Michigan Brewers Guild

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The Michigan Brewers Guild is a non-profit corporation dedicated to increasing sales of Michigan brewed beer through promotions, marketing, public awareness, and consumer education while monitoring and assuring a healthy beer industry within the state.

[edit] History

The Michigan Brewers Guild was founded by representatives from thirty different Michigan brewing operations December 1997 as an organization dedicated to championing the cause of craft brewed beer in the State of Michigan. At that time, the Guild represented 65 percent of the operating brewing licenses in the state of Michigan.

[edit] Beer Festivals

The Guild hosts two yearly outdoor beer festivals. The Summer Beer Festival, established 1997, is held in the historic Depot Town neighborhood of Ypsilanti the last weekend of July. The Winter Beer Festival, established 2006, is held Lansing the last Saturday of February. Sold-out 2008 Winterfest was held 2/23/08 in Grand Rapids at the Fifth-Third Ball Park.

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