 |
01-08-2012, 09:00 PM
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 952
|
I hate Grand Rapids!
|
|
I am sure Grand Rapids has much more to offer. I went to Hop Cat and Founder's. What the hell? Both were awesome!
Founder's, a nice quasi-beer hall.
Hop Cat, what a beautiful bar and atmoshphere.
I heard of Hop Cat before. I did not relize they brewed their own beer.
Anyways, I want to live in Grand rapids now.
|
|
|
|
01-08-2012, 09:01 PM
|
#2
|
|
Drink your beer!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Upper Michigan
Posts: 41,499
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Julohan
I am sure Grand Rapids has much more to offer. I went to Hop Cat and Founder's. What the hell? Both were awesome!
Founder's, a nice quasi-beer hall.
Hop Cat, what a beautiful bar and atmoshphere.
I heard of Hop Cat before. I did not relize they brewed their own beer.
Anyways, I want to live in Grand rapids now.
|
Too bad you missed the Hide Out. You'd have pitched a teepee in their parking lot.
A friend last night was telling me about Brewery Vivant. It's new, I guess, and he couldn't rave enough about it: http://www.breweryvivant.com/
__________________
Broken Leg Brewery
Giving beer a leg to stand on since 2006
|
|
|
|
01-08-2012, 09:11 PM
|
#3
|
|
Registered Nurse
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Westland, MI
Posts: 444
|
My step-son, who lives in GR, was just here visiting us in the Detroit suburbs and mentioned that there are 2 new breweries that just opened.
Every visit we make there includes a stop at Founders.
Will have to investigate the new brews in March. 
__________________
Schöne Blondine Brauerei
I would rather live my life believing there is a God and die to find out there isn't than live my life believing there isn't a God and die to find out there is.
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
You might be a nurse if you firmly believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.
|
|
|
|
|
01-20-2012, 02:42 AM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dexter, MI, Michigan
Posts: 1,160
|
HopCat is fabulous. Good draft selections from everywhere, occasionally rare beers. Great bottle menu, great food. Too bad I don't live there, but am sure to stop by when I visit.
__________________
Cheers,
BP
-------------------------------
Fermenter 1: Best bitter (1)
Fermenter 2: Best bitter (2)
Fermenter 3: APA
Fermenter 4: APA
|
|
|
|
|
01-21-2012, 01:56 PM
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Posts: 141
|
Grand Rapids is awesome, it's such a great city even before considering their beer offerings. It has a lot of big city amenities packaged into a small city atmosphere. Tons of parks, big art scene, eco-friendly buildings, walkable, cool architecture in some of the older neighborhoods, plus the aforementioned beer scene.
|
|
|
|
|
01-29-2012, 06:24 PM
|
#6
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Posts: 18
|
I was a Mug Club member last year at Founders... Thats my Fav Brewery. Grand rapids is a fun town to visit.. Make sure you try mixing a couple beers together in a pint ,they make some tasty creations... Backwoods Bastard & Breakfast Stout is so tasty together...
__________________
Own that Brew.
|
|
|
|
|
02-01-2012, 01:46 PM
|
#7
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 6
|
that's what i miss about West Michigan - the awesome breweries. head southwest from Grand Rapids and hit the New Holland Brewery in Holland and Saugatuck Brewing Company in Saugatuck.
|
|
|
|
|
02-02-2012, 04:04 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: central, IL
Posts: 195
|
This last summer we made a beer pilgrimage to Michigan (about 7 hours or so from here). It was a great time. We visited :
2 brothers (Illinois )
3 Floyds (Indiana)
New Holland
Bells
Founders
Arcadia
Michigan brewing (celis)
Dark horse
In 5 days!
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
|
|
