Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale is the brain child of Matt Jason and Jeremy Sprague, local Lansing residents who saw the need for a local brewery and spirits distillery. Sleepwalker derives its name from the Japanese term for sleepwalker, muyubyo-sha, where you are invited to turn off the busy part of your day and enjoy a space to “dream.play.” This is exactly what Sleepwalker embodies.

Ok, wait it is not really the King of Atlantis but actor Jason Momoa, formerly of Conan & Khal Drogo where he is currently filming. Detroit is once again being used for another DC movie and Jason will be portraying Aquaman.

Cedar Springs Brewing company will be open early next year in Cedar Springs, Mi with a very German influenced menu and brew style. “We’ll be relatively German-centric, that’s my background and passion, and it’s something not many of the craft brewers are really focusing on. A lot of places dabble with the German stuff, but I definitely have some ideas I want to do that nobody is really doing.” said, Ringler, a German trained brewer and investment adviser with degrees in history and brewing science. He worked briefly for Atwater Brewing and the now closed Grand Rapids Brewing Co. and wants to get back into brewing.

Peace on Earth and good beer for all. That’s the holiday motto of the brew team at Frankenmuth Brewery who’ve at least delivered on the “good beer” side over the years. With Christmas cheer centered right in Frankenmuth every holiday season, you could have bet that their anticipated limited seasonal, Christmas Town Ale, would be back again this year.

Hops at 84 East is located at 84 East 8th Street in downtown Holland. The former 84 East and Froggy’s restaurants have been combined and renovated with a new bar featuring 70 taps of craft beer, cider, and wine and the kitchen enhanced to include old menu favorites as well as new 600 degree brick pizza ovens. Rotating taps for the grand opening weekend included KBS, Devil Dancer, and Backwoods Bastard from Founders, and Q Falls, Oracle, and Wedding Ale from Bell’s. A special “hop-rocket” wet hopped craft beer was also tapped each day for the celebration. Live music was featured all weekend long with Further Closer on Friday, De Hurricane Reggae Band on Saturday, and Matt Plessner on Sunday.

In a series of recent announcements and restructuring, New Holland Brewing is proud to announce a new Vice President of Sales – Adam Lambert. Lambert, previously the VP of Sales for Delaware’s Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, will join the team in mid November.

It was a long time coming, but Frankenmuth Brewery finally brought a cherished classic from its historical line of beers back to bars and store shelves this past spring when it revived Old Detroit Amber Ale. “You can only answer so many inquiries with ‘Soon. Very soon’ before you decide the time is more than right,” said Maher Sarafa, Brand Marketing Director of Frankenmuth Brewery.

New Holland Brewing Co., Michigan’s third largest brewery and first craft whiskey distiller, has just signed a lease with Rockford Construction and plans to launch a new brewpub, micro-distillery and restaurant slated to open in early 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan’s west side. The new endeavor supports the company’s goals to reach the growing craft consumer in New Holland’s home market of West Michigan and beyond.

Fetch Brewing Company is now open in downtown Whitehall being the third brewery to open in Muskegon County in less than a year’s time. Fetch was preceded by Unruly and Pigeon Hill Brewing Companies both located in downtown Muskegon whereas Fetch is the first brewery to open in the White Lake area. Fetch is located in the former State Bank Building on Colby St. and has been renovated to incorporate elements of the historic location such as the bank vault and elevator shaft into the design of the brewery.

Bell’s Brewery, Inc., in partnership with Michigan-based Employment Group, will host its first Career Fair at its Comstock Brewery, 8938 Krum Ave. in Galesburg, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.