List of breweries in Michigan
in Michigan produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 Michigan's 120 brewing establishments employed 595 people directly, and more than 36,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, 140 people in Michigan had active brewer permits in 2012. Michigan beer marketing and coordination is generally handled by the Michigan Brewers Guild.
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Michigan's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Michigan's breweries and related industries was more than $900 million. Consumer purchases of Michigan's brewery products generated more than $290 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Michigan ranked 13th in the number of capita per craft brewery with 122 craft breweries, and 81,013 capita per craft brewery.
Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.
Breweries
- 5 Lakes Brewing Company - Dorr
- Aberrant Ales - Howell
- Alpha Michigan Brewing Company - Alpha
- Arbor Brewing Company – Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Plymouth
- Austin Brothers' Beer Company - Alpena
- B. Nektar – Ferndale
- BAD Brewing Company - Mason
- Baffin Brewing Company - Saint Clair Shores
- Batch Brewing Company - Detroit
- Bell's Brewery – Kalamazoo and Comstock
- Bier's Inwood Brewery – Charlevoix
- Blackrocks Brewery - Marquette
- Brew Detroit – Detroit
- Brewery Vivant - Grand Rapids
- Brooks Brewing - Shelby Township and Ferndale
- Cheboygan Brewing Company - Cheboygan
- Constantine Brewing Company – Constantine
- Dark Horse Brewery – Marshall
- Detroit Beer Company – Detroit
- Drafting Table Brewing Company - Wixom
- Dragonmead – Warren
- Eternity Brewing Company – Howell
- Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
- Four Leaf Brewing – Clare
- Grand River Brewery – Jackson
- Gravel Capital Brewing Company - Oxford
- Greenbush Brewing Company – Sawyer
- Griffin Claw Brewing Company - Birmingham
- ] – Saugatuck
- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Dexter
- Keweenaw Brewing Company – Houghton
- Kuhnhenn Brewing Company – Warren
- Latitude 42 Brewing Company – Portage
- Liberty Street Brewing Company – Plymouth
- Midland Brewing Company - Midland
- Midtown Brewing Company – Lansing
- New Holland Brewing Company – Holland
- North Channel Brewing Co. - Manistee
- North Peak Brewing Company – Traverse City
- OpenRoad Brewery – Wayland
- Ore Dock Brewing Company
- Right Brain Brewery – Traverse City
- Reed City Brewing Company - Reed City
- ROAK Brewing - Royal Oak
- Rochester Mills Beer Company – Rochester
- Schmohz Brewing Co – Grand Rapids
- Short's Brewing Company – Bellaire
- Speciation Artisan Ales - Comstock Park, Michigan
- Stormcloud Brewing Company – Frankfort
- Tenacity Brewing Co. – Flint
- The Mitten Brewing Company – Grand Rapids
- Transient Artisan Ales
- White Flame Brewing Co - Hudsonville
- Wiltse's Brew Pub & Family Restaurant - Oscoda
- Witch's Hat Brewing Company – South Lyon
- Wolverine State Brewing Co. – Ann Arbor
- Woodward Avenue Brewers - Ferndale
- The Workshop Brewing Company - Traverse City
- Ypsi Alehouse - Ypsilanti
Closed breweries
- Axle Brewing - Ferndale, Michigan
- Falling Down Beer Company - Warren, Oxford
- Grand Valley Brewing Company – Ionia
- The Hideout Brewing Company - Grand Rapids
- Michigan Brewing Company – Webberville
- Stroh Brewery Company – Detroit
- Upper Peninsula Brewing Company – Marquette