The Michigan Brewers Guild presented the 2017 Tom Burns Award to Rex Halfpenny, publisher of the Michigan Beer Guide, at its annual conference Thursday night at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo. This is the 20th Anniversary of the Michigan Beer Guide and the Michigan Brewers Guild.

Join Pure Michigan and the Michigan Brewers Guild for a happy hour Twitter chat this Wednesday, November 2 at 5:30 p.m. ET to celebrate Michigan craft beer. The chat will feature breweries and brewmasters from across the state ready to answer questions about their craft, their beer and best places to experience Michigan’s craft beer scene.

The 8th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival is the fourth and final beer festival this year from the Michigan Brewers Guild following last month’s U.P. Fall Beer Festival located at Marquette’s Lower Harbor. The Detroit Fall Festival is held at the year-round Eastern Market with hours from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, October 21st and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m on Saturday October 22nd. The festival will feature over 700 beers from 80 different breweries.

As the Michigan Brewers Guild looks toward its 20th Anniversary in 2017, it continues to expand its programming and outreach around the state, and beyond. With that, the Guild has announced a new seasonal magazine geared directly toward its 2,000 or so current Enthusiast Members called MiBrew. The inaugural issue will be published in November, 2016 and is being published by VP Demand Creation Services out of Traverse City.

Ten (10) brewery members of the Michigan Brewers Guild were awarded medals today (Saturday, October 8, 2016) at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Competition, in Denver, Colorado—the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence, presented by the Brewers Association.

Nearly 80 members of the Michigan Brewers Guild gathered in Lansing today (Tuesday, September 20, 2016) to show a united front with the state’s elected officials.

The 8th annual U.P. Fall Beer Festival is being held this Saturday, September 10 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mattson Lower Harbor Park in downtown Marquette on Lake Superior. This is the first of two fall beer festivals put on by the Michigan Brewer’s Guild, with the Detroit Fall Festival scheduled for Friday, October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2016. The Michigan Brewer’s Guild also puts on the Winter Festival at Comstock Park’s Fifth Third Ball Park north of Grand Rapids, and the Summer Festival in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park in Depot Town.

At this year’s Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival on July 22nd & 23rd in Ypsilanti, MI, Right Brain Brewery will be doing more than just serving beer. They will also offer samples of the Marou chocolate that was used to make XOCO, an imperial golden ale brewed with Marou dark chocolate and cocoa nibs. XOCO will debut at the beer festival as well. The concept for XOCO derived from the strong relationship building of Right Brain sales rep David Springsteen. “It's what makes the craft beer business so fun; a simple conversation with someone turned it to magic with this beer,” says Springsteen.

Fermenta, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit trade group initiated by Michigan women, committed to diversity, camaraderie, networking and education within the craft beverage industry, announces its fourth collaboration project alongside the breweries of the Michigan Brewers Guild.

Five Michigan breweries located near the shores of Lake Michigan will collaborate to celebrate beer and music as a kick off for July as Michigan Craft Beer Month.