Brewery Updates

What’s On Tap in GR March 20-26th

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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

What’s On Tap: March 20-26 | The Rapidian

Beer Festivals

Grand Pizza and Beer Fest

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What is better then sampling pizza and beer? Nothing! Head to Grand Haven this weekend for their Pizza and Beer Fest Saturday March, 22nd. For only $20 you get to sample local pizza’s and beers from some amazing breweries and restaurants that you might not have tried before.
Grand-Pizza-Beer-Fest
Participating Pizzerias: Jet’s Pizza, Old Boys’ Brewhouse, Marco’s, Pizza Hut WingStreet, Mr. Scrib’s, Vander Mill, and Clover Bar
Participating Breweries: Osgood, Acoustic Mead, Unruly Brewing, Vander Mill, Lemon Creek Winery, New Holland Brewing and Odd Side Ales
There will also be a pizza pie eating contest, live music by Barefoot Sunday and Downriver Unplugged, and a homebrewing seminar by Steve Siciliano of Siciliano’s Market.
The event runs from 12 – 4pm so it should make for a nice Saturday afternoon.

Beer Festivals, Brewery Updates

GR Breweries St Patrick’s Day Guide 2014

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St. Patrick’s Day 2014 is coming quick and many Grand Rapids breweries are planning specials,events and live music for the entire weekend so here is a guide to help you maximize your beer drinking on this sacred holiday! While St. Patty’s day is all about green most of the local craft breweries might not have green beer on tap, but what they will have are Irish themed brews that true Irish people would be proud to drink with full flavors and quality ingredients. If you want live Irish music many breweries will be bringing in bands and for a full day of fun they will have Irish themed menu items so you don’t have to survive on a liquid diet alone.

First you should know about Irish on Ionia, the biggest St. Patrick’s Day Street Party in Michigan! It runs from 7am to 11pm on March 15th this year and promises to be bigger and better then ever. They’ve increased the size to two city blocks and two performance stages this year. Sponsored by McFadden’s, with advance tickets only $10 this is a St Patty party you want to be a part of. There will be heated tents, live Irish dancing, tons of music and plenty more so visit Irish On Ionia.com for complete details.
Irish on Ionia St Particks Day

Bell’s Brewing:
The Moxie Strings will perform from 4-7 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day and there is no cover. They will also be featuring quite a few specials from the kitchen and of course, plenty of beer on tap.

Brewery Vivant:
Monday March 17th ring in St Patrick’s Day with the first (of many) Monday Stein Night. Bring your favorite stein or boot and fill it up at the bar, starting at just $5/litre! They also have steins for sale, if you need an upgrade!
Friday through Monday expect Irish inspired food specials too.

Cellar Brewing:
Sun, March 16, 6pm – 10pm
Live Music – Paddy’s Cure

Gravel Bottom Brewery:
March 15th
Releasing Potato Dry Stout $3.50 pints
Catered Irish food 4:30-7:30pm

Harmony Brewing Company:
March 13th-17th
Corn Beef and Cabbage Pizza
Jameson half off

New Holland Brewing:
Saturday, March 15th:
12:30pm – 2:00pm: Gasta
6:00pm – 8:00 pm: Peat in the Creel
8:00pm – 10:00pm: Paddy’s Cure
Holland’s 10th Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade starts at noon on 8th Street in downtown Holland and ends on the steps of New Holland Brewings pub.

Monday, March 17th:
4:00pm – 6:00 pm: Peat in the Creel
6:00pm – 8:00 pm: Andro

Pike51:
Monday, March 17th
3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Monday Beer Specials: $1.00 of pours ($2.00 off for Pub/Mug Club members)

Specials On Tap:
The Road to Dublin – (Sabaitéireacht beoir) Milk Stout with Rowster Coffee infused with Irish Whiskey (Gaeilge)Oak Chips
Want something green in your glass? Try the Green Apple wine!!

