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 .
The Richter Brewery office building in Escanaba
As of 2012 [ update] , 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]
Lower Peninsula
Right Brain Brewery owner and employees with Senator Debbie Stabenow
1 For All Brewery – Livonia
127 Brewing Company – Jackson
3 Gatos Brewery – Wyoming
3 North Lexington – Lexington
5 Lakes Brew Pub – Byron Center
734 Brewing Company – Ypsilanti
Aberrant Ales – Howell
Adesanya Mead & Microbrewery – Grandville
Albion Malleable Brewing Company – Albion
Alcona Brew Haus – Harrisville
Alebird Taphouse and Brewery – Byron Center
Alma Brewing Co – Alma
Apoptosis Brewing Company – Kalamazoo
Arbor Brewing Company[6] – Ann Arbor , Ypsilanti , Plymouth
Archival Brewing – Belmont
Arclight Brewing Company – Watervliet
Arctic Circle Brewing Company – New Baltimore
Arktos Meadery – Grand Rapids
Artisan Reserve, Inc. – Romulus
Arvon Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
Ascension Brewing Company – Novi
Atwater Brewery – Detroit , Grosse Pointe Park , Grand Rapids
Austin Brothers Beer Company – Alpena
B. Nektar[7] – Ferndale
BAD Brewing Company – Mason
B.O.B.'s Brewery – Grand Rapids
Baffin Brewing Company[8] – Saint Clair Shores
Barrister Brewing Company – Owosso
Batch Brewing Company – Detroit
Battle Alley Brewing Co. – Holly
Bearded Lamb Brewing Company (Formerly Liberty Street Brewing Company) – Plymouth
Beards Brewery – Petoskey
Beer Church Brewing Company – New Buffalo
Bell's Brewery – Kalamazoo and Comstock
Bier Distillery & Brewery – Comstock Park
Bier's Inwood Brewery[9] – Charlevoix
Biercamp – Ann Arbor
Bière de Mac Brew Works – Mackinaw City
Big Buck Brewery – Gaylord
Big Hart Brewing Company – Hart
Big Lake Brewing – Holland
Big T Restaurant – Lawton
Black & Blue Brewery – Port Huron
Black Fire Winery – Tecumseh
Blake's Orchard & Cider Mill – Armada
Blind Island Brewery – Sturgis
Block Brewing Company – Howell , Brighton
Blue Skies Brewery – Auburn Hills , Jackson , Onsted
Blue Tractor BBQ & Brewery – Ann Arbor
Boathouse Beer Co. & Boozery – Tawas City
Boss Cider – Leslie
Brass Ring Brewing – Grand Rapids
Brew Detroit – Detroit
Brewery 4 Two 4 – Holland
Brewery Becker – Brighton
Brewery Faisan – Detroit
Brewery Outre – Kalamazoo
Brewery Terra Firma – Traverse City
Brewery Vivant – Grand Rapids
Brick Haus Brews – Sparta
BrickHaven Brewing Company – Grand Ledge
Brite Eyes Brewing Company – Kalamazoo
Broad Leaf Brewery & Spirits – Kentwood
Brooks Brewing[10] - Shelby Township
Brown Iron Brewhouse – Washington Township , Royal Oak
Burnt Marshmallow Brewstillery – Petoskey
Burt Lake Brewery – Alanson
Burzurk Brewing Co. – Grand Haven
Cadillac Straits Brewing Company – Madison Heights
Cadillac Winery (LeRoy Brewing) – LeRoy
Canton Brew Works – Canton
Cassopolis Beer Company - Cassopolis
Cedar Springs Brewing Company – Cedar Springs
Cheboygan Brewing Company – Cheboygan
Cherry Creek Cellars – Brooklyn
Cherry Republic - Glen Arbor
City Built Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
CJ's Brewing Company – Commerce , Plymouth
Clam Lake Beer Co – Cadillac
CONFLUXCITY Brewing Company – Portland
Coopersville Brewing Co. – Coopersville
