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GRAND RAPIDS — “I always say the easiest way to describe us is that we are a store that has everything you need to throw a party,” says Amy Baas, Assistant Manger of Art of the Table. The store, open since 2003, features everything from decor, food and libations for your next party. And the walk-in beer cooler in the back? Tha ...

ANN ARBOR — Not your typical bottle shop, the Whole Foods Market Cranbrook location’s beer department offers a wide range of bottles sourced from Michigan to Belgium and beyond. You’ll find their vast stock in cold storage spread out over three different sections of the store. Katy Jensen, beer specialist, is in charge of buyi ...

GRAND RAPIDS — You might not notice it at first, but behind Celebration! Cinema and across from Meijer on Knapp Street, you’ll find one of the most unique bottle shops in the area. The Crushed Grape, opened since 2008, is known for its second floor wine loft, unique food items, spirits and craft beer. “It’s always been k ...

ANN ARBOR — On the rear side of the Plymouth Road Mall, you’ll find The Wine Seller. As the name implies, the store’s roots are as a wine specialty shop. When they took ownership in 2005, brothers Hardik and Swetang Patel added craft beer. Motivated by the increasing craft revolution a few years later, an expansion took p ...

ROYAL OAK – Holiday Market has been in business since 1954, back when they started as a small butcher shop and grocery store. As of 2014, the shop is over 20 times its original size and still putting an emphasis on quality products and services, particularly when it comes to craft beer. That’s where Beer Manager Ashley Pri ...

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 si ...

The Beverage Tasting Institute has awarded Marquette-based Ore Dock Brewing Company two gold medal ratings at its 2014 World Beer Championships. Both Reclamation IPA and Saison scored 93 out of a possible 100 points in their respective style categories. The Championships take place annually with seven different tasting sessions per year. Reclam ...

WARREN — Wassail toasts were plentiful at Kuhnhenn Brewing Company this weekend as the brewery celebrated its annual Winter Solstice party. The yearly two day event held on Friday and Saturday is not only a gathering and celebration on the shortest days of the year, but also a bottle release of limited beers from the brewery. Pa ...

Local, fresh produce or beer? You take your pick. Lansing’s Horrock’s Farm Market is known, not only for their produce variety, but also their beer variety, with thousands of individual beer varieties from hundreds of different brands. What started as a fruit stand in the Lansing City Market in 1959 has now developed into its own la ...

Meet Joel ‘Smitty’ Smitter, owner and proprietor of Smitty’s Specialty Beverage in the Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids. You’ll see him in this TARDIS-like building (bigger on the inside) many days out of the week, along with his two sons, Joel and Jared. This is a family-owned, family-operated business, and a staple ...