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North Peak Brewing Company’s Archangel Summer Wheat Is Ripe with Northern Michigan Tart Cherries\u200f<\/strong><\/p>\n The newest microbrew to be released by North Peak Brewing Company in Traverse City pays tribute to the region\u2019s rich history as the \u201cCherry Capital of the World<\/strong>.\u201d Archangel Summer Wheat started flowing through taps around Michigan this week; it will be released later this month in six-pack retro-style stubbie bottles.<\/p>\n Archangel is sure to please both locals and summer visitors to Michigan. Each batch \u2013 which produces 50 BBLs of beer \u2013 is crafted with 2500 pounds of locally grown tart cherries, including a bulk from Kroupa Farms on Old Mission Peninsula. It is expected that as many 18,000 pounds <\/strong>of tart cherries will be incorporated into the production of Archangel throughout the summer.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just obvious that we should be making this beer,\u201d <\/em>says Brewmaster Mike Hall. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be able to work with local farmers to blend their fruits into the brewing process. The result is Archangel \u2013 a refreshing summer beer that captures the essence of Michigan summer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Archangel, a solid American wheat, has a classic nose that transitions to a faint cherry aroma complimenting its rich amber gold hue. As this well-balanced and deceptively light-bodied (5.0% alc by vol) wheat beer travels across the tongue, the willamette and perle hops hint at bitterness, followed by a crisp, clean wheat flavor that cuts to a subtle tart cherry finish. Asked to describe the flavor of Archangel, the most accurate response is: “it tastes like more.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cArchangel, like all of the North Peak beer icons, is born out of Northern Lore,\u201d<\/em> says Greg Lobdell, who \u2013 along with Jon Carlson, Ron Jeffries and Mike Hall, are the managing partners of Northern United Brewing Company. \u201cThe name came to Mike, Jon and I while we were sitting on the beach along Grand Traverse Bay drinking the first test batc h and watching the Broneah kite boarders. It is really a beautiful sport. We suspect the Archangel \u2013 who looks out for adventurers \u2013 is looking out for them when they are flying through the air and thus, the name came about.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The North Peak is part of Northern United Brewing Co<\/strong>., which also encompasses the Grizzly Peak<\/strong> and Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales<\/strong> craft beer brands, as well as the soon-to-be-released Civilized line of spirits. NUBC\u2019s philosophy focuses on a dedication to conservation, inspiration and locally sustainable practices. All of the beers and spirits under these brands are produced at either the new 5600-square-foot facility on Old Mission Peninsula adjacent to Mission Table (former Bowers Harbor Inn) restaurant or at the original Jolly Pumpkin facility in Dexter.<\/p>\n “Find NUBC products at stores, restaurants, and bars all throughout Michigan, including: North Peak Brewing Company, Mission Table and Jolly Pumpkin Brewery, all in Traverse City; Jolly Pumpkin and Grizzly Peak, in Ann Arbor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" North Peak Brewing Company’s Archangel Summer Wheat Is Ripe with Northern Michigan Tart Cherries\u200f The newest microbrew to be released by North Peak Brewing Company in Traverse City pays tribute to the region\u2019s rich history as the \u201cCherry Capital of the World.\u201d Archangel Summer Wheat started flowing through taps around Michigan this week; it will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[478],"tags":[1172,1173,1174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/north_peak_archangel.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}