West Michigan Beer Tours

February 12, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

West Michigan Beer Tours
Based in Kalamazoo, MI West Michigan Beer Tours does public and private brewery tours all over Western Michigan. This is a new company but they have a few tours under their belt already and seem to do a public tour every few months at least hitting new breweries in large groups with knowledgeable guides. They seem to stick with visiting a smaller number of breweries but promise to provide time at each one to sample the beers and get a feel for the breweries.
According to their website:
West Michigan Beer Tours offer a variety of public tours. A typical public bus tour will last approximately 5 hours and transportation will be 29 person mini-coach buses. Most tours will include:

3 Brewery Stops
Tour director knowledgeable in both the beer industry and our local area
Introduction to brewery owners and/or brewers
Tours of their facility
Sample at each brewery

West Michigan Beer Tours is dedicated to providing beer lovers with fun, flavorful and relaxing tours. We encourage every passenger to drink responsibly and have a designated driver. After each tour we will also provide access to a local taxi service. While we encourage everyone to purchase beer at the breweries to take with you, we do not allow any consumption on the buses.

Brewery Updates

Winter Beer Fest Primer Dinner at The Bob

February 6, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Winter Beer Festival Primer Dinner
February 19, 2014 @ The B.O.B.
Doors @ 5:30pm – Dinner @ 6:00pm
4 pairs of tickets to the Winter Beer Festival raffled off.

$25 Per Person – Buy Tickets Online Now
or call 616.356.2000 while space is still available.
Ticket includes dinner and 4 microbrew sampling tickets.
Additional beer tasting tickets available for $1 each.

The Beer
+ B.O.B.’s Brewery
+ The Mitten
+ New Holland
+ Dark Horse
+ Brewery Vivant
+ Saugatuck
+ Founders
+ Blackrocks
+ Arbor Brewing
+ Schmohz
+ White Flame
+ Mt. Pleasant
+ Bells
+ Virtue
+ Pike 51
+ Perrin

The Food
+ House Mac ‘N Cheese
+ Dark Wort Braised Short Ribs
+ House Smoked Chicken Wings
+ Whole Smoked Fish
+ Bourbon Barrel Imperial Pecan Bars
+ Grilled Game Sausage Skewer
+ Smoked Beef Brisket Tacos
+ Butternut Squash Gnocchi
+ Brewer’s Meatloaf
+ Local Cheese & Charcuterie Platter
+ Slat & Vinegar Kettle Chips
+ Double Chocolate Brownies

What's On Tap

Beer On Tap February 6-12th

February 5, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Listing of beers on tap in Grand Rapids Breweries from Feb 6th-12th
B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Blondie, golden ale
•Crimson King, amber ale
•Full On IPA, India pale ale
•Pale, pale ale
•Peanut Butter Porter, specialty porter
•Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
•Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
•Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
•Wit Rabbit, Belgian wit

Brewery Vivant
•Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
•Triomphe, Belgian IPA
•Solitude, Abbey Style Ale
•Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
•Saison du Maison, Classic rustic French Saison
•Lost Gasket Spelt IPA, Spelt-driven Belgian IPA
•Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
•Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
•Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
•Selection of wood-aged beers

Founders Brewing Company
•Pale Ale
•Centennial IPA
•Dirty Bastard
•Red’s Rye IPA- draft
•Porter
•All Day IPA
•Pale Ale- nitro
•Oatmeal Stout- nitro
•Ginger Crusher
•Melon Ballie and the Infinite Radness
•Party Pils
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Smoked Porter
•Backwoods Bastard
•Infiltrator
•Sweet Repute
•boyl’R maky’R
•Barrel-Aged Spite Serrano

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Silver Foam
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
•Brewer’s Heritage
•Golden Foam
•Belknap Bock
•John Ball Brown
•The Fishladder
•Red Ramona
•Senator Lyons Stout
•Philanthropist
•The River Monster

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Super Sonic (lemon grass) Saison
•CasCoe Pale Ale
•CPR Pale
•Armadillo Pale
•Hopsolution Double Black IPA
•Bucketfoot Black IPA
•Ryenoceris Whiskey Stout

