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LANSING, Mich—Ten (10) brewery members of the Michigan Brewers Guild were awarded medals at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Competition, in Denver, Colorado—the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence, presented by the Brewers Association. In all, 286 medals were presented in 96 u ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MICH — MI LOCAL HOPS has successfully completed their first hop harvest. Working with EMPIRE HOPS , MI Local harvested over 250 acres of Northern Michigan grown hops starting on August 23  and ending on September 15, 2016. The varieties harvested this season were Centennial, Cascade, Michigan Copper, Chinook, Cr ...

Breweries come in all shapes and sizes—some experiment with unconventional ingredients while others focus on specific styles, some only distribute and some intentionally do not distribute. Brewery Ferment in Traverse City recently celebrated its fourth anniversary, and has found a way to stay small and creative amongst growing competiti ...

COMSTOCK, MICH – Bell’s Brewery, Inc. is proud to announce its new distributor partnerships in the great state of Texas. Fourteen distributors will help bring Bell’s entire portfolio to its 31th state. They are: Andrews Distributing of North Texas LLC, Brown Distributing Company, Del Papa Distributing Company, Inc., Falls Dist ...

Many cities have their own beer weeks which highlight the best of the local craft beer scene. Traverse City Beer Week, held every November, does just that with its own twist. Traverse City has made its mark on the beer map with over a dozen breweries, hundreds of acres of hops, and one of the top 100 beer bars in the country: there’s plen ...

The third beer in Harmony Brewing Company’s new WOOD AGED WILD BEER series will be released on SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 ST at 11:00am at both Harmony Locations! “Tamworth” is sour golden ale aged in mead barrels.  Designed to be the sourest beer in our series of 4, this shiny gold colored beer is a thing of beauty.  T ...

Elk Rapids, Mich. – Short’s Brewing Company announces the expansion of their Elk Rapids Production Facility. The expansion will include a new warehouse facility and upgrades to their in-house laboratory. The project, which has been described as “an investment in quality and efficiency,” is anchored by the construction o ...

Everything about ROAK Brewing Company screams rock and roll—from the décor, to the music, to the names of the beer. For an old rock chick like me, this was a sure fire hit mix. Owner John Leone says that the rock theme was accidental. “We were starting to make up names for beers, and it’s harder than you might think. ...

Nothing could stop people from enjoying U.P. Beer Fest this past Saturday. Not the 10-hour drive to Marquette (for downstate attendees). Not the monsoon rainfall that started at nine o’clock that morning and didn’t stop until six o’clock that night. And definitely not the mud pit or creek of flood water that surrounded a ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich — Michigan has made a name for itself as one of the premier craft brew states in the country, and considers itself the “Great Beer State”® with more than 200 breweries throughout two peninsulas, according to the Michigan Brewers Guild. What better way to partake of these fine beverages than from th ...