Harmony Brewing is planning to put $1.2 million into a new brewpub located in the west side of Grand Rapids in the area known as Little Mexico. Harmony Brewing is purchasing the former Little Mexico Café at 401 Stocking Ave. NW and will be renovating it to create a brewpub with added capacity to compliment their current brewery in Easttown. This new brewery is expected to open near the end of 2014 and will added a second brewery to the west side of Grand Rapids along with Mitten Brewing which is also expanding this year. The brewery will have a menu filled with local ethnic foods to compliment the beers brewed there. With the addition of more brewing capacity at the new location plans are to brew staple beers there and do more experimental small batches at the original Harmony Brewery in Easttown.
GR Brewery Events this week
B.O.B.’s Brewery
Weekly Events
Thursday Mug Club $2 draft B.O.B.’s brews
Brewery Vivant
Weekly Pub Events
Monday – Farmhouse Supper: hearty, rustic stew & a beer, $10; Stein night: bring your own stein. Starting at $5 per liter for mainstay beers.
Tuesday Monk Club Night, Special Discounts for Monk Club Members
Wednesday Growler night, $2 off growlers.
Sunday Smokehouse Sunday – smoked special all day long
Founders
This Week
Dustbowl Revival, Thursday, April 17 at 9:30 p.m., FREE
13th Annual Black Party wsg. Nathaniel Rateliff, Caroline Rose, Oracle, Saturday, April 12 at 9:30 p.m., $10 for general public, $8 for mug club members
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.
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.
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
Matt Gabriel, Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m., FREE
Nidal, Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m., FREE
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, $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
Whats on tap at Grand Rapids Breweries
B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Platinum Blonde
•Afterglow Amber
•Full On IPA, India pale ale
•London Calling, porter
•Calgacus, Scotch ale
•Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
•Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
•Hop Zeppelin Black IPA, Indian black ale
•Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
•Chestnut Lager, specialty brew
•Barley Wine
Brewery Vivant
•Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
•Triomphe, Belgian IPA
•Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
•Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale
•Undertaker, pilot batch, Belgian style dark ale
•North French Ale, Biere de Garde
•Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
•Le Lapin Qui Fume, Belgian style Rauch ale
•Coq D’Or, golden Bretta ale
•Pothole Stout, Belgian Style Stout
•Limited: Plowhorse, Belgian Style Imperial Stout
•Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
•Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
Founders Brewing Company
•Pale Ale
•Centennial IPA
•Dirty Bastard
•Red’s Rye IPA- draft
•Porter
•All Day IPA
•Pale Ale- nitro
•Oatmeal Stout- nitro
•Melon on Melon
•Frangelic Stout
•Solid Gold
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Curmudgeon Old Ale
•Rubaeus
•Doublethink IPA
•Backwoods Bastard
•Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye IPA
•Barrel-Aged Spite Hungarian Wax
•Barrel-Aged Spite Blend
•Boyl’Rmayk’R
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Silver Foam
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
•NMO IPA
•1826 IPA
•Golden Foam
•John Ball Brown
•The Fishladder
•Senator Lyons Stout
•Philanthropist
•Vitesse D’Oro
•Mt. Pleasant Irish Red (in collaboration with Mount Pleasant Brewing Company)
•Original 6 Dunkelweiss
•No Fracking Way Imperial IPA
•Log Jammer Maibock
•Edgcomb’s Nitro Pale
Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Bucket Foot Black IPA
•Sanguinity Blood Orange Wheat
•Spud O’Mally’s Dry Irish Stout
•Apple of My EyePA
•GBCB Double IPA