Harmony Brewing Company
•Oli Bollen, Spiced wheat
•Winter Nights, winter warmer
•Grand Daddy Rapids, cream ale
•Crossroads, rye PA
•Brownson, brown ale
•Deep End, imperial stout
•Daydream Believer, coffee stout
•Fiddlestix, IPA
•Birthday Barleywine

The Hideout Brewing Company
•Gangster IPA
•Hired Gun Red
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•9AM Hazelnut IPA
•Purple Gang Pilsner
•Polish Potato Ale
•Jail House Black IPA
•Citrus IPA
•Tutti Frutti Cream Ale
•Lemon Shandy
•18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
•Squash Stout
•Hazelnut Fudge Infused Silky Smooth Cream Ale
•Rye Porter
•Cinnamon Porter
•Oatmeal Stout
•Breakfast Stout
•Fruit Punch Pilsner
•Fresh Pepper Red
•Chocolate Mint Milk Stout
•Peanut Butter Cup Milk Stout
•Almond Boozehound Brown
•Espresso Milk Stout
•Caramel Milk Stout
•Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
•Spiced Milk Brown
•English Strong Ale
•Belgian Quad

Jaden James Brewery
•Gluten Free Ale 
•Cream Ale 
•Cranberry Cream Ale 
•Winter Ale
•Little Full Lota Sap
•Black IPA
•Black Lager
•Russian Stout
•American Brown Ale
•Cherry Hard Cider
•Apple Hard Cider
•Raspberry Hard Cider
•Peach Hard Cider
•Rootbeer

Mitten Brewing Company
•Wheat Wine
•Superstition Stout
•Country Strong IPA
•Peanuts & Crackerjack
•Triple Crown Brown

Osgood Brewing Company
•Sol Seeker, wheat
•358, pale ale
•Journey, IPA
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
•Voyage, barrel aged IPA
•Shackhuddle, Belgian style pumpkin ale
•McCoy’s, scotch ale

Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•Siciliano’s 2013
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Kona Brown
•IPA
•Manifesto
•Russian Imperial Stout
•I.I.P.A.
•Sustena-tor
•Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blonde
•Wood Aged 1885 Kona
•Hopwood
•Stoutwood
•Imperial Anniversary Ale
•Black Goat
•Rye Wine
•Malted Milk Ball Imperial Porter

Schmohz Brewery
•Amber Tease
•Bonecrusher Stout
•Hopknocker Imperial IPA
•India Pale Ale
•Pail Ale
•Treasure Chest ESB
•Valley City Cream Ale
•Zingiberene Gruit
•Kiss My Scottish Arse
•Uncle’s Monkey Belgian IPA
•Gingerbread Brown
•Miracle Off 28th Street
•Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
•Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda

Brewery Updates

Brewpub Events this week

February 4, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

B.O.B.’s Brewery
Weekly Events
Wednesday 25-Cent Wing Night

Brewery Vivant
Weekly Pub Events
Monday Farmhouse Special, stew and beer for $10.
Tuesday Monk Club Night, Special Discounts for Monk Club Members
Wednesday Growler night, $2 off growlers.
Thursday Stein night, bring your own stein. Starting at $5 per liter for mainstay beers.

Founders
This Week
Greg Nagy, Thursday, January 30 at 9:30 p.m., FREE
Rick Chyme wsg. Molly Bouwsma Schultz & Scott Schultz, Sir Manley, Saturday, February 1 at 9:30 p.m., $5
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra Special Matinee Performance, Sunday, February 2 at 4 p.m., FREE

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Monday Mug Club Night. Mug clubbers get $2 off their beer and 1/2 off handhelds.
Tuesday Local Night. Anyone living in Grand Rapids or surrounding areas receives $2 drafts from 6 p.m. to close.
Sunday GRBC Unplugged. Live unplugged music from 8-10 p.m.

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
This Week
Super Bowl Party, Sunday, February 2, 3 p.m.-end of game

Harmony Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Monday All day happy hour.
Tuesday Dine-in pizza deal, $5 cheese, $6 pizza.
Wednesday Mug Club & $1 off signature cocktails.
Thursday Vinyl Thursday, selection of vinyl records played on the Hi-Fi & $10 pitchers, after 9 p.m.
Sunday $2.50 You Call It Well Drinks, after 7 p.m
Tuesday-Friday Happy Hour 2-6 p.m.