On the Menu (available 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM):
IRISH LAMB STEW – BOWL $8.95
Roasted lamb leg cubed, simmered in a rich burgundy stock,potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, peas and mushrooms. Served with Irish Soda bread accented with dried Michigan Cherries.
BANGERS AND MASH – $8.99
Sobie Meats Roasted Irish sausage with mashed russet potatoes accented with crème fraiche and garlic. Served with Irish Soda Bread.

Our Brewing Co:
March 17th Drew Behringer and the Politician at 8 p.m., plus two Irish beers; Dry County Irish Stout with Cocoa Nibs and Irish Red Cream Ale (in addition to the others on tap)

Rockford Brewing Co:
March 13-15th
$1 off Sheehands Irish Stout and O’Brien’s Irish Red
$7 Stromboli’s with choice of 4 ingredients
$2.50 Irish Cupcakes
March 13th Celtic Music by Peat in the Creel
March 14th Celtic Music by An Dro

Saugatuck Brewing Co:
March 15th Advance tickets needed
Traditional Irish Breakfast buffet 8:30 to 10:30am
Live music by Moxie Strings: 8:30-10:30am
Free Admission 6:30-10:30pm Live Music by 5 O’Clock in Dublin

Hideout Brewing Co:
Patrick Nolan – Saturday March 15th 9pm – 1am Mug Club member St. Patty’s themed potluck (sign up starts 2/24), Irish themed foods are encouraged

Unruly Brewing Co:
March 15th All Day $5 cover Doors open 10am – midnight
Live Music: Mona Shores Fiddles 11am, The Waxies 2pm, The TossPints 4pm, FiddleFace 9pm
2 special Bourbon Barrel Aged Beer Releases from Unruly
Irish Inspired soups and sandwichs from Fatty Lumpkins
Coffee, tea, and scones from Drip Drop Drink

White Flame Brewing:
March 17th only they will have $2 pints of Ugly Stick their oatmeal stout on Nitro!

Brewery Updates

March 13th-19th whats on tap in GR?

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B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Blondie, golden ale
•Crimson King, amber ale
•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
•Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale
•Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
•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
•Whiskey Rooster, Big Red Coq aged in Jack Daniels Barrels
•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
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Smoked Porter
•Rubaeus
•Backwoods Bastard
•Barrel-Aged Spite Serrano
•Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye
•Boyl’R Mayk’R

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Silver Foam
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
•NMO IPA
•1826 IPA
•Golden Foam
•Belknap Bock
•John Ball Brown
•The Fishladder
•Red Ramona
•Senator Lyons Stout
•Philanthropist
•The River Monster
•Vitesse D’Oro
•Slocum’s Nitro Porter
•Mt. Pleasant Irish Red (in collaboration with Mount Pleasant Brewing Company)

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Cowabunga Milk Stout
•Wood Stock Ale
•Bottoms Up Amber Ale
•New Year’s Hopsolution Double Black IPA
•Borderline Belgium Session IPA
•Vladimperial Russian Stout
•Irish-I-Had-More Potato Stout
•Nooky Pale Ale

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
•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
•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
•”The Forbidden” Vanilla Cheesecake Stout
•Citrus IPA
•S’Mores Brown
•Strawberry Brown
•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
•Cherry Hard Cider
•Apple Hard Cider
•Raspberry Hard Cider
•Peach Hard Cider
•Root beer soda

Mitten Brewing Company
•Kitten Mittens
•Country Strong IPA
•Rye Baby
•Triple Crown Brown

Osgood Brewing Company
•Sol Seeker, wheat
•358, pale ale
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
•Big Spring, stout
•Journey, IPA
•Voyage, barrel aged IPA
•Best Day Ever, DIPA
•McCoy’s, scotch ale
•Vixen, barrel aged raspberry vanilla porter

Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•LaughFest Lager
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Perrin Nitro Brown
•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
•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

What's On Tap

Whats on Tap at GR Breweries March 7-12th

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B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Blondie, golden ale
•Crimson King, amber ale
•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
•Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
•Le Lapin Qui Fume, Belgian style Rauch ale
•Whiskey Rooster, Big Red Coq aged in Jack Daniels Barrels
•Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
•Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
•Tripel, classic Belgian tripel

