Awards & Reviews

accolades for the Right brainers who keep beer curious:

THE BREWERY

• 2019 Michigan Council for Exceptional Children Dr. Dawn Gallup Honor Recipient Award - Russell Springsteen, Founder/Owner/Operator Right Brain Brewery

• 2018 TART Trails 20th Anniversary Sour "TART" Beer Challenge Winner - Who Gose There Cherry Lime - TART Trails
• 2018 Top Five New Beers in Michigan - Luminous Lemon Ale -- Detroit Free Press

• 2016 Traverse City Ale Trail IPA Challenge Winners - Dead(er) Kettle
• Can Of The Year Nominee, Brewery Collectibles Club of America, 2014 - Willpower Pale Ale
• Grand Champion, 2014 Ashley's Brewery Throwdown
• Top 5 Local Breweries In The Nation -- 2013, Answers.Com
• Top 10 Best Breweries in Michigan -- Mlive.com

CEO STOUT

• Michigan's Favorite Stout, 2012 -- DrinkMichigan.Org
• Michigan's Favorite Stout, 2013 -- DrinkMichigan.Org
• Best Stout -- 2013 WGRD Summer Craft Beer Festival
• 90/100 on RateBeer.com

DEAD KETTLE IPA

• Best IPA -- 2013 WGRD Summer Craft Beer Festival

FAT LAD Imperial Russian Stout

• Bronze Medal -- 2009 World Beer Expo

FLYING SQUIRREL Brown Ale

• "13 out of 14" -- Michigan Beer Show Podcast Listen

MANGALITSA PIG PORTER

• GOLD: Great American Beer Festival, Experimental Beer -- 2011

NAUGHTY GIRL STOUT

• "Top 10" Michigan's Favorite Stout, 2013 -- DrinkMichigan.Org

Willpower Pale Ale

-GOLD: World Expo of Beer, Best English Pale Ale, 2015
-Can of the year nominee, 2014 (Brewery Collectibles Club of America)
-90 out of 100, Draft Magazine, 2014

Smokey CEO Stout

-GOLD: World Expo of Beer, Smoke/Wood Beer -- 2015

SMOOTH OPERATOR cream ale

-GOLD: World Expo of Beer, Best Light Hybrid -- 2015
-BEST OF SHOW: Wolrd Expo of Beer -- 2015

CONCRETE DINOSAUR brown rye ipa

-SILVER: Great American Beer Festival, Rye Beer -- 2015