Copper Hop Brewing Company – St. Clair Shores
Cranker's Restaurant and Brewery – Big Rapids
Dark Horse Brewery – Marshall
Dead Bear Brewing Co – Grayling
Dearborn Brewing – Dearborn
Depot No. 36 at Kayla Rae Cellars – Rockford
Detroit Beer Company – Detroit
Dimes Brewhouse – Dimondale
Dixie Saloon – Mackinaw City
Dog and Pony Show Brewing – Oak Park
Downey Brewing Company – Dearborn
Drafting Table Brewing Company – Wixom
Dragonmead – Warren
Draught Horse Brewery – New Hudson
EagleMonk Pub and Brewery – Lansing
Earthen Ales – Traverse City
Eastern Market Brewing - Detroit
Eaton Pub & Grille & Charlotte Brewing Co. – Charlotte
Elder Piper Beer + Cider – Petoskey
Elk Street Brewery – Sandusky
Ellison Brewery and Spirits – East Lansing
Erratic Ale Co. – Dexter
Eternity Brewing Company[11] – Howell
Farm Club – Traverse City
Farmington Brewing Company – Farmington
Fenton Winery & Brewery – Fenton
Ferndale Project - Ferndale
Fetch Brewing Co – Whitehall
Fillmore 13 Brewery – Pontiac
Final Gravity Brewing Company – Decatur
Five Shores Brewing – Beulah
Flat River Brewing Co. – Greenville
Florian East Lagers & Ales - Hamtramck
Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
Four Circles Brewery – Brighton
Four Keys Brewing – Blissfield
Four Labs Beer & Cider – Petoskey
Four Leaf Brewing[12] – Clare
Frankenmuth Brewery – Frankenmuth
Fresh Coast Beer Works – Traverse City
From Huron Out Pub – Oscoda
Ghost Isle Brewery – New Buffalo
Glass Creek Winery/Brewery – Hastings
Grand Armory Brewing Company – Grand Haven
Grand River Brewery[13] – Jackson , Marshall , Clawson , Brighton
Grand Traverse Brewing Company – Traverse City
Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery – Ada
Gravel Capital Brewing Company[14] - Oxford
Great Baraboo Brewing Company – Clinton Township
Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery – Mackinac Island
Great White Buffalo Brewing Co. – Northville
Greenbush Brewing Company – Sawyer
Greyline Brewing Co. – Grand Rapids
Griffin Claw Brewing Company[15] - Birmingham , Rochester Hills
Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. – Ann Arbor
Gull Lake Distilling Company – Galesburg
Handmap Brewing – Battle Creek
Happy's Taco Shop – Boyne City
Harbor Light Brewery – South Haven
Harmony Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub – East Lansing
Hartland Brewing Co. – Howell
Haymarket Brewery – Bridgman
hear.say brewing + theater - Ann Arbor
Heavenly Vineyards – Morley
Heights Brewing – Farmington
Heronmark – Allegan
Hillsdale Brewing Company – Hillsdale
Homegrown Brewing Company – Oxford
HOMES Brewery – Ann Arbor
Hop Hog Backyard Brewpub – Greenville , Lowell
Hop Lot Brewing Co. – Suttons Bay
HopSide Brewery – Alpena
HUCO Brew Co. – Ubley
Hunter's Ale House – Mount Pleasant
Identity Brewing Company – Traverse City
Innovators Brewing Co. – Richville
Ironbark Brewing Company – Jackson
Jacob's Farm - Traverse City
Jamesport Brewing Company – Ludington
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Dexter
Journeyman Distillery (Sea of Monsters) - Three Oaks
Kickstand Brewing Company – Commerce
Kingsley Local Brewing[16] – Kingsley
Knaebe's Apple Farm & Ciderworks - Rogers City