•Brit’s English Brown Ale
Harmony Brewing Company
•Golden Lion Tamarin, pale mild
•Daydream Believer, coffee stout
•Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
•Crossroads, rye-PA
•Lil Sparky, session IPA
•Heather Beast, heather ale
•Birthday Barleywine
•Black Squirrel, smoked porter
•Grote Pier Double IPA
The Hideout Brewing Company
•Bootleg IPA
•Gangster IPA
•Hired Gun Red (CO2 & Nitro)
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•Cement Shoe Stout
•9 a.m. Hazelnut IPA
•Silky Smooth Cream Ale
•Rye Porter
•Rye Pale Ale
•Sour Pale Ale
•Johnny Law Sour Ale
•Coconut Almond Brown
•”Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
•Boozehound Brown
•Triggerman IPA
•Hop Rocket Extra Pale Ale
•Oatmeal Stout
•Apple Rancher Wit
•Spicy Red Pepper Ale
•Stalin’s Sour Russian Imperial Stout (Nitro)
•Watermelon Apple Rancher Wit
•Raspberry Bavarian Creme Ale
•Espresso Milk Stout
•Enforcer’s Strong Ale
•Hangman’s Scotch Ale
Jaden James Brewery
•Gluten Free Ale
•Cream Ale
•Winter Ale
•Cherry Java Brown
•Session IPA
•Amber Wheat
•American Brown
•Black IPA
•Russian Stout
•Russian Stout
•Porter
•Cherry Hard Cider
•Apple Hard Cider
•Raspberry Hard Cider
•Peach Hard Cider
•Root beer soda
Mitten Brewing Company
•Relief Session IPA
•Big Train Strong Ale
•Black Betsy Coffee Stout
•”The Stretch” Cream Ale
•Triple Crown Brown
•Vanilla Milk Stout
Osgood Brewing Company
•358, pale ale
•Journey, IPA
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
•Big Spring, stout
•King Arthur, English brown
•Riverbend, rye IPA
•Bee Line, American brown ale
•Best Day Ever, DIPA
•Blackbird, barrel aged stout
Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•Perrin Pilsner
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Nitro Dry Stout
•Ain’t No Sunshine
•Kona Brown
•Grapefruit IPA
•IPA
•Manifesto
•I.I.P.A.
•Wood Aged 1885 Kona
•Russian Imperial Stout
•Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blonde
•Hopwood
•Stoutwood
•Redwood
•Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustena-tor
•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
•John T. Pilsner
•Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
•Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda
White Flame Brewing
•Golden Boy
•Fish Finder
•Golden Girl
•Super-G IPA
•Ugly Stick
•Double Tap
•Red Shoes
•Fight The Power sour ale
•Whiskey Stick
•Kentucky Kiss
Brewery Events & Specials April 3-9th
B.O.B.’s Brewery
Weekly Events
Thursday Mug Club $2 draft B.O.B.’s brews
Brewery Vivant
Weekly Pub Events
Monday – Farmhouse Supper: hearty, rustic stew & a beer, $10; Stein night: bring your own stein. Starting at $5 per liter for mainstay beers.
Tuesday Monk Club Night, Special Discounts for Monk Club Members
Wednesday Growler night, $2 off growlers.
Sunday Smokehouse Sunday – smoked special all day long
Founders
This Week
The Appleseed Collective wsg. Adam Ezra Group, Thursday, April 3 at 9:30 p.m., FREE
Andy Frasco and The U.N. wsg. The Mainstays, Saturday, April 5 at 9:30 p.m., $5
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.
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.
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
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, $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
Craft beers on tap in GR April 3rd-9th
B.O.B.’s Brewery
Platinum Blonde
Afterglow Amber
Full On IPA, India pale ale
London Calling, porter
Calgacus, Scotch ale
Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
Hop Zeppelin Black IPA, Indian black ale
Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
Chestnut Lager, specialty brew
Barley Wine
Brewery Vivant
Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
Triomphe, Belgian IPA
Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale
Undertaker, pilot batch, Belgian style dark ale
North French Ale, Biere de Garde
Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
Le Lapin Qui Fume, Belgian style Rauch ale
Coq D’Or, golden Bretta ale
