List of breweries in Michigan
Breweries in 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 590 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.
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Michigan's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Michigan's breweries and related industries was more than $900 million.[3] Consumer purchases of Michigan's brewery products generated more than $290 million extra in tax revenue.[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Michigan ranked 13th in the number of capita per craft brewery with 122 craft breweries, and 81,013 capita per craft brewery.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
Breweries
- Arcadia Brewing Company – Battle Creek
- Bad Frog Beer – Rose City
- Bell's Brewery – Kalamazoo and Comstock
- B. Nektar[8] – Ferndale
- Constantine Brewing Company[9] – Constantine
- Dark Horse Brewery – Marshall
- Detroit Beer Company – Detroit
- Dragonmead – Warren
- Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
- Four Leaf Brewing[10] – Clare
- Grand River Brewery[11] – Jackson
- Greenbush Brewing Company – Sawyer
- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Dexter
- Keweenaw Brewing Company[12] – Houghton
- Kuhnhenn Brewing Company – Warren
- Latitude 42 Brewing Company – Portage[13]
- Liberty Street Brewing Company[14] – Plymouth
- Midtown Brewing Company[15] – Lansing
- New Holland Brewing Company – Holland
- North Peak Brewing Company – Traverse City
- OpenRoad Brewery – Wayland
- Prime Time Brewers – Grand Rapids
- Right Brain Brewery[16] – Traverse City
- Rochester Mills Beer Company[17] – Rochester
- Schmohz – Grand Rapids
- Short's Brewing Company – Bellaire
- Stormcloud Brewing Company[18] – Frankfort
- Tenacity Brewing[19] – Flint
- Witch's Hat Brewing Company[20] – South Lyon
- Wolverine State Brewing Co.[21][22] – Ann Arbor
Closed breweries
- Grand Valley Brewing Company – Ionia
- Liquid MFG – Green Oak
- Michigan Brewing Company – Webberville
- Stroh Brewery Company – Detroit
- Real Ale Company, Chelsea, Michigan
- Boyne River Brewing Co., Boyne City, Michigan
See also
References
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Michigan". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Michigan". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--2012 Data, Michigan". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Capita per Brewery" (PDF). Brewers Association. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "B. Nektar Meadery, Home of Zombie Killer Brew, Expanding in Ferndale". Detroit Free Press. February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ Rietsma, Jef (June 7, 2014). "Constantine Brewing Company to Open Today". Sturgis Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Klug, Fritz (September 8, 2013). "Keweenaw Brewing Company Is a Community Gathering Place with $2.50 Pints". MLive.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ Monacelli, Emily (March 18, 2015). "Latitude 42 Named Michigan Brewery of the Year by International Competition". MLive.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ↑ Costa, Nick (May 5, 2014). "Brewer Q&A: Joe Walters of Michigan's Liberty Street Brewing", The Hop Review. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Kammerer, Ann (July 9, 2014). "Beer Garden Brands Midtown Brewing as Euro-Destination". Capital Gains – Lansing. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Klug, Fritz (September 23, 2013). "Right Brain Brewery Offers Culinary Inspired Beers". MLive.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ Wayland, Michael (April 10, 2012). "Rochester Mills Production Brewery Founder Ready to Expand Beer Brands Statewide". MLive. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Place, Ryan M. (November 12, 2014). "South Lyon's Witch's Hat Brewing Company Expands". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Webster, Jessica (December 26, 2013). "Ann Arbor's Wolverine State Brewing Co. Now Serving Food". MLive. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Wolverine State Brewing Co Expands, Doubles Barrel Production". SouthEast Michigan Startup. February 12, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.