The microbrewery is right on the premises. Have fun and enjoy trying our very own “award-winning” handcrafted beer where you may see our brewmasters in action as they make the freshest beer. Hereford and Hops is an 800 barrel per year producing brew pub that specializes in producing handcrafted ales and lagers in its state-of-the-art 15 barrel brewhouses. Although you cannot buy our world class beer in the local distributors, you can take home a “party pig” of your favorite brewed beer.
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Beers Currently on Tap
Updated 9/1/2009
Whitetail Ale
A 2006 Gold Medal winner at the World Beer Cup in the Blonde Ale category. This has been Hereford and hops top selling beer for over 11 years running. The popular choice for domestic beer drinkers. It is a light to medium-bodied ale with light malt sweetness and a crisp dry finish. It has low levels of hop bitterness, hop flavor and aroma.
Style- Blonde Ale
IBUs- 19.4
Cleary Red
A 2005 Bronze Medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival in the Irish Red Ale category. It is a copper colored ale with medium body and some residual sweetness from the caramel malt used in the brewing process. This beer has medium hop bitterness, light hop flavor and no hop aroma.
Style- Irish Red Ale
IBUs- 13.8
Evil Twins Honey Wheat:
Brewed with what and Barley Malts and U.S. Hop Varieties. This beer has a deep golden colore and natural cloudiness. Brewers selected Michigan clover honey for a slight sweetness to complement this ale.
Style- Honey Wheat
IBUs- 20.2
Redemption IPA:
Our American version of the classic English India Pale Ale (IPA). This copper colored ale has a higher level of alcohol that most of our beers and definitely has the most hops used in the brewing process. This beer contains very high levels of hop bitterness, flavor and aroma. Hidden among the hops is medium bodied beer with medium maltiness which helps balance the perceived hop bitterness. This beer is a must for all of the hopheads out there.
Style- American IPA
IBUs- 86.3
ESB
This beer is an English style Extra Special Bitter (ESB). This copper colored ale is full bodied with some malt sweetness and malt complexity. This beer is dominated by the high levels of hop bitterness and flavor, and a medium level of hop aroma. There is a definite English hop profile that can be perceived in this beer.
Style- English Strong Bitter
IBUs- 52.3
E.M.B. (English Mild Brown)
The quintessential British session beer. This Brown Ale is a light-bodied, full flavored English mild ale with hints of cofffee, chocolate and caramel.
Blackbird Stout
Bronze Medal winner at the 2006 World Beer Cup in the Oatmeal Stout Category. This full bodied beer is black in color and has a smooth flavor profile that is rich from the use of oats in the grist. A roasted malt character is present but it is not bitter. There is some caramel sweetness and undertones of chocolate present. There is a moderate amount of hop bitterness and no hop flavor and aroma.
Style – Oatmeal Stout
IBUs – 22.1
Koelsch Ale
This beer is a summer release. This medium-light bodied beer has a noble hop flavor and aroma and is light golden in color.
Style: Koelsch