My family and I recently visited our friends and old neighbors at their new home in Saline, Michigan. For lunch, we stopped in at the Salt Spring Brewery in downtown Saline, housed in a former historic church building.

Outside

To start our experience, I had a glass of their Cashmere Zeppelin IPA, brewed with 100% Michigan cashmere hops, giving a citrus fruit flavor, and overall a solid brew. The Ryepalicous IPA was also tasty.

Southern Style Pork Sandwich

For lunch, I ordered the southern-style pork sandwich with house-smoked pork shoulder, sharp cheddar, bread & butter pickles, stout BBQ sauce, and coleslaw on a challah bun ($13.50 with fries on the side). Overall this was pretty good, though I wish that the pork had more smoke flavor. The pickles were fantastic and their BBQ sauce was solid.

Michigan Chicken Sandwich

My wife had the Michigan chicken sandwich with a smoked chicken breast, crispy bacon, sweet pepper chutney, arugula, and chevre on a potato bun ($13.59 with fries). Overall I liked this sandwich better than the pork sandwich. The chicken was well seasoned and the chutney and creamy chevre complimented it well.

Salt Springs Brewery is well worth a visit with the entire family. Our kids enjoyed large servings from the kids’ menu included mac-n-cheese, cheese pizza, and cheeseburger ($7 each).