Five Shores Brewing’s Bear Dozer Stout

Bottoms Up

By Craig Manning | Feb. 11, 2023

One of the joys of winter for us beer enthusiasts is kicking back with a big, flavorful imperial stout. These beers don’t typically match well with hot summer days, but they sure taste good on winter evenings. Sometimes, though, even we are overwhelmed by the heaviness and booziness of an imperial stout. Thank goodness, then, for Five Shores Brewing’s Bear Dozer Stout, an imperial with all the character and complexity of other big stouts, but with a slightly lower ABV and an uncharacteristic drinkability. This cream stout delivers a smorgasbord of different flavors—cocoa, caramel, milk sugar, an edge of hops—but evens them out with a remarkably smooth, creamy finish that makes the beer go down nice and easy. It is, simply put, one of the most well-balanced stouts you’ll find in northern Michigan. Get over to Five Shores (at 163 S Benzie Boulevard in Beulah) and see for yourself! fiveshoresbrewing.com, (231) 383-4400