Michigan Breweries/Stores (2021)

Pretty sure it has been draft only thus far but some bars did get kegs in the past

 

I'm pretty sure it's only been released on draft. I had it at the last UPtoberfest.

 

I live in Kalamazoo and it's usually a Bells Cafe exclusive but I know at least 2 bars that got kegs. Looks like my first check in was 2013, I wasn't a fan but maybe I'll try it again

 

Thanks for all the recommendations. Looking forward to visiting some of these.

 

If your going from Fennville toKzoo you may want to check out Waypost. It’s close to Fennville just of 196. If you like cider try some stuff from Cranes.

 

I’ve only seen their stuff in bottles. Most everything I’ve had from them was pretty good.

 

For farmhouse style check out Jolly Pumpkin as well.

 

If you have not tried the Bam Biere, you may want to consider it. It’s a little funky and earthy but is mostly balanced with malt and spice. It’s also readily available.

In a few months I recommend trying Noel de Calablaza. It’s listed here as a wild ale, which it is I suppose, but also many characteristics of a Belgian Dark Ale.

 

We started the day grabbing a bunch of stuff at Horrock's in BC. Good thing we did since Territorial ended up being closed due to faulty A/C. We spent a couple of hours on their disc course, which was a lot of fun. Went to Bell's and Hopcat, which were both great. I really liked the One Well beers I tried but we couldn't get there because no Uber OR Lyft cars were available. The same thing happened at the Growlers game and we had to walk the 1.7 miles back to our hotel.

On the way in, we spent much longer at Greenbush than we'd planned. On the way out, we spent much longer at Virtue than we planned. We could have squeezed in a couple of places but between Hopcat and the cans/bottles we picked up, I was happy to just chill on the patio at our hotel instead of rushing around. Plus, the ballgame was really fun.

 

I thought Uberon was fantastic, especially since the time I had it I hadn’t really been exposed to beers like that.

 

There are some interesting beers in that group of labels. It's particularly interesting that Short's, under the Arcadia name, is releasing Lagerhosen, a dry-hopped Bavarian-style lager, which is something that the former Arcadia never brewed. So Short's has expanded their use of that name into a different direction.

I'm becoming more and more intrigued by Barrel + Beam. I'll look for those beers and start drinking more of their beers that I see in stores. What I've already had had been very good.

 

I have not been there, but they're at the top of my list whenever I can get back up to Marquette. In the meantime, I'll be buying their stuff in the store, but first I have to make room in the fridge and drink some beer.