Seminars held during the festival also including presentations on wine, cider, and food and beer. Featured presenters included Fred Bueltmann from New Holland and Ben Darcie from Brewery Vivant. Craft Spirits and Mead were included among this year’s wine selections which included offerings from the new Akrtos Meadery in Grand Rapids and the Holland’s Coppercraft distillery’s Apple Jack collaboration with Virtue Cider. Cider was featured in their own Michigan BLUE Cider House and Sietsema and Uncle John’s were among the cideries I enjoyed. Breweries new to the area like Alaskan Brewing and Deschutes also were available up in the brewer’s loft which presented attendees a nice opportunity to try local favorites side by side with many world-class beers and beverages.
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Appetizer Plate Appetizer Plate
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Arktos Meadery Arktos Meadery
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Brewed in MI Brewed in MI
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Ciderye Ciderye
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Coppercraft Distillery Coppercraft Distillery
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Crankers Brewery Crankers Brewery
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Crispin Crispin
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Delicious Delicious
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More food More food
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Dessert Dessert
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Filling Filling
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Grand Traverse Distillery Grand Traverse Distillery
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Reds on the River Reds on the River
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Sietsema Orchards Cider Mill Sietsema Orchards Cider Mill
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6.1.6 6.1.6
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Tre Cugini Tre Cugini
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Uncle Johns Hard Cider Uncle Johns Hard Cider
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YUM YUM