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 Ballie and the Infinite Radness
•Party Pils
•Ruby Crystal Mandarina
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Smoked Porter
•Rubaeus
•Backwoods Bastard
•Barrel-Aged Spite Serrano
•Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye
•Boyl’R Mayk’R
•All Day IPA with Green Tea (Friday at 4 p.m.)
•Red’s Rye IPA double dry-hopped with Centennial hops (Saturday at 1 p.m.)
•Dirty Bastard with Maple Syrup, Cinnamon & Vanilla Beans (Saturday at 10 p.m.)
•Dirty Bastard with bourbon-soaked oak chips (Saturday at 10 p.m.)
•Centennial IPA double dry-hopped with Chinhook hops (Wednesday at 5 p.m.)

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Silver Foam
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
•NMO IPA
•1826 IPA
•Golden Foam
•Belknap Bock
•John Ball Brown
•The Fishladder
•Red Ramona
•Senator Lyons Stout
•Philanthropist
•The River Monster
•Vitesse D’Oro
•Slocum’s Nitro Porter (Friday)

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Cowabunga Milk Stout
•Wood Stock Ale
•New Year’s Hopsolution Double Black IPA
•Borderline Belgium Session IPA
•Vladimperial Russian Stout

Harmony Brewing Company
•Fiddlestix, IPA
•Star Stuff, Belgian double
•Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
•Crossroads, rye PA
•Albius, vanilla porter
•Deep End, imperial stout
•Golden Lion Tamarin, pale mild
•Birthday Barleywine
•Winter Nights, winter warmer

The Hideout Brewing Company
•Bootleg IPA
•Hired Gun Red
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•Cement Shoe Stout
•Purple Gang Pilsner
•Polish Potato Ale
•Silky Smooth Cream Ale
•18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
•Rye Porter
•Fresh Pepper Red
•Rye Pale Ale
•Sour Pale Ale
•Johnny Law Sour Ale
•Coconut Almond Brown
•”Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
•”Sweet Rebound” Sweet Milk Stout
•Hazelnut Red Stout
•Hazelnut Pale Stout
•Triggerman IPA
•Butterscotch Toffee Stout
•Hop Rocket Extra Pale Ale
•Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
•Enforcer’s Strong Ale

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 soda

Mitten Brewing Company
•Ryely Fingers
•Black Betsy Coffee Stout (made with Rowster coffee)
•Country Strong IPA
•Peanuts & Crackerjack
•Mitten Scottish Ale
•”The Stretch” Cream Ale
•Triple Crown Brown

Osgood Brewing Company
•Sol Seeker, wheat
•358, pale ale
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
•King Arthur, English brown
•Big Spring, stout
•Journey, IPA
•Voyage, barrel aged IPA
•Best Day Ever, DIPA
•McCoy’s, scotch ale
•Vixen, barrel aged raspberry vanilla porter

Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•LaughFest Lager
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Perrin Nitro Brown
•Ain’t No Sunshine
•Kona Brown
•IPA
•Manifesto
•I.I.P.A.
•Wood Aged 1885 Kona
•Russian Imperial Stout
•Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blonde
•Grapefruit IPA
•Hopwood
•Stoutwood
•Redwood
•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

Brewery events 1-5th March 2014

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B.O.B.’s Brewery
Weekly Events
Wednesday 50-Cent Wing Night
Thursday Mug Club $2 draft B.O.B.’s brews

Brewery Vivant
Weekly Pub Events
Monday – Farmhouse Supper: hearty, rustic stew & a beer, $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.
Sunday Smokehouse Sunday – smoked special all day long
This Week
February 17-March 1 Cool Brews, Hot Eats specialty beers and food pairings

Founders
This Week
Lehnen. wsg Frank Booth, InAeona, Thursday, February 27 at 9:30 p.m., FREE
Anna Lee’s Company wsg Shotgun Soul, Saturday, March 1 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
This Week
Naomi Wachira, Friday, February 28, 8 p.m., FREE
Gabrial James, Saturday, February 22, 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

What's On Tap

On Tap March 1st-5th

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B.O.B.’s Brewery
•Blondie, golden ale
•Crimson King, amber ale
•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
•Saison du Maison, Classic rustic French Saison
•Lost Gasket Spelt IPA, Spelt-driven Belgian IPA
•Le Flaneur, Bretta ale aged for over 1 year
•Organic Amber, 100% organic malt and hops
•Vander Mill Totally Roasted, Cider with spiced, roasted almonds
•Vander Mill Blue Gold, Cider with blueberries
•Vander Mill Ginger Peach, Cider with ginger and peach

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 Ballie and the Infinite Radness
•Party Pils
•Ruby Crystal Mandarina
•Breakfast Stout
•Imperial Stout
•Smoked Porter
•Rubaeus
•Backwoods Bastard
•Infiltrator
•Barrel-Aged Spite Serrano
•Barrel-Aged Red’s Rye
•Barleywine
•Panther Club

Grand Rapids Brewing Company
•Silver Foam
•Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
•NMO IPA
•1826 IPA
•Golden Foam
•Belknap Bock
•John Ball Brown
•The Fishladder
•Red Ramona
•Senator Lyons Stout
•Philanthropist
•The River Monster
•Vitesse D’Oro
•Slocum’s Nitro Porter (Friday)

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply
•Vitamin DD Mocha Stout
•CPR Pale Ale
•Armadillo Pale
•New Year’s Hopsolution Double Black IPA
•Bucketfoot Black IPA
•Kilauea Joe Coffee Brown Ale

Harmony Brewing Company
•Oli Bollen, spiced wheat
•Star Stuff, Belgian double
•Dark Ages Gruit, gruit flavored with yarrow and cedar boughs
•Crossroads, rye PA
•Albius, vanilla porter
•Deep End, imperial stout
•Golden Lion Tamarin, pale mild
•Birthday Barleywine

The Hideout Brewing Company
•Bootleg IPA
•Hired Gun Red
•Smuggler’s Hazelnut Stout (CO2 & Nitro)
•Aviator Pale Ale
•Cement Shoe Stout
•Purple Gang Pilsner
•Polish Potato Ale
•Silky Smooth Cream Ale
•18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
•Rye Porter
•Cinnamon Porter
•Fresh Pepper Red
•Rye Pale Ale
•Sour Pale Ale
•Johnny Law Sour Ale
•Coconut Almond Brown
•Grapefruit Rye Pale Ale
•Cinnamon Red Velvet
•”The Forbidden” Vanilla Cheesecake Stout
•”Black Hearted Bitter Ex” IPA
•”Sweet Rebound” Sweet Milk Stout
•Hazelnut Breakfast Stout
•Root Beer Stout
•Peanut Butter Chocolate Espresso Milk Stout
•Batch 700 Imperial Triggerman IPA
•Enforcer’s Strong Ale
•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 soda

Mitten Brewing Company
•Ryely Fingers
•Black Betsy Coffee Stout (made with Rowster coffee)
•Death to Flying Things
•Eighty-Four
•Mitten Scottish Ale

Osgood Brewing Company
•Sol Seeker, wheat
•358, pale ale
•Oakestown, amber ale
•Notley, porter
•Yippee Ki-Yay, pale ale
•King Arthur, English brown
•Big Spring, stout
•Journey, IPA
•Voyage, barrel aged IPA
•Best Day Ever, DIPA
•McCoy’s, scotch ale

Perrin Brewing Company
•Golden Ale
•LaughFest Lager
•Rye of the Liger
•Black
•Perrin Nitro Brown
•Ain’t No Sunshine
•Kona Brown
•IPA
•Manifesto
•Russian Imperial Stout
•I.I.P.A.
•Kingdom of Tonga Vanilla Porter
•Razzberry Blonde
•Wood Aged 1885 Kona
•Hopwood
•Stoutwood
•Redwood
•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