This Week
Harmony’s 2nd Birthday Party, Saturday, February 1

HopCat
Weekly Events
Monday-Friday Burger & Beer Happy Hour. 4-6 p.m. Burger and any $4 category Michigan beer for $6
Wednesday Mussels, Wings & Pitcher Night. Mussels on special, 50-cent wings (min of 6), 25% off pitchers
Thursday $3 Thursdays. 6-9 p.m.

Jaden James Brewery
Weekly Pub Events
Tuesday $2 off growler refills, $1 off howler refills
Thursday Thirsty Thursday, 5-8 p.m. $1 off pints

Mitten Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Wednesday Team Trivia, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Osgood Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Monday $2 off pizzas and salads
Tuesday $1 off pints
Wednesday Mainstay pint and pizza for $13

This Week
Gabrial James, Friday, January 31, 8 p.m., FREE
The Northern Skies, Saturday, February 1, 8 p.m., FREE

*Premium Drafts are slightly higher in price

What's On Tap

Brews on tap: January 30-February 5

February 4, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

B.O.B.s Brewery
•Blondie, golden ale
•Crimson King, amber ale
•Full On IPA, India pale ale
•Pale, pale ale
•Peanut Butter Porter, specialty porter
•Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
•Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
•Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
•Wit Rabbit, Belgian wit

Founders Brewing Company
•Pale Ale
•Centennial IPA
•Dirty Bastard
•Red’s Rye IPA- draft
•Porter
•All Day IPA
•Pale Ale- nitro
•Oatmeal Stout- nitro
•Ginger Crusher
•Melon Ballie and the Infinite Radness
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Backwoods Bastard
•Infiltrator
•Sweet Repute
•Boilermaker

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Super Sonic (lemon grass) Saison
•CasCoe Pale Ale
•Hopsolution Double Black IPA
•Shiny Rocks American IPA
•Bucketfoot Black IPA

The Hideout Brewing Company
•Gangster IPA
•Hired Gun Red
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•9AM Hazelnut IPA
•Purple Gang Pilsner
•Jail House Black IPA
•Citrus IPA
•Tutti Frutti Cream Ale
•Triggerman IPA
•Lemon Shandy
•18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
•Squash Stout
•Coconut Almond Brown
•Hazelnut Infused Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout
•Honeydew Melon Ale
•S’mores Brown (Nitro)
•Apple Rancher Wit
•Rye Porter
•Cinnamon Porter
•Oatmeal Stout
•Breakfast Stout
•Fruit Punch Pilsner
•Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
•Spiced Milk Brown
•English Strong Ale
•Belgian Quad

Jaden James Brewery
•Gluten Free Ale 
•Cream Ale 
•Cranberry Cream Ale 
•Winter Ale
•Little Full Lota Sap
•Black IPA
•Black Lager
•Scottish Ale
•Russian Stout
•Scottish Bourbon
•Cherry Hard Cider
•Apple Hard Cider
•Raspberry Hard Cider
•Peach Hard Cider
•Rootbeer

Mitten Brewing Company
•Relief Session IPA
•Wheat Wine
•Superstition Stout
•Country Strong IPA
•Ryebaby

Osgood Brewing Company
•Sol Seeker, wheat
•358, pale ale
•Journey, IPA
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Big Spring, stout
•Voyage, barrel aged IPA
•Shackhuddle, Belgian style pumpkin ale
•McCoy’s, scotch ale

Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•Siciliano’s 2013
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Kona Brown
•IPA
•Manifesto
•Russian Imperial Stout
•I.I.P.A.
•Sustena-tor
•Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blonde
•Wood Aged 1885 Kona
•Hopwood
•Imperial Anniversary Ale
•Black Goat
•Rye Wine
•Malted Milk Ball Imperial Porter

Schmohz Brewery
•Amber Tease
•Bonecrusher Stout
•Hopknocker Imperial IPA
•India Pale Ale
•Pail Ale
•Treasure Chest ESB
•Valley City Cream Ale
•Zingiberene Gruit
•Kiss My Scottish Arse
•Uncle’s Monkey Belgian IPA
•Gingerbread Brown
•Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
•Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda

Beer Festivals

The Great Fox Brew HaHa 2014

January 30, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

February 14th and 15th at the Deltaplex is the Great Brew HaHa. Doors open at 5PM on Friday and 1PM on Saturday. Event concludes at 10 PM both days. Check out over 100 amazing craft beers and laugh with comedians Al Jackson and Pat McGann and many others. Also there is GRSSC Beer Olympics going on inside too. This is a fun way to spend a day sampling beers from many vendors inside during the winter and you get to enjoy comedy too as a bonus!

Beer Festivals

9th Annual Winter Beer Festival in GR

January 30, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Grand Rapids 5th3rd Ballpark will again play host to the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival Saturday, February 22, 2014 – 1pm to 6pm. This event sells out within a few hours of being announced so if you don’t have tickets you are probably out of luck but if you are lucky enough to have gotten a ticket congratulations!
For all the details:
http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/winter-festival

Pub Crawls

Teazers 12th Annual Pub Crawl

January 30, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Saturday Feb 8th, 2014 is Teazer’s 12th annual pub crawl in Grand Rapids. A $5 fee (to help support the Veteran’s Home in Grand Rapids) gets you in on this crawl. Registration at 2:30pm, Crawl starts at 3:30pm. The crawl starts at Teazer’s Bar and Grille, and goes to; Broadway Bar, Speakez Lounge, Rocky’s Bar & Grille and ends back at Teazer’s!

Brewery Updates

Brewery Events

January 24, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

B.O.B.’s Brewery
Weekly Events
Wednesday 25-Cent Wing Night
This Week
Cole Hansen, Friday, January 24, 7p.m.

Brewery Vivant
Weekly Pub Events
Tuesday Monk Club Night, Special Discounts for Monk Club Members
Wednesday Growler night, $2 off growlers.
Thursday Stein night, bring your own stein. Starting at $5 per liter for mainstay beers.

Founders
This Week
River Whyless wsg. The Wallace Collective, Thursday, January 23, 9:30 p.m., FREE
The Coop wsg. Ty Beat, Vapor Eyes, Saturday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. $5

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
Coming Soon
Super Bowl Party, Sunday, February 2, open 4 p.m.-end of game

The Hideout Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Monday Service Industry Night, Starting at 6:00 pm every week, Restaurant and bar employees, civil servants and military get 50% off their tab until close (excluding merch/to go). Bring a pay stub or ID and drink cheap.
Tuesday Mug Club Night, $1 pints for Mug Club members, $35 registration for year-long membership
Wednesday Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-midnight
Thursday Live Trivia, 1st round at 8 p.m., 2nd round at 9 p.m.
Friday New Beer Release
Saturday Chess, 1-3 p.m.

Hop Cat
This Week
Left Hand Brewery Tap Takeover, Thursday, January 23
6th Anniversary Party, Saturday, January 25

Jaden James Brewery
Weekly Pub Events
Tuesday $2 off growler refills, $1 off howler refills
Thursday Thirsty Thursday, 5-8 p.m. $1 off pints

Mitten Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Wednesday Team Trivia, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Osgood Brewing Company
Weekly Pub Events
Monday $2 off pizzas and salads
Tuesday $1 off pints
Wednesday Mainstay pint and pizza for $13

Schmohz Brewery
Weekly Pub Events
Monday Member Night, $3 pints for members*, 2-10 p.m.
Tuesday Growl-n-Gulp, $1.25 pint with a growler fill, 2-10 p.m.
Wednesday Brewer’s Choice (Zingiberene Ale), $3 pints*, 2 p.m.-midnight
Thursday $11 pitchers, $16 premiums, 2 p.m.-midnight
Friday 50 cents off, noon-3 p.m.
Saturday Schmohz Gear Day and Root Beer Floats, noon-midnight
*Premium Drafts are slightly higher in price
This Week
Ladies Ale Society: Ladies only guided beer tasting, Saturday, January 25. Tickets on sale at Schmohz tap room for $15.