Tripel, Belgian style tripel
Pomme de Garde, Farmhand/cider blend aged in Jack Daniels barrels with ancho chilis
Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
Founders Brewing Company
Pale Ale
Centennial IPA
Dirty Bastard
Red’s Rye IPA- draft
Porter
All Day IPA
Pale Ale- nitro
Oatmeal Stout- nitro
Ruby Crystal Mandarina
Melon on Melon
Breakfast Stout
Imperial Stout
IPL-X-9
Curmudgeon Old Ale
Backwoods Bastard
Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye IPA
Barrel-Aged Spite Hungarian Wax
Boyl’Rmayk’R
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Silver Foam
Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
NMO IPA
1826 IPA
Golden Foam
Belknap Bock
John Ball Brown
The Fishladder
Senator Lyons Stout
Philanthropist
Vitesse D’Oro
Slocum’s Nitro Porter
Mt. Pleasant Irish Red (in collaboration with Mount Pleasant Brewing Company)
Original 6 Dunkelweiss
Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
Spud O’Mally’s Dry Irish Stout
Borderline Belgium Session IPA
Vladimperial Russian Stout
Nooky Pale Ale
Bucket Foot Black IPA
Brit’s English Brown Ale
GB Imperial IPA
Harmony Brewing Company
Grand Daddy Rapids, cream ale
Flower Power , green tea chamomile pale ale
Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
Crossroads, rye-PA
Brownson, brown ale
Deep End, imperial stout
Ale-ian Abduction, black IPA
Birthday Barleywine
Black Squirrel, smoked porter
The Hideout Brewing Company
Bootleg IPA
Gangster IPA
Hired Gun Red (CO2 & Nitro)
Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
Aviator Pale Ale
Cement Shoe Stout
9 a.m. Hazelnut IPA
Silky Smooth Cream Ale
Rye Porter
Fresh Pepper Red (Nitro)
Rye Pale Ale
Sour Pale Ale
Johnny Law Sour Ale
Coconut Almond Brown
“Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
“Sweet Rebound” Sweet Milk Stout
Boozehound Brown
Triggerman IPA
Hop Rocket Extra Pale Ale
Oatmeal Stout
Maple Breakfast Stout
Apple Rancher Wit
Hazelnut Root Beer Stout
Spicy Red Pepper Ale
Watermelon Weizen
Almond Boozehound Brown
Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
Enforcer’s Strong Ale
Hangman’s Scotch Ale
Jaden James Brewery
Gluten Free Ale
Cream Ale
Winter Ale
Cherry Java Brown
IPA
Amber Wheat
American Brown
Black IPA
Russian Stout
Vanilla Russian Stout
Porter
Cherry Hard Cider
Apple Hard Cider
Raspberry Hard Cider
Peach Hard Cider
Root beer soda
Mitten Brewing Company
Walk Off Wheat
Dock’s No-No
Country Strong IPA
Peanuts & Crackerjack
“The Stretch” Cream Ale
West Coast Swing
Osgood Brewing Company
358, pale ale
Journey, IPA
Oakestown, amber ale
Notley, porter
Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
Big Spring, stout
King Arthur, English brown
Riverbend, rye IPA
Bee Line, American brown ale
Voyage, barrel aged IPA
Best Day Ever, DIPA
Blackbird, barrel aged stout
Perrin Brewing Company
Golden Ale
LaughFest Lager
Rye of the Liger
Black
Nitro Dry Stout
Ain’t No Sunshine
Kona Brown
Grapefruit IPA
IPA
Manifesto
I.I.P.A.
Wood Aged 1885 Kona
Russian Imperial Stout
Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
Razzberry Blonde
Hopwood
Stoutwood
Redwood
Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustena-tor
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
John T. Pilsner
Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda
Unruly Brewing
Happy Pils
Black Creek Rye PA
Fat Guy Little Kilt
Drunkle Altbier
Oats N Hoes IPA
Udder Perfection
White Flame Brewing
Golden Boy
Eagle Eye Rye
Super-G Ipa
P.O.P Porter
Ugly Stick
Black Sheep IPA
Double Tap
Passed out Willy
Red Shoes
Flame Test ESB
Beers On Tap March 27 – April 2nd
B.O.B.’s Brewery
Platinum Blonde
Afterglow Amber
Full On IPA, India pale ale
London Calling, porter
Calgacus, Scotch ale
Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
Hop Zeppelin Black IPA, Indian black ale
Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
Chestnut Lager, specialty brew
Barley Wine
Brewery Vivant
Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
Triomphe, Belgian IPA
Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale
Undertaker, pilot batch, Belgian style dark ale
North French Ale, Biere de Garde
Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
Le Lapin Qui Fume, Belgian style Rauch ale
Coq D’Or, golden Bretta ale
Tripel, Belgian style tripel
Pomme de Garde, Farmhand/cider blend aged in Jack Daniels barrels with ancho chilis
Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
Founders Brewing Company
Pale Ale
Centennial IPA
Dirty Bastard
Red’s Rye IPA- draft
Porter
All Day IPA
Pale Ale- nitro
Oatmeal Stout- nitro
Ruby Crystal Mandarina
Das Radikal IPA
Breakfast Stout
Imperial Stout
Smoked Porter
Rubaeus
Backwoods Bastard
Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye IPA
Barrel-Aged Spite Hungarian Wax
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Silver Foam
Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
NMO IPA
1826 IPA
Golden Foam
Belknap Bock
John Ball Brown
The Fishladder
Senator Lyons Stout
Philanthropist
Vitesse D’Oro
Slocum’s Nitro Porter
Mt. Pleasant Irish Red (in collaboration with Mount Pleasant Brewing Company)
Original 6 Dunkelweiss
Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
Spud O’Mally’s Dry Irish Stout
Bottoms Up Amber Ale
Borderline Belgium Session IPA
Vladimperial Russian Stout
Nooky Pale Ale
Bucket Foot Black IPA
Brit’s English Brown Ale
Harmony Brewing Company
Grand Daddy Rapids, cream ale
Flower Power , green tea chamomile pale ale
Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
Fiddlestix, IPA
Brownson, brown ale
Deep End, imperial stout
Ale-ian Abduction, black IPA
Birthday Barleywine
Black Squirrel, smoked porter
The Hideout Brewing Company
Bootleg IPA
Gangster IPA
Hired Gun Red (CO2 & Nitro)
Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
Aviator Pale Ale
Cement Shoe Stout
9 a.m. Hazelnut IPA
Silky Smooth Cream Ale
Rye Porter
Fresh Pepper Red (Nitro)
Rye Pale Ale
Sour Pale Ale
Johnny Law Sour Ale
Coconut Almond Brown
“Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
“Sweet Rebound” Sweet Milk Stout
Boozehound Brown
Triggerman IPA
Butterscotch Toffee Stout
Hop Rocket Extra Pale Ale
Citrus IPA
Honeydew Melon Pilsner
Oatmeal Stout
Bacon Stout
Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
Enforcer’s Strong Ale
Jaden James Brewery
Gluten Free Ale
Cream Ale
Winter Ale
Cherry Java Brown
IPA
Amber Wheat
American Brown
Black IPA
Russian Stout
Vanilla Russian Stout
Cherry Hard Cider
Apple Hard Cider
Raspberry Hard Cider
Peach Hard Cider
Root beer soda
Mitten Brewing Company
Kitten Mittens
El Barnstormer
Country Strong IPA
Rye Baby
“The Stretch” Cream Ale
Vanilla Milk Stout
Osgood Brewing Company
358, pale ale
Journey, IPA
Oakestown, amber ale
Notley, porter
Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
Big Spring, stout
King Arthur, English brown
Riverbend, rye IPA
Bee Line, American brown ale
McCoy’s, scotch ale
Voyage, barrel aged IPA
Best Day Ever, DIPA
Hammer, gluten free IPA
Vixen, barrel aged raspberry vanilla porter
Perrin Brewing Company
Golden Ale
LaughFest Lager
Rye of the Liger
Black
Nitro Dry Stout
Ain’t No Sunshine
Kona Brown
Grapefruit IPA
IPA
Manifesto
I.I.P.A.
Wood Aged 1885 Kona
Russian Imperial Stout
Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
Razzberry Blonde
Hopwood
Stoutwood
Redwood
Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustena-tor
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
Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda
White Flame Brewing
Golden Boy
White Shoes Pale
Eagle Eye Rye
Super-G IPA
Black Sheep IPA
Glesga Kiss Scotch Ale
Fight The Power Sour
Red Shoes Habanero Pale
Kentucky Kiss Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale
Big Stick B.A.
PCCO Morrisons Jig
Big Willy Barrel Aged Double IPA
Beer City Spring Fest 2014
Hudsonville, MI – Over 100 Michigan craft beers from more than 25 Grand Rapids area breweries, and live music, will be on tap May 3rd in Hudsonville, MI at the fairgrounds for the first ever Beer City Spring Fest.
