Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

We have one beer/food pairing event for February. This month's pairing will take place February 22nd at REO Town Pub where we will sample spicy items made from Saddleback BBQ and paired with beers from Arcadia Ales.

We have two beer tasting events for January. Our first slider pairing will take place January 12th at REO Town Pub where we will sample custom sliders from Good Truckin' Food located right here in REO Town, paried with Aracdia Ales! The second event takes place January 19th at Front 43 Neighborhood Pub where we will sample custom sliders paired with Dark Horse Brewery!

Join us December 6th at Arcadia Brewing Company Battle Creek for our 18th Anniversary Celebration! It is a day, yes a whole day, of food, music, beer exclusives, celebration and giving back to the community we have called home since 1996.

Downtown Manistee’s 3rd Annual Hops and Props on the river was a weekend long celebration of beer, boats, music and food. The festivities began Friday evening with a kickoff reception at the Boathouse grill, with events throughout the day on Saturday and wrapping up on Sunday morning with the Boater’s Brunch in the lobby of the Ramsdell Inn. Featured events included a beer tent, art and boat shows, and a series of tap takeovers throughout the downtown area.

If you’ve not paid a visit to Kalamazoo in a couple years, a lot has been going on with their local brewery scene. While staples like Bell’s and Olde Peninsula brewpub continue to thrive, the biggest news is of course Arcadia Brewing Company’s recent move from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo with a new productions facility, pub, and restaurant. But while this maybe the most visible and apparent recent addition to Kalamazoo brewing community, behind the scenes another craft brewing revolution is current in progress at the nanobrewery scale with the introduction of several new smaller breweries with brewing systems of 3 barrels and less. To put this in perspective, Bell’s recent expansions have put them in the capacity to brew 500,000 barrels or more a year.

Starting at Noon on August 31st long before 'all hallos eve' or even the 'witching hour' Arcadia Ale will be pouring drafts of Jaw Jacker a pumpkin spiced ale.

As with most standard American styles, Brown Ale was born in Europe. The earliest English Ales were brown in color, using “brown” malt – base malt that had been kilned over a hardwood fire. These early beers were prized for their smokiness and dark color, and the first reference to brown ales was in 1750, by way of Partigyle Brewing.

The evening will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:00pm, accompanied by the Kalamazoo Pipe Band. Come enjoy the food, atmosphere and handcrafted Ales while contributing for a great cause! Our entire opening day will also be our first “Drink One Down – Support Your Town” in Kalamazoo. All the proceeds from tap sales during this event are donated to a local charity, Kalamazoo’s first being the Big Brothers and Big Sisters – A Community of Caring.

A top 25 list is quite the challenge, I can't emphasize that enough. It was a very difficult process for me to get a solidified list because there is so much amazing beer in this state!