Short’s Production Facility Pull Barn
Gold Coast
Beer buffs adore Short’s for its Huma Lupa Licious IPA and Juicy Brut ale, and they come en masse to this sprawling outdoor drinking yard in Elk Rapids …
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Gold Coast
A couple of hairy-faced home brewers got together to open Beards, and they know their stuff, as the hoppy IPAs, tart saisons and nutty brown ales flowing…
Gold Coast
Belgian-style beers are Stormcloud’s gift to the universe. Rainmaker Ale is its medal winner (bronze at the Great American Beer Festival), and there are…
Gold Coast
Odd Side brews some peculiar experimental suds, like the Mayan Mocha stout (with coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg and habenero chilies) and Aestas sour ale (aged…
Gold Coast
Every city needs a speakeasy-style cocktail bar, and Low Bar checks all the boxes: it's dimly lit, oozes 1920s glam and is a little hard to find. Classics…
Gold Coast
Head to Virtue’s farm in Fennville and sip a pint while sheep bleat, pigs oink and chickens cluck around you. The taproom is in a barrel-strewn barn,…
Gold Coast
Even before this small but lively taproom debuted in 2016, founder and beer maker Chris Betts had established a reputation as a brewer's brewer for his…
Leland, Northport & Suttons Bay
Tandem Ciders pours delicious hard ciders made from Michigan apples in its small tasting room on the family farm. You can build your own flight ($1.50 per…
Gold Coast
Located in the old Featherbone Factory, which used to produce corsets and buggy whips, Journeyman cooks up organic whiskies, gins and other booze, and…
Gold Coast
The pub is home to Cherry Republic Brewing Company that makes Leelanau Lambic, a dry, tart ale blended with local Montmorency cherries. It also produces…
Gold Coast
Destination brewery New Holland is known for its robust beers, such as Tangerine Space Machine and Dragon’s Milk stout, and its housemade gins and rums…
Leland, Northport & Suttons Bay
No wonder Hop Lot is a community favorite. The tap room is great, but the outdoor beer garden ups the ante in all seasons. In summer, enjoy bean bag games…
Gold Coast
The Beer Church is a cheeky one. Housed in a former Methodist church, its incongruous facade – bold red lettering proclaiming BREWERY beneath a pristine…
Gold Coast
A slew of eclectic beers bubble forth from the taps. The cinnamon French toast stout and oatmeal stout wallop the senses, while the double IPAs, hazy IPAs…
Gold Coast
Jamesport has been brewing crisp German-style beers and strong ales in a brick Victorian storefront downtown since 2000. The pub menu features a lineup of…
Gold Coast
The wide range of beers on tap here are made with local and organic ingredients, just like the creatively named dishes on the menu (try the succulent,…
Gold Coast
The brewer makes some wild beers using unexpected ingredients, from pig’s head (Pig Porter) to asparagus (Spear Beer ale) to cherry pie (Cherry Pie amber…
Gold Coast
On Saturdays and Sundays in summer, tiny downtown Sawyer's main drag is dominated by merry weekenders who have drunk, are drinking, or will drink at this…
Gold Coast
There's an impressive range of beers on offer at this 2017 entrant to the Michigan brewing scene. Wheat beers, pales ales and double IPAs rock the 20-plus…
Gold Coast
Locals like to hang out and sip the housemade suds in this comfy pub. IPAs, stouts and fruity seasonal specialties like the blueberry lemonade shandy fill…
Gold Coast
The distinct coffee-cup mosaic doorway beckons you in to this longstanding cafe that roasts its own beans and serves terrific breakfast wraps, made-from…
Gold Coast
More than 40 taps flow with Belgian and Michigan craft beers, while a cocktail bar shakes 'em up in the basement.