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company – Warren , Clinton Township
Küsterer Brauhaus – Grand Rapids
Lagerhaus No. 5 – Detroit
Lake Ann Brewing Company – Lake Ann
Lake Time Brewing and Spirits - Bridgman
Lansing Brewing Company – Lansing
Latitude 42 Brewing Company – Oshtemo , Portage [17]
Lehman's Brewery & Farmhouse – Buchanan
Lily's Seafood Grill & Brewery – Royal Oak
Linden Brewing Co. – Linden
Liquid Note - Otsego
Loaded Dice Brewery - Troy
Loco Boys Brewing Company[18] – Traverse City
Loggers Brewing Company – Saginaw
Longship Brewing Company – Lawton
Looking Glass Brewing Co. – DeWitt
Lost Art Brewhouse – Walker
Ludington Bay Brewing Co. – Ludington
Mackinac Island Brewery – Mackinaw City
Mackinaw Trail Winery & Brewery – Petoskey
Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm – Cement City
Mi Element Grains and Grounds – Midland
Michigan Brewing Works – Williamston
MichiGrain Distillery – Lansing
MiddleCoast Brewing Company[19] – Traverse City
Midland Brewing Company[20] – Midland
Midtown Brewing Company[21] – Lansing
Mothfire Brewing Company – Ann Arbor
Motor City Brewing Works – Detroit
Mountain Town Brewing Company – Mount Pleasant
Murray Street Brewing Company – Mattawan
Muskegon Brewing Company - Muskegon
Nain Rouge Brewery – Detroit
New Holland Brewing Company – Holland , Grand Rapids , Battle Creek
New Union Brewery – Lowell
Newaygo Brewing Company – Newaygo
Niles Brewing Company – Niles
North Channel Brewing Co. – Manistee
North Grove Brewers – Montague
North Peak Brewing Company – Traverse City
North Pier Brewing Company – Benton Harbor
Northern Natural Cider House & Winery – Kaleva
Northland Brewing Co. – Indian River
Northville Winery & Brewery – Northville
Oakestown Brewery – Grandville
Odd Side Ales – Grand Haven
Off the Chain Brewstillery - Grand Haven
Ogma Brewing Co. – Jackson
Old Mill Brewpub & Grill – Plainwell
Old Nation Brewing Co. – Williamston
One Well Brewing – Kalamazoo
OpenRoad Brewery – Wayland
Oracle Brewing Co. – Saginaw
Original Gravity Brewing Co. – Milan
Our Brewing Company – Holland
Ozone's Brewhouse – Lansing
Paddle Hard Brewing – Grayling
Parker's Hilltop Brewery – Clarkston
Pavlov's Brewing Company – Temperance
Paw Paw Brewing Co. – Paw Paw
Perrin Brewing Company – Comstock Park
Petoskey Brewing Company – Petoskey
Pigeon Hill Brewing Company – Muskegon
Pike 51 Brewery – Hudsonville
Pink Barrel Cellars – Grand Rapids
Pond Hill Farms – Harbor Springs
Presidential Brewing Company – Portage
Railtown Brewing Company – Caledonia
Rake Beer Project – Muskegon
Ramshackle Brewing Company – Jonesville
Rare Bird Brewpub – Traverse City
Redline Brewing Company – Burton
Redwood Steakhouse and Brewery – Flint
Reed City Brewing Company[22] – Reed City
Right Brain Brewery[23] [24] [25] – Traverse City
Rivers Edge Brewing Co. – Milford
River Saint Joe – Buchanan
River Trade Brewing Company – Constantine
Rochester Mills Beer Company[26] – Rochester
Rockford Brewing Company – Rockford
Rolling Oak Brewing Co. – Grayling
Room 94 Taps & Bourbon – Petoskey
Round Barn – Union Pier , Baroda
Rusted Spoke Brewing Co. – Mackinaw City
Rustic Leaf Brewing Company – Waterford
Rusty Rocket Brewing Company – Pullman
Sacred Springs – Grand Rapids
