Cherry Pie Whole: 4th of July in Traverse City with Right Brain Brewery

Northern Michigan is well known for many things—sand dunes, lakes, cherries, and of course…beer!  If you’re Up North this summer, be sure to check out some of the local breweries, and you’ll see how Michigan has earned the name: the Great Beer State.  While in Traverse City over the 4^th of July weekend, which coincided with the Cherry Festival, I took a trip to the Right Brain Brewery, and I can assure you, I’ll be back.

Right Brain is located in a renovated warehouse in Traverse City, there’s not much to look at on the outside, but when you walk in you enter a fun room filled with some funky art and groovy beer.  From the nondescript warehouse to the open taproom and imaginative beer flavors, Right Brain had a similar feel to Wolverine State Brewing in Ann Arbor, and like Wolverine, the real focus here is on the beer.

They have all the beer styles you will find at most craft breweries, but what really stands out are their unique, local flavors.  In particular, over the 4^th of July weekend Right Brain had Cherry Pie Whole, a beer brewed with 50 whole Cherry Pies from the Grand Traverse Pie Company, on tap.  Cherry Pie and beer are both things many Americans enjoy on the 4^th of July, but drinking a Cherry Pie beer was a new experience for me.  The sweet, slightly tart flavor really felt like drinking a Cherry Pie, which was perhaps the perfect beer to drink while watching fireworks on the 4^th of July.

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