Bottoms U.P. – Thirsty Thursdays Recap
Photo: Keweenaw Brewing Company (Featured last week on ‘Thirsty Thursdays’) Tonight, we’re airing a brand new segment in the series featuring a local brewery! Tune in to channels 5 and 10 for ‘Thirsty Thursdays’ on ABC 10 News Now at 5:30pm and 11pm, and CW5 News Now at 10pm (Cable Ch. 2) Cheers, Yoopers!
Bottoms up! For the past three months, ABC 10 has been airing a series on U.P. micro breweries. Multimedia reporter and A.M. anchor Kevin Terpstra mapped out a total of 13 locations to visit, and so far he has ventured to ten brew pubs.
With just a few more local breweries to visit this May, our glass is filling up with our U.P. brew tour. For a look at what goes inside your favorite local mug, tune in to The Upper Peninsula’s ABC 10 every Thursday at 5:30pm. We’ll tell how it’s made, who they are, and share some very interesting stories from local breweries all across the U.P.
If you missed any, here’s a look back on our Thirsty Thursday series – Blackrocks, Tahquamenon Falls, Soo Brewing, Lake Superior Brewing, Hereford & Hops, Shooters Firehouse, Jasper Ridge, Ore Dock, and Keweenaw Brewing Company…
Catch the latest installment in the series tonight on ABC 10 News Now!
Thirsty Thursday: Keweenaw Brewing Company
You might not think it, but one of Michigan’s largest breweries is Keweenaw Brewing Company. It operates on a 50 barrel system in a production f…
Thirsty Thursday: Ore Dock Brewing Company
The idea for Ore Dock Brewing Company was born several years ago, the product of Wes and Andrea Pernsteiner. In 2012, that idea came to fruition with …
Thirsty Thursday: Jasper Ridge Brewery
Jasper Ridge Brewery was built from the ground up in 1996 when light–bodied beers were big sellers and dark beers were hard to push. But as years pass…
Thirsty Thursday: Shooters Firehouse Brewpub
The U P’s smallest brewery is also its youngest, at least for a few more months. Shooters Firehouse Brewpub in Munising opened as a bar in 1995….
Thirsty Thursday: Hereford & Hops
For years after Prohibition, it was illegal to operate a brewpub in the state of Michigan. Breweries like Bell’s couldn’t serve their prod…
Thirsty Thursday: Lake Superior Brewing Company
Not many breweries can boast having a 25-mile-long driveway, but that’s not the case for Lake Superior Brewing Company. Opened in 1994, the brew…
Thirsty Thursday: Soo Brewing Company
Just across the street from Canada sits Soo Brewing Company. The last exit off I-75 before crossing the border leads to this quaint brewery on the wes…
Thirsty Thursday: Tahquamenon Brewery & Pub
Nestled on two acres of privately owned land within Tahquamenon Falls State Park just shy of Paradise sits the Tahquamenon Falls Brewery and Pub. The …
Thirsty Thursday: Blackrocks Brewery
Michigan’s craft beer scene has had a meteoric rise over the past decade. Grand Rapids has won the title of Beer City, USA two years in a row. S…