Salt Springs Brewery – Saline
SaltRock Brewing Co. – Lansing
Sanctuary – Grand Ledge
Sand Lake Micro Brewery and Winery - National City
Sandhill Crane Vineyards – Jackson
Saugatuck Brewing Company[27] – Douglas , Kalamazoo
Sawyers Brewing Company – Montague
Schaendorf Brewing Company – Allegan
Schmohz Brewing Co – Grand Rapids
Schoolcraft Brewery – Livonia
Seedz Brewry – Union Pier
Sherwood Brewing Company – Shelby Township
Short's Brewing Company – Bellaire
Silver Harbor Brewing Company – St. Joseph
Silver Spruce Brewing[28] – Traverse City
Sister Lakes Brewing Company – Dowagiac
Sleepwalker Spirts & Ale – Lansing
Snowbelt Brewing Co. – Gaylord
Someday Brewing – Grosse Pointe Woods
South Haven Brewpub – South Haven
Speciation Cellars – Grand Rapids
St. Ambrose Cellars – Beulah
St. Johns Brewing Co. – St. Johns
Starr Craft Brewery – Richmond
Starving Artist Brewing – Ludington
Steele Street Brewing – Ionia
Stiggs Brewery & Kitchen – Boyne City
Stone Hound Brewing Company – Williamsburg
Stony Lake Brewing Co. – Saline
Stormcloud Brewing Company[29] – Frankfort
Stumblebum Beer Co. – Troy
Summerlands Brewing Company – Holt
Supernatural Brewing and Spirits – Livonia
Tantrick Brewing Co. – Allegan
Tecumseh Brewing Company – Tecumseh
Tenacity Brewing Co.[30] – Flint
Territorial Brewing Company – Springfield
Texas Corners Brewing Company – Kalamazoo
The 707 Winery and Brewery – Caledonia
The Distant Whistle Brewhouse – Vicksburg
The Filling Station Microbrewery[31] – Traverse City
The Highway Brewing Co. – West Branch
The Livery – Benton Harbor
The Maple Grille Restaurant and Microbrewery - Hemlock
The Mitten Brewing Company[32] – Grand Rapids , Saugatuck , Northport
The Royal Oak Brewery – Royal Oak
The Strand Brewery & Kitchen – Dowagiac
The Winery North of 12 – Brooklyn
The Workshop Brewing Company[33] – Traverse City
Third Nature Brewing Company – Manistee
Thornapple Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
Three Blondes Brewing Company – South Haven
Three Bridges Distillery & Taproom – Midland
Thumb Brewery – Caseville
Tilted Axis Brewing Company – Lapeer
Tombstone Brewery LLC - Chesterfield
Trail Point Brewing Company - Allendale
Transient Artisan Ales[34] [35] – Bridgman
Tri-City Brewing Company[36] [37] – Bay City
Trippelroot Brewery – Zeeland
Tulip City Brewstillery – Holland
Two Bandits Brewing Co. – Coldwater
TwoGuys Brewing – Wyoming
Unexpected Craft Brewing Company – Oak Park
Unity Vibration – Ypsilanti
Unruly Brewing Company – Muskegon
Urbanrest Brewing Company – Ferndale
Useless Creatures Brewing Company – Three Rivers
Vander Mill – Grand Rapids
Vineyard 2121 - Benton Harbor
Vinomondo Winery – Gratiot Township
W.H. Ales – Bay City
War Water Brewery – St. Clair
Walldorff Brew Pub & Bistro – Hastings
Warner Vineyards – Paw Paw
Watermark Brewing Company – Stevensville
WaterStreet Winery & Brewing Company – Marine City
Wax Wings Brewing Company – Kalamazoo
Waypost Brewing Co. – Fennville
Whiskey Point Brewing Company – Beaver Island
White Flame Brewing Co. – Hudsonville
Whole Hearted Winery – New Hudson
Witch's Hat Brewing Company[38] – South Lyon
Wolverine State Brewing Co.[39] [40] – Ann Arbor
Wyandotte Beer Company – Wyandotte
Ypsi Alehouse – Yspilanti