You possibly can’t get Quick’s Brewing improvements corresponding to Pumpkincrusha on Nitro or the Cozy Blanket American porter within the retailer or at your native bar.


However you’ll be able to come to style all of it this fall throughout Traverse Metropolis Beer Week. The annual celebration of northern Michigan brews returns Nov. 8-16 with drink specials – and particular, experimental beers – at craft breweries everywhere in the Traverse Metropolis space. 


At Quick’s Elk Rapids pull barn, for instance, you’ll be capable of get flagship beers corresponding to Gentle Parade and Huma Lupa Licious.


“We’re going to essentially do some loopy stuff, so it can positively be definitely worth the journey,” mentioned Christa Brenner, advertising director for Quick’s. “We’re at all times making an attempt to push the envelope with taste. We at all times wish to hold issues fascinating.


“Individuals at all times ask, ‘How can I attempt Quick’s new stuff?’ The reply is at all times, ‘on the brewery.’ We love for folk to come back into the brewery, attempt new stuff, and share their suggestions with us.”


Quick’s is one in every of many craft brewers collaborating in TC Beer Week, which provides reductions to guests who test in with their Beer Week digital passport. Right here’s a glimpse of simply a few of the offers available:


  • $1 off pint at Earthen Ales

  • Purchase one draft and get one 50% off at Quick’s Brewing in Elk Rapids or Bellaire

  • $1 off first beer at Silver Spruce


Toasting to Beer Week at 7 Monks Taproom



How Traverse Metropolis Beer Week Works


  • When you get your TC Beer Week digital passport, you’ll acquire entry to all the particular offers accessible Nov. 10-17. Join right here and get a passport despatched proper to your e mail inbox.

  • Simply present up and discover the ingenuity and creativity of Traverse Metropolis’s distinctive craft beverage scene, exhibiting your passport to get reductions. There are greater than 20 breweries and pubs to find on a self-guided tour. Please take part responsibly.

  • The Traverse Metropolis space has a lot of transportation choices for touring safely from one brewery to the following throughout TC Beer Week. Along with a wide range of chauffeured van and bus excursions, the general public transit company provides an on-demand ride-hailing service.

  • For those who test in at 5 or extra collaborating companies throughout TC Beer Week, you win a prize! Simply cease by the Guests Bureau at 101 W. Grandview Pkwy. in Traverse Metropolis between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to choose up your Beer Week T-shirt.

  • One fortunate beer drinker will get the Traverse Metropolis Beer Week grand prize. Anybody who spends the evening at a collaborating place to remain can enter to win one in every of two beer-themed prize packages. Prize one is a 2025 Michigan Beer & Brat Competition Bundle at Crystal Mountain the place you’ll obtain $1000 in reward certificates that can be utilized for lodging and different facilities at Crystal Mountain and a pair of VIP passes to the 2025 Michigan Beer & Brat Competition. Prize two is a 2025 Suds & Snow Competition Bundle that features a $1000 in Reward Certificates legitimate for lodging or facilities at any Traverse Metropolis Tourism member lodging property and a pair of VIP Suds & Snow Tickets.



Beer at Rare Bird


Grand prize or not, everybody who participates in Traverse Metropolis Beer Week will reap the reward of sampling the most recent and biggest northern Michigan brews. For instance, at Proper Mind Brewery you’ll be able to attempt an assortment of beer on faucet with a reduced pattern tray throughout Beer Week.


“We’ll offer particular beers that don’t go closely into the market,” proprietor Russell Springsteen mentioned. “Guests will get a sneak preview and a possibility to buy these. It’s a superb probability to refill on beer for all of your vacation wants.”


So, why not come up and provides Traverse Metropolis Beer Week a style? You possibly can’t lose by spending a number of days having fun with previous favorites and exploring thrilling new flavors that simply would possibly develop into your go-to pint.


Plus, fall is a superb time to come back up north. And a pleasant factor concerning the Traverse Metropolis space in November is that’s quieter and extra laid again than in the summertime.


“It’s a wonderful drive within the fall. That alone is a superb cause to come back up,” Brenner mentioned. “And through Beer Week there’s positively a prize on the finish of the rainbow.”


This is how one can take part!