Founders KBS week 2014

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Founder’s is doing something a little different for the KBS release in Grand Rapids this year.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) is on of their most infamous beers. It’s included in lists of the best beers in the world by sources ranging from RateBeer to Men’s Fitness. It’s inherently a limited release because it ages in bourbon barrels for a year in the caves beneath Grand Rapids. In years past, beer enthusiasts have crashed web servers with the traffic caused by their interest in this beer, and we’ve had people camping outside the brewery in frigid temperatures so they can be first to get their share.
kentucky breakfast stout cave aged by Founders
This year Founder’s decided to open up the release so that people coming to Grand Rapids for KBS can enjoy all of Beer City USA. They’ll still be releasing bottles in Founder’s taproom, through a pre-ticketed release that lasts Tuesday, March 18, through, Saturday, March 22. Tickets will go on sale via EventBrite on Saturday, March 1, at 11am EST. What’s changing this year is they are giving fifteen Founders-supporting craft-beer-centric bars and restaurants in the Grand Rapids area each a keg of KBS to tap on a day of their choosing throughout the same week.
KBS will still be released starting on April 1 in limited quantities throughout Founder’s distribution footprint. KBS bottles will be released to their local market starting on Tuesday, March 25.

They’ve created a separate website with http://kbsweek.com to provide all the details and keep you up to date on the KBS release.

For those of you wondering where the heck does Founder’s age the barrels of KBS for a year here is an interesting video of the caves that age the KBS for a full year to import the unique flavors.

Brewery Updates

Chilly, Blues & Brews 2014

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The B.O.B. and Clear Channel Radio will be presenting the 2nd Annual Chilly, Blues & Brews on March 22, 2014.
This community event will benefit MSU’s Gran Fondo and will pit chef against chef, with each entry featuring a Michigan beer as an ingredient. Prizes will be awarded by celebrity judges panel and people’s choice. Grand Prize is a trip to The Redstone Inn (Colorado). Chilly “tastes” are only 50 cents each. Attendees will also enjoy live blues and entertainment.
Chili Sampling from 1:15pm – 4:30pm
Live Music $10
Free admission until 7pm – $5 entry after 7pm

Brewery Tours

Peaches B&B Beer Weekend Package

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Peaches Bed & Breakfast is proud to announce its inaugural three night Sit. Stay. Beer. Weekend for the ultimate craft beer aficionado. If you love craft beer and great food or if you’ve always wanted to learn to homebrew, this package is a must attend event. Limited availability, so reserve now!

Thursday night- arrive at Peaches and settle in. Join the Welcome Happy Hour from 5-7 if you wish. Then wander downtown for dinner or brews.

On Friday wake up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee and enjoy a scrumptious breakfast at Peaches and a short orientation before heading out to the party limo for your guided tour of the beer supply super-store, Siciliano’s, where we’ll purchase the ingredients for the beer we’ll brew.

The tour will continue with four fabulous Grand Rapids breweries. We’ll get a backstage tour at one and there will be plenty of time to enjoy the brews & stories of all. The limo returns to Peaches and you’ll have the evening to check out Grand Rapids’ restaurants or more breweries for dinner.

On Saturday, after another yummy breakfast, there will be a hands-on brewing lesson from a local award-winning brewmaster. Yes, it IS possible to brew excellent beer in your own residential kitchen with a limited set of equipment! This brew demonstration is suitable for everyone from never-brewed-yet beginners to long-time homebrewers. There will be two sessions with a break in the middle to get lunch or relax.

Saturday evening, the festivities will continue with a highly entertaining and educational four-course beer pairing dinner by Chef & beer expert Amy Sherman, host of “The Great American Brew Trail” TV show. Learning has never been so much fun!

Sunday morning, whether you started as strangers or have known one another for years, the group will have lots of stories and memories to share on your final morning at Peaches while enjoying a breakfast that includes spent-grain bread homemade from the brew lesson the day before.
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