Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

Greyline Brewing Co. is the latest brewery to emerge in the continuous growth of Grand Rapids Beer City. The brewery is the first to open on Alpine Ave on Grand Rapid’s northwest side in close proximity to Mitten Brewing Co. on Leonard Street and within a couple miles of Harmony Hall located at Stocking and Bridge. Owners Nathan Walser and Kevin Clancy bring with them big brewery experience with their background that include work with Perrin and Founders, but Greyline Brewing Co. plans are to stay small with a 7-barrel system and producing under 1,000 barrels a year.

Groove along with the Grand Rapids Area Brewing Community for a Festival on Calder Plaza to celebrate Beer City as the sun goes down on Saturday, August 13 from 6:30 - 10:30 p.m., with a VIP hour beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Beer City Springfest is back for it’s third year this Saturday May 7th at the Hudsonville fairgrounds from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Returning breweries this year include favorites such as Pike 51, Fetch, and Mitten Brewing Co. as well as hard cider from People Cider Co. and Farmhaus Cider Co. This year’s Springfest is also set to put the focus on many new breweries that have opened in the past year or so.

 

Grand Rapids has earned the title Beer City, and with another new brewery located at 1727 Alpine Avenue NW called Grey Line Brewing Co., that title is secure. This will be the ninth brewery located in the city limits of Grand Rapids. With two more opening later this summer (Harmony Hall and New Holland satellite location), I see them keeping the Beer City title for a long time.

Beginning February 22nd, breweries from Michigan and beyond will begin taking over tap-handles in brewpubs and breweries throughout the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, also known as Beer City, USA for a weeklong celebration of craft-beer. Bar stools will be overflowing as Grand Rapids is captivated by unique craft-beer offerings, several selections created specifically for GR Beer Week.

When I started Experience Beer, there were many crazy ideas jostling around in my brain, the first and primary goal was to put on the Grand Rapids Beer Tasting Class, Michigan's first extensive 9-week Beer Tasting Class, which is currently in it's fourth year. Over the couple years, another idea had come alongside, and that was the idea of a Brewer's Round Table. What if you got all of the city's brewers on stage for one awesome night of Q+A?

A mere few years ago when Hudsonville was still a dry community, who would have ever imagined that the City could be home in the near future to a successful beer festival drawing breweries from all over West Michigan and beyond? However, those few short years included the whirlwind of activity in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas culminating in the region’s two year climb to ascension leading to the now undisputed national recognition as Beer City USA. Hudsonville was not left out of this frenzy, with two of it’s own breweries being established during these years: White Flame Brewing Co. and Pike 51 Brewing Co. in conjunction with the Hudsonville winery.

Local breweries, media and beer aficionados have come together to form Team BeerCity, a group committed to promoting Grand Rapids as “forever” BeerCity USA.

A lot has been going on behind the scenes at Brewery Vivant in Eastown Grand Rapids.

Just two short years ago in February marked the grand opening of Harmony Brewing Company in Eastown Grand Rapids.