Clean water is an essential ingredient in making great beer, which is something New Holland Brewing Co. knows plenty about. Now it’s time for great beer to help create clean water.

Rhino Media Productions of Kalamazoo is producing a creative film that will document the craft beer explosion we all have witnessed here in Michigan these past few years.  Simply put, this is a film about the people who are putting their heart and soul into producing craft beer in the state of Michigan.

Great American Brew Trail Announces Launch of Television Series On NBC Affiliate WILX 10 Sponsored By Spartan Flagship Stores.

Saugatuck Brewing Company has collaborated with growers Michigan Malts of Shepherd, MI  and Empire Hop Farm of Empire, MI in producing their summer seasonal release, “Michigan Wheat Ale.”

Now fully through the transition period of re-branding and redesigning their menu and mission, the Midtown Beer Company  in downtown Lansing has just acquired new BREWING equipment and will be serving their new craft beers on draft. They will be releasing the first two offerings Golgotha (Belgian Black IPA) and London Calling (English Bitter Ale) tonight, Tuesday, May 7th at 5:00 PM.

Construction continues at the future site of Arcadia Brewing Company in Kalamazoo. New details continue to be unveiled by Arcadia President, Tim Suprise, as the opening date approaches and the focus shifts from remedying delays to progress.

What happens when a proud West Michigan pub and a Grand Rapids brewery get together? They find a creative way to fight hunger in the local community.

Rochester Mills Beer Co. and Production Brewery held the 2013 Mills Big Brew Day on Saturday, April 27th, 2013. More than 300 homebrewers came from across the State and far away as Maryland to the back lot of Rochester Mills Production Brewery in Auburn Hills to be part of the largest, single day, homebrewing event in the World and to compete for a chance to collaborate with the Mills’ head brewers on a recipe that will be brewed on the Rochester Mills Production system for distribution across Michigan, the Great Beer State.

In recognition of the growing trend of craft beer consumption by women, Saugatuck Brewing Company is hosting an afternoon “Celebration of Women and Craft Beer” on Sunday, May 5 from 2-5pm in its Singapore Room. The event is free and open to the public.

Grand Rapids Magazine-branded travel retail stores will be a part of a future construction project at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. HMSHost Corporation of Bethesda, Maryland, will manage the project, initially planning to rebrand the airport’s current newsstand location as “Grand Rapids Magazine travel retail store” in June 2013. Two additional stores—one in concourse A, planned for completion in January 2014; and another in concourse B, with a planned completion date in June 2014—will also be part of the efforts intended to “localize” the airport.