Arclight Brewing Company - Watervliet, Michigan

Kevin A.

Our friend hosted his 40th birthday party at Arclight, and it was a big hit. They do not make their own food but often have food trucks, and they let you bring your own food. They do frozen pizzas and have these amazing Voyager snacks and trailmix that I posted. It's a very large space for a party, and our town hosts many events here throughout the year. There is a sizeable beer garden and front outdoor patio area as well. There is no AC in the summer, which can be tough, but they usually get a decent cross breeze. For a brewery, it is extremely friendly, with a few arcade games, board games as well as Foosball. They even have their own soda on tap, try the Rock & Rye.

Mark W. W.

What can I say other than, we won’t be back. It is not the place we remember from 6-8 years ago. Beer was okay. Bartender definitely didn’t want to be there. It was 2 in the afternoon and the only people visiting were there for disc golf(which is cool) but no regular customers but us. The original fun atmosphere was gone from days of old and drinks were over priced compared to other local breweries. Stick to St. Joe, South Haven or Stevensville for great breweries.

Samy M.

Cool brewery with lots of outdoor patio seating. Outside seating behind the brewery had a fire pit (not sure if it functions, we visited during the day). Lots of games available to play too. No kitchen so they encourage you to bring your own food. Beer selection was great; lots of different drafts to pick from.

Merry A.

We had our class reunion there. The place was spacious enough to accommodate our group. There was a food truck with great food. We then had another small group outing there last year and the staff are very friendly.

K M.

Currently here; brews are great, service is inadequate. Maybe bartender’s buddies are here and he’s too busy catching up with them.

We ordered a flight and did our own thing. We’re from out of town, I was hoping he’d at least give us the rundown, but whatever it’s fine.

Once we finished, we went back up to the bar to drop off our empty flight and to order more beer. Bartender comes to grab our empty glasses and walks away, didn’t ask if we wanted anything else. Instead, he continues to chat it up with his buddies and ignores everyone else. If it were busy, fine, but there’s literally 5 covers or less here.

Would recommend coming back for the brews, but don’t come for the service. There isn’t any.

Mateo G.

I think I’ve visited Arclight maybe 3-4 times now, and they’ve always been a comfortable place with solid brews. This time I enjoyed a few drinks out on their patio (front and back) during a late summer evening. It was very nice and relaxing. There are bocce ball courts in the back, and I’d really like to try it some day. Arclight is definitely one of my go-to spots in this section of Michigan.

Bob M.

If you're a beer enthusiastic, you need to get to this brewery! The Soursmith Kriek was one of the best US sours I've had. Similarly, the Red Raspberry is terrific and the Black Raspberry (almost a 4.5 rating on Untappd!) was outstanding. During my July 4 visit, they also had an excellent Pale Ale (collab with Livery) and a very pleasing Cherry Wit. I was also VERY pleased with The Olde Ways, a Belgian Dark Strong. Thanks to Andy at Arclight for suggesting this one!

I got to meet owner Dave and learned that they're aging the sours in custom built Foeders at another facility across the street. The Kriek was aged for 13 months and that effort shows up in the final product. Dave was a lot of fun to chat with and we also really enjoyed hearing from Andy, who served our beers on our first visit (we came back the following day for more!). Andy's passion and knowledge were fully on display.

Best of all, everyone I was traveling with really enjoyed the place! None of them was a beer geek but everyone found something they loved. And we ate some terrific pizza from the restaurant across the street (Local 3) while we relaxed on the patio.

Last thought - if they ever do a Gueuze I'm going to book a hotel and hang out here for a few days! Dave suggested that might be a possibility at some point, but they're knocking their current stuff out of the park.

Chris C.

Definite must stop place. Very, very good beers in all styles from Milkshake IPAs, IPAs, stouts, Porters, Sours. If you like excellent Craft beers this is one worth the stop. Covid service is really good as well inch this crazyv time. **Strongly recommend the Hard Coffee ** if you like that kind of drink