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What's on Tap: October 2-8

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Caitlin Hoop
10/02/14 12:30pm
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More and more brewpubs are releasing fall inspired ales this week. Start off your Saturday by helping to raise money for ArtPrize by drinking at Founder's Beer Garden in Rosa Parks Circle, and end with wood aged beer at Brewery Vivant's annual festival.
Harmony Brewing Company interior

Harmony Brewing Company interior /Caitlin Hoop

Brewpub Events

Wood Aged Beer Fest

 October 4, doors open 1-8 p.m.

 On Cherry Street, right in front of Brewery Vivant

 $12 

*MUST buy tickets ahead of time online. For the first time no tickets will be sold on the premise day-of. Find tickets here.

 

Founders Beer Garden: An Art Prize Fundraiser

October 4 Noon-8p.m.

Rosa Parks Circle

Take a break from your ArtPrize adventure with Founders Brewing Company's newest Artist Series beer, Mosaic Promise—the official beer of ArtPrize 2014. All proceeds go to Art Prize.

 

BREWERY VIVANT 

Weekly Pub Events

Monday - Stein night: bring your own stein. Starting at $5 per liter for mainstay beers.

Tuesday Monk Club Night, Special Discounts for Monk Club Members

Wednesday Growler night, $2 off growlers.

Sunday Smokehouse Sunday - smoked special all day long; Restaurant/Bar Industry Night: 25% off food and $1 off every beer. 

 

FOUNDERS 

This Week

Birds of Chicago featuring The Appleseed Collective

October 2 at 9:30p.m.

FREE

Nicholas James and the Bandwagon

October 4 at 9:30p.m.

$5

 

GRAND RAPIDS BREWING COMPANY 

Weekly Pub Events

Monday - Friday Industry Night. Anyone in the industry receives a discount from 10 p.m. to close; Happy Hour: any Tier 1 or Tier 2, beer, wine, wells, or calls 1/2 off from 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday Local Night. Anyone living in Grand Rapids or surrounding areas receives $2 drafts from 6 p.m. to close.
Saturday and Sunday Brunch and Bloody's. Best Brunch features in town 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

JADEN JAMES BREWERY 

Weekly Pub Events

Tuesday $2 off growler refills, $1 off howler refills
Thursday Thirsty Thursday, 5-8 p.m. $1 off pints

 

MITTEN BREWING COMPANY 

Weekly Pub Events

Monday Flight Night, $19.99 for pizza flights and $5 for accompanying beer flights.

Wednesday Team Trivia, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

 

OSGOOD BREWING CO

Weekly Pub Events

Monday $2 off pizzas and salads
Tuesday $1 off pints
Wednesday Mainstay pint and pizza for $13

 

SCHMOHZ BREWERY 

Weekly Pub Events

Monday Member Night, $3 pints for members*, 2-10 p.m. 
Tuesday Growl-n-Gulp, $1.25 pint with a growler fill, 2-10 p.m.
Wednesday Brewer's Choice, $3 pints*, 2 p.m.-midnight 
Thursday $11 pitchers, $16 premiums, 2 p.m.-midnight
Friday 50 cents off, noon-3 p.m.
Saturday Schmohz Gear Day and Root Beer Floats, noon-midnight

*Premium Drafts are slightly higher in price

B.O.B.’s Brewery

  • Hopsun, Belgian summer whit
  • AHA Bread Beer, Belgian saison
  • Full On IPA, India pale ale
  • Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout
  • Crimson King, amber ale
  • Blondie, golden ale
  • Spooky Action, way beyond IPA
  • Robert the Barrel, bourbon barrel ale

Brewery Vivant

  • Thems the Hops, a really hoppy beer
  • Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale
  • Triomphe, Belgian IPA
  • Blanford Maple Amber,Belgian Inspired Amber
  • Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA
  • Undertaker, Belgian style dark ale
  • Tree Bucket, Belgian double IPA 
  • Agent a Deux, dark Belgian style ale brewed with black currants, vanilla beans, and rose petals 
  • Tripel, Belgian style ale 
  • Pumpkin Tart, Pumpkin Ale
  • Coq2Fly,Autumnal Ale 
  • The Cheetah, defies beer styles   
  • The Cemetarian, wood-aged selection  
  • Devastation, Brewer's Grove project 

Elk Brewing

  • Light Ale 
  • Hefeweizen
  • ESB
  • IPA
  • Porter 
  • Imperial Brown 
  • Scotch Ale
  • Hopped Amber
  • Uptown Ale, Simcoe Pale Ale

Founders Brewing Co.

