Craft Beer

Articles to grow your knowledge about craft beer from beer tasting, to micro-breweries, and advice on how to homebrew your own beer.

 Erica McMillan

The Brewing Stylings of Nick VanCourt | Ore Dock Brewery

The Brewing Stylings of Nick VanCourt | Ore Dock Brewery

Marquette, MI – You know those little kids who run around sipping off the beers of their elders at every family get together? Nick VanCourt was one of those small boys at the feet of his grandfather every chance he got. A first generation American from Austria, his granddad often enjoyed European imports like Becks […]

 Mike Plourde

Ready Your Glasses For The U.P. Fall Beer Festival

Ready Your Glasses For The U.P. Fall Beer Festival

RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO MICHIGAN’S FINE CRAFT BEERS! Marquette, MI – The annual U.P. Fall Beer Festival has all the makings for a day in paradise for any beer lover!  This event offers tasting opportunities of over 400 different premiere craft beers and features more than 50 Michigan breweries from across the state in the scenic […]

 Erica McMillan

Pictured Rocks Brewing Company

Pictured Rocks Brewing Company

Munising's Contribution To The U.P. Craft Beer Scene

Just East of Marquette sits another picturesque town on the shores of Lake Superior, the town of Munising. Long known for its National Park Lakeshore and as a winter wonderland destination for snowmobiling and the Michigan Ice Fest, it’s now poised to build itself a niche in the U.P. craft beer industry.  There’s a new […]

 Erica McMillan

The Chocolay River Brewery

The Chocolay River Brewery

Discover Great Craft Beer

Marquette, MI –  In times past, neighborhoods large and small had their own brewpubs where locals came together to share the trials and tribulations of their daily lives, washing away laughter and tears with mugs of beer made from the same waters they grew on.  Over the years many of these local pubs stopped brewing […]

 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 […]

 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 […]