Tickets go on sale March 27th at noon, and are available online at beercityfestivals.com. Tickets are $30.00 each, and include 15 samples. There is also an option to upgrade to VIP online, allowing early entry to the festival. Merchandise will also be available for 25% off at time of ticket purchase.
A limited number of bus tickets will be available online through a $15.00 ticket upgrade and will transport guests from locations in Grand Rapids to the fairgrounds and back to downtown Grand Rapids.
Beer City Spring Fest will run from 1pm – 6pm, and food trucks will be selling food for those that get the munchies while sampling west Michigans craft beers.
Continue reading Beer City Spring Fest 2014
Bell’s Oberon Ale officially returns March 24, 2013
Bars, restaurants, retail locations and fans will celebrate Oberon’s return with midnight tappings, release parties, beer dinners, pub crawls and other special events.
A lucky few will also be crowned this year’s King and Queen of Oberon and receive some of the first pints of the year.
“With a winter like this one, people are definitely ready to say goodbye to gloves and scarves. Raising that first Oberon is a tradition, something we all look forward to,” said Laura Bell, Bell’s Vice President.
One of Bell’s most popular beers, Oberon is a wheat ale fermented with Bell’s signature house ale yeast, mixing a spicy hop character with mildly fruity aromas. The addition of wheat malt lends a smooth mouthfeel, making it a classic summer beer.
Bell’s pub, the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo, will open at 9 a.m. on Monday. In 2013, one pint was poured every 15 seconds for 15 hours straight on Oberon Release Day.
Available on draft, in six-packs, twelve packs and mini-kegs, Oberon Ale will also be available in 16 oz. cans for the first time this year. They will begin shipping in late April.
For more information about where to enjoy that first sip of Bell’s Oberon, craft beer fans can check out the Bell’s Beer Finder and its Events Calendar.
More information about Oberon, including recipes that use Oberon as an ingredient and new merchandise can also be found on the Bell’s blog.
Bell’s fans on UNTAPPD can check-in to a special commemorative badge during this year’s release and all are invited to share photos of their first pints and how they are celebrating on Twitter and Instagram by using the hashtag #Oberon14.
Short list of bars with Oberon releases:
March 23rd Oberon Release Midnight tappings:
TGI Friday’s (multiple locations)
Shakespeare’s Lower Level, Kalamazoo
Monelli’s Italian Grill, Wyoming
Old Chicago, Kentwood
March 24th:
Old Chicago, Grand Rapids 4:00pm
Uccello’s East Beltline, Grand Rapids 11:00am
Tavern On The Square, Grand Rapids 11:00am
Logan’s Alley, Grand Rapids 7:00am
Buffalo Wild Wings, Wyoming 11:00am
March 25th:
The Grand Woods Lounge, Grand Rapids 11:00am
March 27th:
One Under Bar & Grill, Livonia 8:00pm
Pigeon Hill brewery Grand Opening today
Pigeon Hill Brewing Company is opening Friday, March 21! The brewery, located at 500 W. Western Ave,
Muskegon, Michigan 49440, will open its doors to the public from 7-11 p.m. Friday, March 21st and from 5-10 p.m. on Saturday, March 22nd. After the weekend updated hours will be added to their facebook page as they determine demand and their beer supplies.
Pigeon Hill’s tap list will feature the Walter Blonde Ale, the 1762 Russian Imperial Stout, the Besto Bohemian Pilsner, the LMFAO (Let Me Fetch An Oatmeal) Stout, the Shifting Sands IPA and the Petite Soleil Saison. The brewery will also offer non-alcoholic pink lemonade and glass bottle Faygo. The brewery will not serve food.
During opening weekend they will be limiting the number of people in the taproom to allow for the best experience possible so depending on demand you might have to wait in line outside. Also their bathroom facilities aren’t finished yet so they have provided port-a-potties outdoors as well but they will have beer and they didn’t want to wait for contractors to finish building until they could serve you!
Once inside Pigeon Hill brewery look for interesting features brought back and preserved from the local history including tables made with wood salvaged from the bottom of Muskegon Lake from the Lumber Era, a pool table built by Brunswick that was reportedly played on by silent film star and Bluffton vacationer Buster Keaton and light fixtures recycled from S.D. Warren (the Sappi paper mill), Continental Motors Co. and Brunswick Bowling.
What’s On Tap in GR March 20-26th
B.O.B.’s Brewery
Platinum Blonde
Afterglow Amber
Full On IPA, India pale ale
London Calling, porter
Calgacus, Scotch ale
Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale
Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
Hop Zeppelin Black IPA, Indian black ale
Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
Chestnut Lager, specialty brew
Barley Wine
Brewery Vivant
Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
Triomphe, Belgian IPA
Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale
Undertaker, pilot batch, Belgian style dark ale
Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
Le Lapin Qui Fume, Belgian style Rauch ale
Coq D’Or, golden Bretta ale
Pomme de Garde, Farmhand/cider blend aged in Jack Daniels barrels with ancho chilis
Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
Founders Brewing Company
Pale Ale
Centennial IPA
Dirty Bastard
Red’s Rye IPA- draft
Porter
All Day IPA
Pale Ale- nitro
Oatmeal Stout- nitro
Party Pils
Ruby Crystal Mandarina
Mackinaw Fudge Donkey Stout
Das Radikal IPA
Breakfast Stout
Imperial Stout
Smoked Porter
Rubaeus
Backwoods Bastard
Barrel-Aged Spite Hungarian Wax
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Silver Foam
Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
NMO IPA
1826 IPA
Golden Foam
Belknap Bock
John Ball Brown
The Fishladder
Senator Lyons Stout
Philanthropist
Vitesse D’Oro
Slocum’s Nitro Porter
Mt. Pleasant Irish Red (in collaboration with Mount Pleasant Brewing Company)
Original 6 Dunkelweiss
Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
Spud O’Mally’s Dry Irish Stout
Bottoms Up Amber Ale
Borderline Belgium Session IPA
Vladimperial Russian Stout
Nooky Pale Ale
Bucket Foot Black IPA
Harmony Brewing Company
Grand Daddy Rapids, cream ale
Star Stuff, Belgian double
Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
Crossroads, rye PA
Brownson, brown ale
Deep End, imperial stout
Ale-ian Abduction, black IPA
Birthday Barleywine
Black Squirrel, smoked porter
The Hideout Brewing Company
Bootleg IPA
Gangster IPA
Hired Gun Red (CO2 & Nitro)
Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
Aviator Pale Ale
Cement Shoe Stout
9 a.m. Hazelnut IPA
Silky Smooth Cream Ale
Rye Porter
Fresh Pepper Red (Nitro)
Rye Pale Ale
Sour Pale Ale
Johnny Law Sour Ale
Coconut Almond Brown
“Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
“Sweet Rebound” Sweet Milk Stout
Boozehound Brown
Triggerman IPA
Butterscotch Toffee Stout
Hop Rocket Extra Pale Ale
Citrus IPA
Honeydew Melon Pilsner
Oatmeal Stout
Bacon Stout
Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
Enforcer’s Strong Ale
Jaden James Brewery
Gluten Free Ale
Cream Ale
Winter Ale
Little Full Lota Sap
IPA
Amber Wheat
Nut Brown
Black IPA
Russian Stout
Vanilla Russian Stout
Cherry Hard Cider
Apple Hard Cider
Raspberry Hard Cider
Peach Hard Cider
Root beer soda
Mitten Brewing Company
Kitten Mittens
El Barnstormer
Mitten Pale Ale
Rye Baby
Triple Crown Brown
Osgood Brewing Company
358, pale ale
Journey, IPA
Oakestown, amber ale
Notley, porter
Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
Big Spring, stout
King Arthur, English brown
Riverbend, rye IPA
McCoy’s, scotch ale
Voyage, barrel aged IPA
Best Day Ever, DIPA
Hammer, gluten free IPA
Vixen, barrel aged raspberry vanilla porter
Perrin Brewing Company
Golden Ale
LaughFest Lager
Rye of the Liger
Black
Nitro Dry Stout
Ain’t No Sunshine
Kona Brown
Grapefruit IPA
IPA
Manifesto
I.I.P.A.
Wood Aged 1885 Kona
Russian Imperial Stout
Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
Razzberry Blonde
Hopwood
Stoutwood
Redwood
Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustena-tor
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
Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda