Founders opens expanded tap room, beer garden
GRAND RAPIDS — A new Founders taproom has opened its doors today following a 12-day closing for renovations. Featuring 40 percent more floor space, it would be difficult to pinpoint one highlight of...
View ArticleVander Mill Totally Roasted
6.8% ABV, Can Appearance: Light golden with medium carbonation, pours with no head. Aroma: Immediate sweet apple scent. Although I can usually pickup the cinnamon spiciness and pecans, it took two...
View ArticleVander Mill Hard Apple Cider
6.8% ABV, Can Appearance: Medium-sized bubbles flow generously through this slightly yellow hued cider. Aroma: Apple with earthy tones and a slight alcohol scent. Taste: Excellent apple coverage with a...
View ArticleBeer enthusiasts pack into Red Salamander for first-ever Lansing Fall Fest
GRAND LEDGE — Featuring a trifecta of Michigan libations — beer, cider and mead — the first-ever Lansing Fall Fest brought an intimate crowd of enthusiasts together Saturday afternoon. Some 300 people...
View ArticleFire puts Winter Beer Fest location in question (UPDATE: Guild confirms no...
UPDATE: West Michigan Whitecaps officials have stated they plan to be ready to host this year’s Winter Beer Festival. Michigan Brewers Guild Executive Director Scott Graham has also released the...
View ArticleNew Holland brings creative, balanced approach to brewing
HOLLAND — Sensible. Balanced. Artistic. Encouraging. Adventurous. Innovative. All great personality traits. These qualities, too, are ways of describing one of Michigan’s pioneer breweries. But the...
View ArticleNew Holland Our New Lake
4.9% ABV, Draft Appearance: Copper with a thin light head Aroma: Malty Taste: Malt-forward with plenty of bread-like flavors. It finishes fairly strong, dry and bitter. Mouthfeel: Creamy with a low...
View ArticleNew Holland Big Fiets Dutch Lager
6.5% ABV, Draft Appearance: Golden tone, no head with minimal carbonation Aroma: Malty, there are sweet and slightly fruity scents Taste: Sweet malts come forward with good rounded flavor and a nice...
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Keeping it on the Odd Side
Certainly its name is not a misnomer. When it comes to the eccentric, strange or just plain odd, Grand Haven’s Odd Side Ales advertises itself accurately. Since opening its taproom doors in March 2010...
View ArticleOdd Side booming, but balancing growing beer production
GRAND HAVEN — As craft beer continues to sweep the state — and the nation — microbreweries have a unique position when it comes to expanding production. For Odd Side Ales, beer production in one week...
View ArticleCapping off the warm weather with Odd Side
Ain’t No Sunshine When Saison 6% ABV — You might not think that smoke and fruit work together. Surprisingly, Ain’t No Sunshine pulls this off very well, in a sweet, peppered brew that is balanced well....
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Vander Fest evolves for fifth annual celebration
SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP — The evolution of Vander Fest brought the event to new territory on Saturday. Now in its fifth year, the annual craft cider and beer celebration hosted by Vander Mill Cider and...
View ArticleMichigan Cider Association forms amid growing cider market
SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP — Knowing the quality of Michigan apples, Paul Vander Heide is investing in the superiority of Michigan fruit. It’s not just buying apples from local farmers that has the owner of...
View ArticleFOX 17: MittenBrew and Rockford Brewing to release ‘Grandma’s Cookies’
ROCKFORD, Mich. — MittenBrew.com and Rockford Brewing Company are teaming up for a release party Tuesday at 5 p.m. for the new oatmeal raisin craft brew called “Grandma’s Cookies. The post FOX 17:...
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