Brewery Updates

Beer on Tap January 23-29th

January 24, 2014 Admin Leave a comment

B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Amber Tease
•Bonecrusher Stout
•Hopknocker Imperial IPA
•India Pale Ale
•Pail Ale
•Treasure Chest ESB
•Valley City Cream Ale
•Zingiberene Gruit
•Kiss My Scottish Arse
•Uncle’s Monkey Belgian IPA
•Gingerbread Brown
•Miracle Off 28th Street
•Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
•Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda

Founders Brewing Company
•Faux-liner Weisse
•Pale Ale
•Centennial IPA
•Dirty Bastard, Scotch Style Ale
•Red’s Rye IPA – Draft
•Porter
•All Day IPA
•Pale Ale – Nitro
•Oatmeal Stout – Nitro
•Solid Gold
•Ginger Crusher
•Melon Ballie and the Infinite Radness, American Pale Wheat Ale
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Backwoods Bastard
•Infiltrator, Imperial IPA
•Sweet Repute

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Coit’s Imperial Porter
•Golden Foam, Dry-Hopped Pilsner
•Philanthropist, Bourbon barrel aged barley wine
•Silverfoam, Light American Lager
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde, Blonde Ale
•Brewer’s Heritage, Bavarian Hefeweizen
•John Ball Brown, Nut Brown
•Senator Lyon’s Stout, Dry Stout
•Fishladder, American IPA
•Belknap Bock, Traditional malty German lager

On Deck
•River Monster, Barrel Aged Smoked Wee Heavy (coming Friday)

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Super Sonic (lemon grass) Saison
•CasCoe Pale Ale
•Bucket Foot Black IPA
•Shiny Rocks American IPA
•Kilauea Joe Coffee Brown Ale

Harmony Brewing Company
•Oli Bollen, Spiced Wheat
•Fiddlestix, IPA
•Winter Nights, Winter Warmer
•Grand Daddy Rapids, Cream Ale
•Crossroads, Rye PA
•Brownson, Brown Ale
•Deep End, Imperial Stout

The Hideout Brewing Company
•Gangster IPA
•Hired Gun Red
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•9AM Hazelnut IPA
•Purple Gang Pilsner
•Jail House Black IPA
•Citrus IPA
•Tutti Frutti Cream Ale
•Triggerman IPA
•Lemon Shandy
•18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
•Squash Stout
•Coconut Almond Brown
•Hazelnut Infused Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout
•Honeydew Melon Ale
•S’mores Brown (Nitro)
•Apple Rancher Wit
•Boozehound Brown
•Root Beer Stout (Nitro)
•Rye Porter
•Cinnamon Porter
•Oatmeal Stout
•Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
•Spiced Milk Brown
•Enforcer’s Strong Ale
•English Strong Ale
•Belgian Quad

Jaden James Brewery
•Gluten Free Beer
•Cream Ale
•IPA
•Winter Ale
•Little Full Lota Sap
•Black IPA
•Black Lager
•Scottish Ale
•Russian Stout
•Scottish Bourbon
•Cherry Hard Cider
•Peach Hard Cider
•Apple Hard Cider
•Raspberry Hard Cider

Mitten Brewing Company
•Oatmeal Stout
•RyeBaby Imperial Rye IPA
•The Relief Session IPA
•Wheat Wine
•Triple Crown Brown
•Superstition Dry Stout
•Country Strong IPA

Osgood Brewing Company
•Best Day Ever, Double IPA
•Sol Seeker, American Wheat Ale
•358, American Pale Ale
•Journey, IPA
•Oakestown, American Amber Ale
•Notley, Porter
•Big Spring, Stout
•Bee Line, Brown Ale

Perrin Brewing Company
•Bashtoberfest
•Golden Ale
•Sicilano’s 2013
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Harvest Ale
•Kona Brown
•Grapefruit IPA
•IPA
•Black Manifesto
•Russian Imperial Stout
•Double IPA
•Sustenator
•Kingdom of Toga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blond
•Hopwood
•Imperial Anniversary Ale
•Black Goat
•Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
•Rye Wine
•Malted Milk Ball Imperial Porter

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