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BEER — Michigan has the sixth highest concentration of craft breweries in the United States, a total of 159. These breweries produce more than 825,000 barrels of craft beer per year.
Even though everyone has their own opinion, you can expect to not be disappointed in your tasting travels. To help get started, RateBeer.com provided a list of 100 best beers in the world, and there were eight from Michigan. These beers include:
1. Bell’s Black Note Stout
2. Bell’s Expedition Stout
3. Bell’s Hopslam Ale
4. Dark Horse Brewing Co.’s Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th Imperial Stout 5. Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout
6. Founders Backwoods Bastard
7. Founders Breakfast Stout
8. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Beer Advocate also provides national rankings. Several of the ones above are highly rated and ranked in Beer Advocate’s list, but the top 10 are rounded out by Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia, Kuhnhenn Brewing Company; No Rules, Perrin Brewery; and Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock, Kuhnhenn Brewing Company. Don’t limit yourself. Ask the brewers and wait staff about their favorites and recommendations. Many will have seasonal or limited edition brews as well.
On an additional note, more and more hops are being planted and grown in Michigan, which means more breweries are choosing to source that essential ingredient from their home state. The largest one is MI Local Hops
in Williamsburg near Traverse City, Michigan.
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