Events

August is an exciting month for a lot of reasons here at the brewery - and one of those reasons is because of the Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, Wisconsin.  As in past years, our theme (and giveaway) for this year is TOP SECRET, but we're sure you are going to love it.  But what we can share with you is this year's lineup for our annual GTOM all day pre-party at Maduro: Oarsman Quinannan Falls Special Lager  Sparkleberry Ale Poolside 2015 Expedition Stout Double Two Hearted The Oracle Raspberry Ale Brett Berliner Weisse Boon Companion Bourbon Barrel Aged Hell Hath No Fury Le Batteur Oatsmobile Our brothers and sisters from Upper Hand are also joining the party this year. They are bringing: Yooper Upper Peninsula Ale (UPA) Escanaba Black Beer Upper Hand Lager Barrel Aged Old Ale Old Fighter Saturday's Great Taste lineup: Oarsman Ale Quinannan Falls Special Lager Sparkleberry Poolside 2015 Expedition Stout Double Two Hearted The Oracle Raspberry Ale Brett Berliner Weisse Boon Companion Bourbon Barrel Aged Hell Hath No Fury ... Ale Le Batteur Traverse City Third Coast Old Ale Mango Habanero Oberon Black Note Oberon Two Hearted Oatsmobile Traverse City Whiskey Barrel Aged Expedition Stout Traverse City Whiskey Barrel Aged Coffee Consecrator Batch 5,000 Batch 4,000 Batch 3,000 Batch 2,000 Batch 1,500 Upper Hand is bringing: Yooper Ale Upper Peninsula Ale (UPA) Escanaba Black Beer Upper Hand Lager Barrel Aged Old Ale Old Fighter Laughing Fish 906 Ale Barrel Aged Baltic Porter Check out the photo gallery from last year below and we'll see you in Madison!

Thank you to everyone who came out and braved the heat to join us for this year's Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti this past weekend. More than 12,000 people were expected to attended the festival over Friday and Saturday to try offerings from breweries all across Michigan --including some specialties we brought, such as Double Two Hearted and Mango Habanero Oberon. We're already looking forward to the next Michigan Brewers Guild festivals in Detroit and Marquette!        

The 19th Annual Michigan Summer Beer Festival is this weekend! This year, there are more than 100 Michigan breweries pouring more than 1,000 craft beers, in addition to live music and local food. Tickets for the second day of the festival are sold out, but you can still get tickets for Friday.  Here's our draught list - see you in Ypsilanti! Oberon Oarsman Oatsmobile Pale Ale Lager of the Lakes Two Hearted Traverse City Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition Stout Traverse City Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Consecrator Doppelbock 30th Anniversary Ale Mango Habanero Oberon Quinannan Falls Special Lager Beer Sparkleberry Ale Poolside Ale Raspberry Wild One Double Two Hearted

Thank you everyone who joined us at Electric Forest this past weekend. It was great hanging with our ‪Forest Family‬ and we can't wait until next year! We're proud to have continued being part of the Electricology sustainability program, which aimed to help keep the Forest the way we found it.

This weekend we celebrated Kalamazoo Pride at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site to support the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.  This wonderful event includes the special release of Sparkleberry — our Sparkling Ale brewed with raspberries. Below are some highlights from the festival. Thank you for everyone who came out this weekend to celebrate diversity!                  

Thanks to Greensky Bluegrass, along with all of our friends and fans who came out to our Beer Garden Opener. We're looking forward to an exciting summer of shows in both the Beer Garden and Back Room. Check out all of our upcoming shows here.              

We’re exciting to be the presenting sponsor for Kalamazoo Pride this Friday and Saturday at  Arcadia Creek Festival Site. This is the fourth year we’ve supported Pride. Proceeds will support the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.  Stop by and say hi to us at our tent. We’ll be passing out special Pride Bell’s swag throughout the weekend and will have special Pride postcards to send. Also, we'll be pouring Oberon, Two Hearted, Lager of the Lakes and Sparkleberry, which makes it’s debut/return at the festival.   Sparkleberry is our Sparkling Ale brewed with raspberries. We use about one pound of raspberries per gallon of beer. For more information on tickets, the music lineup or anything else, please visit pride.kglrc.org.

Another season of baseball is coming back to Kalamazoo. We’re excited to again partner with the Kalamazoo Growlers. During select Saturday games, the first 250 fans over the age of 21 will get a Bell’s/Growlers inspired can coozie. And at every game, there will be Oberon, Two Hearted and Oatsmobile. Coozies will be given away at the following games: June 11 (info) June 18 (info) July 2 (info) July 16 (info) August 6 (info) August 13 (info) The season runs through August 14. Hope to see you at Homer Stryker Field!

We’re giving away two pairs of tickets of tickets Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The festival runs June 9 to 11 and highlights bluegrass, roots, and Americana music. We’ll be pouring beer at the festival, including Oatsmobile, Oberon, Amber, Oarsman, Two Hearted, Porter, and Lager of the Lakes. Enter for a chance to win. We’ll draw the winners at random on Friday at noon.

We’re excited to be heading west for the annual Portland Beer Week festivities. First, we’re having a beach party at Belmont Station, 4500 SE Stark St, on June 13. We’ll be pouring a wide variety of beers from 5 to 9 p.m. Our founder and president Larry Bell will be at the event. Here’s the full list of beers on tap: L’Appel Du Vide Ale L’Appel Du Vide Dry-hopped Ale Two Hearted Ale Double Two Hearted Spruce Two Hearted Oberon Ale Batch 1000 Batch 1500 Batch 2000 Batch 3000 Batch 4000 Batch 5000 Hopsolution Ale Two Hearted and Oberon cans will also be available for sale in the bottle shop. [[{"fid":"974","view_mode":"default","type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Upper Hand in Portland","title":"Upper Hand in Portland","height":1200,"width":1800,"class":"media-element file-default"}}]] Another treat is that our sister brewery Upper Hand will be available at a special event. Saraveza Bottle Shop & Pasty Tavern will be hosting “Michigan on Michigan II, The Yoopering!” on June 14th at 6 p.m. Beer will be on draught and available in bottles. Larry will also be at Saraveza. Here’s what will be served: Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter (draught) Double Ringer DIPA (draughtand bottles) Old Fighter Barleywine (draught and bottles) Yooper Ale (draught) Escanaba Black Beer (bottles) UPA - Upper Peninsula Ale (bottles) Upper Hand Lager (bottles) Learn more via the Facebook event. We’re excited to be in Portland for the 11-day festival. Check out more events here.