Beer Vacation in Michigan!!!

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Message pablo951 beers 761 º places 117 º 22:27 Wed 5/21/2014 My beer buddy (ChiGuy68) and I are traveling though Michigan next week starting this Saturday on a Beer Vacation! Please let us know if you have any suggestions for where we should go for beer in Michigan!! We are coming from Chicago going to Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, and then back to Chicago via the shores of Lake Michigan. We plan on stopping at: Livery – Benton Harbor Hopcat – Grand Rapids Bells - Kalamazoo Kuhnhenn Warren Dragonmead Warren Shorts - Traverse City Area Seven Monks - Traverse City Area New Holland - Holland Jamesport - Ludington We will also be bringing some Chicago beers with us from Revolution, Pipework’s, and Half Acre Breweries for trade. We will be rating on RateBeer as we go along!! Thanks, Paul aka Pablo951
Message mikem409 beers 2032 º places 251 º 02:32 Thu 5/22/2014 are you looking for other places to visit along your way?
Message 574deadzone beers 1420 º places 11 º 03:24 Thu 5/22/2014 Sounds like a kick-ass, awesome time! Obviously, there’s so much to do throughout the state, narrowing it down would be difficult. I would consider adding Arcadia’s new location in Kalamazoo and the KZoo Beer Exchange if you have time, Dark Horse in Marshall, and how can you leave out Founders in Grand Rapids? Also, Traverse City has a lot of breweries really close together and Jolly Pumpkin has taprooms in Ann Arbor and just north of Traverse City on the peninsula that would definitely be worth considering. If I were you guys, I would consider taking 94 to the Detroit area and hitting everything along the way, then 96 back through Lansing to check out the new HopCat there before hitting your Grand Rapids spots, then heading up to Traverse City and back down. Anyone from Flint/Saginaw/Bay City/Mt. Pleasant please feel free to chime in for cool stuff in those areas, but it seems like the Detroit area to Traverse City drive could be rather sparse if you head up 75 north. Michigan is the best! Have a blast!
Message Tmoney99 P beers 21128 º places 819 º 03:42 Thu 5/22/2014 Great state for coastline and beers. Good names on west coast include: Sawyer - Greenbush Grand Haven - Odd Side Ludington - The Mitten Frankfort - Stormcloud Traverse City - Terra Virma Grand Rapids - Brewery Vivant Tom

Message pablo951 beers 761 º places 117 º 05:41 Thu 5/22/2014 Yes Originally posted by mikem409 are you looking for other places to visit along your way?
Message mikem409 beers 2032 º places 251 º 06:42 Thu 5/22/2014 Birmingham- Griffin claw Ferndale- B nektar and schramms
Message umich03jm P beers 3512 º places 13 º 10:09 Thu 5/22/2014 Don’t miss Founders for sure. And I agree with Mike on Griffin Claw, B. Nektar and Schramm’s. If you have time I would definitely add Right Brain, Dark Horse, Greenbush, and Odd Side to your original list. Also, FYI, don’t take I-96 from Detroit to Lansing if that’s what you were planning. It’s closed for a good 10 mile stretch between Telegraph and I-275 I think.
Message ICEatALAMO beers 1366 º places 18 º 13:14 Thu 5/22/2014 Give Dark Horse more consideration.

Message walleye beers 1101 º places 56 º 17:19 Thu 5/22/2014 Just north of warren shelby township Sherwood
Message b3shine P beers 12178 º places 372 º 17:26 Thu 5/22/2014 Originally posted by Tmoney99 Great state for coastline and beers. Good names on west coast include: Sawyer - Greenbush Grand Haven - Odd Side Ludington - The Mitten Frankfort - Stormcloud Traverse City - Terra Virma Grand Rapids - Brewery Vivant +1
Message blackflag321 beers 750 º places 160 º 18:36 Thu 5/22/2014 All good suggestions. If you want to try a small brewer who is turning out tasty beer, try Bad Brewing Company in Mason, near Lansing about 10 miles off I-96.