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 Marquette Home Brewers

3 Basic Homebrewing Methods

3 Basic Homebrewing Methods

Written By: Matt Burling Marquette Michigan – Brewing beer has many different approaches. Depending on your level of interest and commitment you can choose a variety of different tools, ingredients and methods to arrive at the beverage you wish to produce. The three main methods to brew beer from a home brewing perspective are extract, […]

 Marquette Home Brewers

A Sustainable Approach to Homebrewing

A Sustainable Approach to Homebrewing

By Kris Thompson Brew day is over. You eye up the spoils of your hard work. A carboy filled perhaps with a dry stout or a hop heavy IPA. Yeast is pitched. You feel accomplished. You survey the area once more and spy the mash tun, full of spent grain, and a sudden, crushing realization […]

 Marquette Home Brewers

Exploring Belgian Beer

Exploring Belgian Beer

by Sean Dombrowski Not so long ago choosing a beer in America was not much different than choosing a sports team. It was a choice born of geographic convenience, or lack of alternatives. Often your beer was chosen for you; handed down from elders like a family name. You swore allegiance to those team’s colors […]

 Marquette Home Brewers

Why To Try a “Craft” Beer

Why To Try a “Craft” Beer

By Mark Wilson Now as the title mentions this article is for those who don’t drink “craft” beer, or for that matter beer at all. I will not state that by the end you will like craft beer (from here on no quotations and we will just call it beer), but I do hope to […]

 Marquette Home Brewers

So You’re Not a Hop-Head

So You’re Not a Hop-Head

CRAFT BEER ENJOYMENT FOR THE REST OF US By David Gill Marquette, MI – OK, I get it.  You don’t like hoppy beer.  It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, or maybe I should say mug of ale.  But it seems like hoppy beers are everywhere, and the hop-head crowd just can’t get enough of that […]

 Erica McMillan

Vierling Brews Up The Classics

Vierling Brews Up The Classics

MARQUETTE'S FIRST MICRO-BREWERY SERVES SOME OF THE CITY'S FINEST CRAFT BEERS

Marquette, MI – Micro-brewing in the city of Marquette, all begins with the Vierling Restaurant and Marquette Harbor Brewery in the heart of the downtown district.  Over the years they have developed local fame and esteem for excellent beers brewed on-site and equally delicious dining. The Vierling was the first in town to jump on-board […]

 Erica McMillan

Marquette Home Brewers

Marquette Home Brewers

BREWING ENTHUSIASTS CREATE COMMUNITY AROUND THEIR PASSION FOR BEER Marquette, MI – The last several years in the United States has seen the popularity of craft beers and home brewing take off.  Avid home brewer, David Gill says the craft beer revolution started up in the 90’s as people began discovering how much flavor beer […]

 Gerorgette Breen

NMU Presentation Shares Tips On Homebrewing

NMU Presentation Shares Tips On Homebrewing

James Shefchik gives presentation at Northern Michigan University on home brewing. Marquette, MI – NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is currently holding an exhibition on brewing in the Upper Peninsula running from April 19th  until Sept. 6th.  The exhibit explores brewing in the U.P. starting from the 1850’s up to today’s modern craft breweries popping […]

 Erica McMillan

Blackrocks Brews Up a Passion For Beer

Blackrocks Brews Up a Passion For Beer

By mug, glass, or can the Blackrocks Brewery is serving up some of Michigan’s finest craft beers! April 2, 2014 – Marquette, MI – Blackrocks Brews Up a Passion For Beer and is currently producing some of the finest microbrews available on the market right here in our small community of Marquette on the Shores of […]