About
Upper Hand Brewery crafts beers inspired by Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, brewed by outdoor enthusiasts who celebrate the region's natural beauty and lifestyle. They offer flagships like Yooper pale ale and Upper Hand IPA, alongside seasonals, specialties such as barrel-aged sours and hard seltzers, and reserve batches like Sisu Stout. Every beer is a tribute to U.P. moments, available at their Escanaba taproom with 18 on tap.
U.P.-inspired beers
flagship pale ales and IPAs
barrel-aged sours
hard seltzers
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What They Make
UPA
traditional American pale ale
Upper Hand IPA
tropical, piney India pale ale
Laughing Fish
Upper Hand Light
Uncle Buck
w/ concentrated Citra terpenes
Sugarbush
w/ vanilla beans and cocoa nibs
Lumen
hop-forward
Black Ice
Esky Pop
spiced cranberry, black cherry, passionfruit orange guava
Esky Pop
Apple Pie Moonshine, Moscow Mule, Cosmopolitan
Tongue & Groove: Maple
w/ maple syrup
Tongue & Groove: Cherry
w/ cherries
Yooper
everyday, easy-drinking
New Sun
w/ orange peel
Sisu Stout
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Tap list updated 4/23/2026