List of breweries in Michigan
Breweries in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 Michigan's 120 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 595 people directly, and more than 36,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] Altogether, 140 people in Michigan had active brewer permits in 2012.[2] Michigan beer marketing and coordination is generally handled by the Michigan Brewers Guild.
As of 2012, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Michigan's breweries and related industries was more than $900 million (including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Michigan's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery).[1] Consumer purchases of Michigan's brewery products generated more than $290 million in tax revenue,[1] and the state ranked 13th in the number of capita per craft brewery with 122 craft breweries, and 81,013 capita per craft brewery.[3]
Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[4] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[5]
Breweries[]
Lower Peninsula[]
- Arbor Brewing Company[6] – Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Plymouth
- B. Nektar[7] – Ferndale
- Baffin Brewing Company[8] - Saint Clair Shores
- Bell's Brewery – Kalamazoo and Comstock
- Bier's Inwood Brewery[9] – Charlevoix
- Brew Detroit – Detroit
- Brooks Brewing[10][11] - Shelby Township and Ferndale
- Constantine Brewing Company[12] – Constantine
- Dark Horse Brewery – Marshall
- Detroit Beer Company – Detroit
- Dragonmead – Warren
- Eternity Brewing Company[13] – Howell
- Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
- Four Leaf Brewing[14] – Clare
- Grand River Brewery[15] – Jackson
- Gravel Capital Brewing Company[16] - Oxford
- Greenbush Brewing Company – Sawyer
- Griffin Claw Brewing Company[17] - Birmingham
- Guardian Brewing Company[18] – Saugatuck
- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Dexter
- Kuhnhenn Brewing Company – Warren
- Latitude 42 Brewing Company – Portage[19]
- Liberty Street Brewing Company[20] – Plymouth
- Midland Brewing Company[21] - Midland
- Midtown Brewing Company[22] – Lansing
- New Holland Brewing Company – Holland
- OpenRoad Brewery – Wayland
- Right Brain Brewery[23][24][25] – Traverse City
- Reed City Brewing Company[26] - Reed City
- Rochester Mills Beer Company[27] – Rochester
- Saugatuck Brewing Company[28] – Douglas, Kalamazoo
- Schmohz Brewing Co – Grand Rapids
- Short's Brewing Company – Bellaire
- Stormcloud Brewing Company[29] – Frankfort
- Tenacity Brewing Co.[30] – Flint
- The Mitten Brewing Company[31] – Grand Rapids
- Transient Artisan Ales[32][33]
- Tri-City Brewing Company[34][35] – Bay City
- Witch's Hat Brewing Company[36] – South Lyon
- Wolverine State Brewing Co.[37][38] – Ann Arbor
Upper Peninsula[]
- Alpha Michigan Brewing Company – Alpha[39]
- Barrel + Beam – Marquette
- Blackrocks Brewery – Marquette[40]
- Brickside Brewery – Copper Harbor
- Cognition Brewing Company – Ishpeming
- Hereford & Hops Steakhouse & Brew Pub – Escanaba
- Keweenaw Brewing Company – Houghton[41]
- Ore Dock Brewing Company – Marquette[42]
- Upper Hand Brewery – Escanaba
- Vierling Restaurant & Marquette Harbor Brewery – Marquette
Closed breweries[]
- , formerly Tivoli Brewing - Detroit, Michigan[43]
- Axle Brewing - Ferndale, Michigan[44]
- - Detroit, Michigan[45][46]
- Falling Down Beer Company - Warren, Oxford [47]
- Goebel Brewing Company - Detroit, Michigan
- Grand Valley Brewing Company – Ionia
- The Hideout Brewing Company - Grand Rapids [48]
- Michigan Brewing Company – Webberville
- Richter Brewery – Escanaba
- Sebewaing Brewing Company - Sebewaing, Michigan[49][50][51] which was briefly known as "The Michigan Brewing Company.[52]
- Stroh Brewery Company – Detroit
- Upper Peninsula Brewing Company – Marquette
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "First Look: New Microbrewery Brooks Brewing Opens In Shelby Township". Daily Detroit. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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- ^ Field, Susan (November 29, 2015). "Clare Gets Grants for Historic Facades". Morning Sun News. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ Jennings, Zeke (September 19, 2013). "Grand River Marketplace Shows Off New Brews, Menu", MLive.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ "Gravel Capital Brewing Company, Oxford". gravelcapitalbrewingcompany. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Houch, Brenna. "Griffin Claw Readies For Unveiling of Big, New Rochester Hills Brewing Facility". Eater Detroit. Vox Media. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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- ^ Monacelli, Emily (March 18, 2015). "Latitude 42 Named Michigan Brewery of the Year by International Competition". MLive.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
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- ^ "Public turns out for Reed City Brewing Company's grand opening". Herald Review Newspaper. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ Wayland, Michael (April 10, 2012). "Rochester Mills Production Brewery Founder Ready to Expand Beer Brands Statewide". MLive. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ Minegar, Andrew (September 28, 2020). "Saugatuck Brewing Company Acquisition of Gonzo's Biggdogg Brewing Approved". WWMT. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ Buechel, Jennifer (February 2, 2015). "Inside The Kitchen: Frankfort's Stormcloud Brewing Company". 5&10 News. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ Allen, Robert (January 20, 2016). "Flint Brewery: Drink Unleaded Beer, Help Kids", Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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- ^ Wittkowski, Tony (December 15, 2016). "'Spontaneous Beer' a Specialty at Transient Artisan Ales". Harbor County News. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
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- ^ Proudfit, Theresa (August 27, 2018). "'We brew with a purpose': Alpha Michigan Brewing Company keeps the community in its beers". . Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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- ^ "Altes Beer A Detroit Tradition Restored". Altes.
- ^ Allen, Robert. "Axle Brewing in Ferndale to close June 30; was a Top 10 Best New Restaurant in 2018". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ Johnson, Stephen C. (May 16, 2016). Detroit Beer: A History of Brewing in the Motor City (Ebook). . p. 4. ISBN 978-1-62585-733-0.
- ^ "E & B Brewing Co. Inc. – MI 105e | Old Breweries Information | Breweriana Values". August 20, 2013.
- ^ Houck, Brenna (2018-02-02). "Falling Down Beer Company Abruptly Closes All of Its Taprooms". Eater Detroit. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "The Hideout brewery in Grand Rapids closes". mlive. March 18, 2019.
- ^ Hardy, Michael (August 11, 2021) The Amazing History Of Sebewaing Brewing Company}}
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Further reading[]
- Magnaghi, Russell (2015). Upper Peninsula Beer: A History of Brewing Above the Bridge. Charleston, SC: American Palate/The History Press. ISBN 978-1-62619-568-4.
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