).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-20-07

 

 

 

Tres Blueberry Stout won the gold metal in the Indiana Beer Cup!! Look for this beer to be out in Nov. or Dec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5-23-07
Heavy metal machine!We took some metals at the World Expo Of Beer in Glorious Frankenmuth this past weekend. Sapient Trip Ale took a Silver and the Double Crooked Tree took Bronz. We tried swopping our Bronz for King Brewing Co.'s fancy Gold metal (best fruit beer) but they put it away before we could get sneaky  enough. Next year I'm going to have a metal to award Dark Horses biggest drunk. The unofficial standings would be: 2005-Mike,  2006-Mike, 2007-Aaron

 

 

 

5-01-07

 

 

 

The Dark Corner Project We have teamed up with The Corner Brewery (Arbor Brewing) to be completely original and blow your freaking minds. Here's the skinny-1 recipe, 2 brewers with passion, 2 completely different brew systems, one crazy beer. Thats right Aaron and Matt (from The Corner) wrote a recipe (we're not telling you what) and each brewer will travel to the others brewery to brew it. It will be on tap and in stores in MI, IN, and WI in mid-late June. Check out our events page for details on the release partys at Dark Horse and The Corner, it's gonna be absurdely crazy