  • Pale Ale
  • Centennial IPA
  • Dirty Bastard
  • Red’s Rye IPA
  • Porter
  • All Day IPA
  • Nitro Pale Ale
  • Nitro Oatmeal Stout 
  • Solid Gold
  • Honey Wheat
  • Gold Dust Woman
  • Night of the Living Red
  • Session Stout
  • Double Trouble
  • Sleeper Cell
  • Devil Dancer
  • Rubaeus
  • Breakfast Stout
  • Curmudgeon Old Ale
  • Mosaic Promise

Grand Rapids Brewing Co.

  • Silver Foam
  • Rosalynn Bliss Blonde
  • John Ball Brown
  • The Fishladder IPA
  • Senator Lyons Stout
  • Bonita Applebrown
  • Oktoberfest
  • Vanilla Brown
  • Sweet Corn Swill
  • Brewer’s Heritage Hefeweizen
  • Shandi 

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply

  • Bottoms Up, amber ale
  • Chain Saw Charlie's Wacky Wit, belgian wheat beer 
  • ZSB
  • Highland Fantasy, scottish ale
  • English Brown Porter
  • Crusher Coco Brown, the brown ale that imploded our fermenter 

Harmony Brewing Co.

  • Golden Lion Tamarin, pale mild ale
  • Grapefruit Moon, IPA shandy 
  • Jackson’s Joy, fall festival
  • Brownson,American Brown Ale 
  • Star Stuff, belgian double
  • Albius, vanilla porter
  • Black Squirrel, smoked peat porter
  • Harmonious future, black saison 
  • Crossroads, rye
  • Grand Daddy Rapids, cream ale

Hideout Brewing Co.

  • 18th Amendment Gluten Free Ale
  • Bacon Stout
  • Black Hearted Bitter Ex IPA
  • Black Rye
  • Cinnamon Red Velvet Cream Ale 
  • Coconut Almond Brown
  • Fruit Punch Pilsner
  • Hefeweizen
  • Hoppy Lager 
  • Light Amber Ale
  • Oktoberfest 
  • Orange Tangerine Pilsner
  • Pumpkin Pie Milk Stout
  • Sour Black Rye
  • Tea Infused Citrus Pilsner
  • The Almost ESB 
  • Rebellion Mead 
  • 9AM Hazelnut IPA 
  • Aviator Pale Ale 
  • Gangster IPA 
  • Getaway IPA 
  • Purple Gang Pilsner 
  • Smuggler's Hazelnut Stout 
  • Polish Potato Ale 

Jaden James Brewery

  • Gluten Free Ale
  • Cream Ale
  • Apple Raz Wheat 
  • Weiss Bier
  • IPA
  • Peanut Butter Porter
  • Black IPA
  • Milk Stout
  • Russian Stout
  • Cherry Hard Cider
  • Apple Hard Cider
  • Raspberry Hard Cider
  • Peach Hard Cider
  • Strawberry Hard Cider
  • Root beer soda

​Mitten Brewing Co.

  • Big Train Strong Ale
  • Black Betsy Coffee Stout
  • Mitten Pale Ale
  • Country Strong IPA 
  • Sparky’s ESB
  • Kissing Bandit Blonde 

Osgood Brewing Co.

  • Yippee-ki-yay, blonde ale 
  • 358, pale ale 
  • Notley, porter
  • Journey, IPA 
  • Big spring, stout 
  • Best day ever, double IPA 
  • Wingman, wheat IPA 
  • Hammer, gluten free IPA 
  • Slam dunke, dunkleweizen
  • Brownie bite, Belgian brown IPA 
  • Bee line, American brown ale 
  • Sol Seeker, American wheat

Perrin Brewing Co.

  • Perrin Gold
  • Single Track
  • Perrin Pilsner
  • Bashtoberfest  
  • Call the Banners
  • Perrin Black
  • Kona Brown 
  • Nitro Dry Stout
  • Veteran's Pale Ale (VPA)
  • Harvest Ale
  • Grapefruit IPA
  • IPA
  • Lil' Griz 
  • I.I.P.A.
  • Razzberry Blonde
  • Hopwood
  • Stoutwood
  • Redwood
  • Quadwood
  • Juicy
  • Black Goat 
  • Rye Wine

Schmohz Brewery

  • Valley City Cream Ale
  • Treasure Chest ESB
  • Amber Tease Ale
  • Pail Ale
  • India Pail Ale
  • Hopknocker Imperial IPA
  • Bone Crusher Stout
  • Bloody Red Ale
  • Pickle Tink Ale
  • Razzmanian Devil
  • Cirrus
  • Zingiberene Ale
  • Schwartz
  • Miracle Off 28th Street 
  • Kiss my Scottish Arse
  • Mad Tom's Robust Porter
  • Oktoberfest
  • Gypsy's Kiss Bock
  • John T. Pilsner
  • Barley Wine 
  • Sammi Rae Root Beer Soda
  • Sammi Rae Black Cherry Soda

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