Michigan Pantry highlights the best of Michigan beers, ciders

Walk into the Michigan Pantry store in downtown Holland and you might not see it right away. But take a few steps past colorful displays jam-packed with Michigan-made gifts and you can’t miss it.

Yes, craft beer lovers, it’s a wall dedicated to nearly 30 varieties of Michigan craft beer. By the bottle. Available for mix and match six pack. It’s okay to stare — most customers do the first time they see it.

Each beer features a multi-paragraph description leaving no doubt to what you are buying and what type of food you should pair it with.

And if that wasn’t enough, Michigan Pantry, located at 210 River Ave., also offers unique hard cider offerings, such as the hard-to-find Tandem Ciders and the local gem that is Virtue Cider.

Employee Missi Bastiaanse said the wall of beer began in the summer of 2014, when the store was less than a year old, as way to compliment its Michigan-made theme. She said the store aims for a small, but broad offering, with a special focus on seasonals.

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