Southern Michigan Winter Beer Festival

Delicious brews, food and coffee are all on-tap at Jackson County’s best new annual event

The Southern Michigan Winter Beer Festival is a craft and specialty beer tasting event featuring over 140 different types of premium brews. The inaugural event, held in February 2011, was a huge success, drawing visitors and vendors from across the Midwest and beyond.

Set in an open building, the Southern Michigan Winter Beer Festival makes the most of winter in Michigan, allowing guests to walk outside and enjoy concessions and bonfires. In addition to sampling a staggering variety of both craft and commercial beer, guests will have the opportunity to enjoy conversation with beer representatives, access beer making information, sip premium coffee and sample great food that goes perfectly with beer, such as brats and kraut, warm pretzels, and much more.

Tickets include admission, 10 tastings and parking. Limited tickets are available, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Designated Driver Tickets

The first 48 designated driver tickets sold at the door will receive a great long sleeve t-shirt with the beer festival logo for free! As well, many food and drink specials for those will be available to designated drivers. Designated driver tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door only.

This event is for patrons 21 years and over only.

2012 Beer List

Great Lakes Brewing Company

• Dortmunder Gold Lager
• Eliot Ness Amber Lager
• Burning River Pale Ale
• Commodore Perry IPA
• Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
• Conways Irish Ale

Goose Island

• Matilda
• Sofie
• Pere Jacques
• Pepe Nero
• Fleur
• Marisol

Innis & Gunn

• Original Oak Aged
• Rum Cask

Samuel Adams

• Samuel Adams Boston Lager
• Seasonal
• Sam Adams Light
• White Water IPA
• Latitude 48
• Noble Pilsner
• Cherry Wheat
• Irish Red
• Cream Stout
• Barrel Room New World Triple
• Barrel Room American Kreik
• Barrel Room 13th Hour Stout
• Single Batch Tasman Red IPA
• Single Batch Dark Depths Baltic IPA
• Single Batch Cinder Block Rauchbock
• Imperial Stout
• Imperial White Ale
• Wee Heavy

Angry Orchard

• Crisp Cider
• Ginger Cider
• Dry Cider

Twisted Tea

• Original
• Half & Half

Jacob Leinekugel Brewing Company

• Red Lager
• Honey Weiss
• Creamy Dark
• Sunset Wheat
• Berry Weiss
• Summer Shandy
• Classic Amber
• Big Eddy Imperial Series (Wee Heavy)

Shock Top

• Raspberry
• IPA

Crispin

• Crispin Honey Crisp
• Crispin Red
• Lavil S Hark
• Fox Barrell

Magic Hat Brewing Company

• #9
• Seasonal
• IPA

Schell's Brewing Company

• Firebrick
• Seasonal
• Sampler

Pyramid Breweries

• Heferwiezen
• Apricot
• Thunderhead IPA

Arbor Brewing Company

• Blonde Ale
• Faricy's Irish Stout
• Sacred Cow IPA

Arcadia Ales

• Angler's Ale
• London Porter
• Sky High Rye

Bell's Brewery

• Two Hearted Ale
• Amber Ale
• Best Brown Ale

Dark Horse Brewing Company

• Crooked Tree IPA
• Raspberry Ale
• Reserve Black

Founders Brewing Company

• Dirty Bastard
• Pale Ale
• Porter

Frankenmuth Brewing

• Batch 69 IPA
• Bock
• Pilsner

Keweenaw Brewing Company

• Amber Ale
• Blonde Ale
• Widow Black Ale

Motor City Brewing Works

• Ghettoblaster English Style Mild Ale
• Bohemian Lager
• Nut Brown Ale

Mt. Pleasant Brewing

• Coal Stoker's Blackberry Ale
• Cow Catcher Red Ale
• Trainwreck Ale

New Holland Brewing Company

• Full Circle
• Mad Hatter IPA
• Poet Stout

North Peak Brewing Company

• Dark Angel
• Diabolical IPA
• Majestic Wheat

Blue Moon Brewing Company

• Belgium White
• Pale Ale
• Spring Blonde

Dundee Ales and Lagers

• Porter
• Nut Brown
• IPA

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

• Ruthless Rye
• Kellerweiss
• Torpedo

Michigan Brewing Company

• Mackinac Pale Ale
• Nut Brown
• High Seas IPA

Woodchuck Cider

• Spring
• Amber
• Granny Smith

Short's Brewing Company

• Pontius Pilsner
• Seasonal
• Huma Lupa Liscious IPA

Atwater Brewing Company

• Decadent Ale
• Grand Circus IPA
• Dirty Blonde

Lion Brewery

• Stout
• Imperial Lager

Lagunitas Brewing Company

• Lagunitas IPA
• Lagunitas Maximus
• Lagunitas Pilsner

Other Brewing Companies

• Negra Modelo
• Pacifico
• Corona Familiar
• Guinness Black Lager
• Smithwicks
• Red Stripe
• Shiner Bock
• Estrella Damm (Spain)
• Imperial Pilsner (Costa Rica)
• Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
• B Nektar Zombie Killer
• JK Scrumy Cider
• Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Ginger
• Wild Blue
• Michael Plank Heller Weizenbock
• McSorely Irish Pale Ale
• McSorely Irish Black Lager
• Sam Smith Nut Brown
• Aylinger Celebrator
• Aylinger Brau Weisse
• Westmalle Tripel
• Sam Smith Organic Cider
• Orval
• Lindemans Framboise
• Lindemans Kriek
• Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout