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GRAND RAPIDS — HopCat hosted its Wood and Wild Fest on Friday, featuring 38 rare sour and wood-aged draft beers for guests. Select bottles were also available, including 2007 Arcadia Ales Shipwrecked Porter, 2009 Founders Brewing Co. KBS, 2009 Great Divide Brewing Co. Old Ruffian and 2010 Struise Tsjeeses Reserva. The post ...
Read More »Macatawa Ale Company looks toward January opening
The idea for Macatawa Ale Company fermented for years until Andrew Westerlund felt the timing was finally right to open a family-owned brewery in Holland. His dad, Ed, a homebrewer for more than 20 years, has always supplied unique beer to family parties, which logically led to questions about when he would open a brewery himself. Then Our Brew ...
Read More »Yo quiero Short’s beer
Traverse City Beer Week came to a close over the weekend, and the 7 Monks Twelve Tap Taco Takeover highlighted the best the week had to offer. The event featured 12 Short’s brews paired with four new and adventurous tacos. The menu offered suggested pairings for each taco, but participants were able to explore on their own. The taco menu ...
Read More »John Stewart’s wizardry reigns supreme at Perrin
I don’t consider myself an expert on the subject of magic, but I have a few reasons to believe Perrin’s Production Manager — John Stewart — is most likely a wizard. I got a few minutes to chat stone-cold beer nerdery with him, and regardless of having commercial brewing experience myself, he was still dropping infor ...
Read More »Gravity to open Friday with 64 taps
Gravity Taphouse Grille hosted VIPs on Monday, offering 64 taps and a variety of food menu options. The eclectic, industrial atmosphere includes a full bar, private gathering spaces and an outdoor heated patio. Gravity will open to the public this Friday, and is located at 3210 Deposit Drive in Grand Rapids. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 4 ...
Read More »7 Monks celebrates Michigan beer for TC Beer Week
Despite the cold and snow, Traverse City Beer Week continues to take over downtown Traverse City. And 7 Monks Taproom, known for its vast beer selection, is hosting several events throughout the week. “We saw some really great participation city-wide last year and really hope that we see even more this year,” stated Jason Kasdorf, G ...
Read More »TCBW kicks off with Homebrewer’s Day
There was a lot to learn on Sunday as Brewery Ferment hosted Homebrewer’s Day as a part of Traverse City Beer Week. Bryan Snyder, owner of Bad Teacher Brewing Supply, was on-site to guide attendees through the brewing process. Bad Teacher Brewing Supply recently celebrated its second anniversary and has seen a steady increase in business. ...
Read More »Upper Hand celebrates grand opening
Upper Hand Brewery, a division of Bell’s Brewery, celebrated its grand opening today, just over a year after breaking ground in Escanaba. The brewery features a 20-barrel brewing system capable of producing about 200,000 gallons of beer per year. Three beers — UPA (Upper Peninsula Ale), Escanaba Black Beer and Upper Hand Lager ...
Read More »“Dearborn or bust” for local home brewer
What do you do when you want a place to enjoy a handcrafted pint close to home, but the nearest brewery is miles away? If you’re Dearborn resident John Rucinski, you start a brewery yourself. Rucinski, a seasoned home brewer, is in the process of opening Dearborn Brewing — the city’s first microbrewery — at 21930 Michiga ...
Read More »IPA Challenge preps Traverse City for Beer Week
TRAVERSE CITY — Sure, beer festivals are great to attend and specialty releases are exciting, but what about a showdown for the best IPA? The Traverse City Ale Trail IPA Challenge, held Thursday night at The Little Fleet, brought the first ever showdown of its kind to the area. Done as a blind tasting, the event gave attendees t ...
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