Rockford Brewing Company Harvest Beer Festival

Rockford Brewing Company has just announced their fall beer tent, which will take place Saturday, September 28, from 1-11pm, during Rockford’s first Harvest Festival weekend. This is also the same day as their group bike event with Brewery Vivant (Coq to the Fly) for those looking to have a day full of activities! Bikers are expected to arrive at RBC starting around 2pm, just in time to enjoy the beer tent and free live music! The beer tent will also mark the release of Rockford Brewing’s Harvest Ale Series – Three different Harvest Ales (Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook). On this day all three Harvest Ales will be available (two inside...

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5th Annual Fall Upper Peninsula Beer Fest

The Michigan Brewer’s Guild hosts four official events a year. The winter and summer beer fests, in Grand Rapids and Ypsilanti, respectively, receive by far the most media buzz and attendance.  Part of this stems from their attachments to large urban areas, and part of it comes from their relative ease to attend; both are just short drives from major Interstate highways, making them easy destinations from Chicago or Detroit. The Upper Peninsula Fall Beer Fest, however, does not have that option.  Marquette, MI does not have a population or a media presence the size of Grand rapids or Ypsi/Ann Arbor, and it certainly doesn’t...

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