Upper Peninsula Breweries seem to be popping up everywhere in the UP. Although we are way up here, the region has more than 20 breweries! Now that you have made it to the land of where about 3% of the states population lives, let’s find where the beer is flowing. Here is the 2020 look into all of the Upper Peninsula Breweries that are available to you.
Upper Peninsula Breweries: 2020 Checklist
Breweries in the Central Upper Peninsula
Marquette
- Blackrocks Brewery
- Ore Dock Brewing
- Barrel and Beam
- Drifa Brewing
- The Vierling
- Cognition Brewery
- Jasper Ridge
Manistique
- Mackinac Trail Winery and Brewery
- East Channel Brewing
- By George Brewing
- Shooters Firehouse
Escanaba
- Upper Hand Brewery
- Hereford & Hops
- The Dunes Saloon
- Lake Superior Brewing Company
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WESTERN Upper Peninsula Breweries
Copper Harbor
- Brickside Brewery
Houghton
- Keweenaw Brewing Company Taproom
- The Library
Alpha
- Alpha Brewing Company
Calumet
- Red Jacket Brewing
- Cold Iron Brewing
Breweries of the Eastern Upper Peninsula
Paradise
- Tahquamenon Falls Brewery
Cedarville
- Les Cheneaux Distillers
Sault Ste. Marie
- Soo Brewing Company
- 1668 Winery and Lockside Brewery
- Great Turtle Brewery
How many Upper Peninsula breweries are there?
There are more than 20 Breweries in the Upper Peninsula. Marquette has the most breweries in the UP, with more than 5 in the city!
What is the most recognized Brewery in the UP?
One of the most popular breweries in the UP that you can’t miss is Blackrocks Brewery in Marquette. They have an amazing selection of beer paired with a lovely corner house that was converted into a brewpub.
There are plenty of others but Blackrocks is one that resonates the most with and a majority of others.
Who is the Upper Peninsula's leading Beer producer?
Keweenaw Brewing Company is the Upper Peninsula’s largest beer producer. Blackrocks Brewing Company is the Upper Peninsula’s #2 beer producer.
Michigan Breweries outside of the Upper Peninsula
Besides all of these UP Breweries, don’t forget to get out and see the rest Michigan’s microbreweries.
Grand Rapids, Traverse City, and Kalamazoo get the label as best brewery cities in their respective Michigan regions.
Find more information here about Michigan Brewery Tours
Bells Brewery – Kalamazoo
Filling Station – Traverse City
Brewery Vivant – Grand Rapids
Silver Spruce Brewing – Traverse City
Upper Peninsula Trip Planner
With so many breweries in the Upper Peninsula, your mug will be more than full. If you need help planning a trip in this lovely stretch of Michigan, please hit the button below so you can maximize your time in the UP.
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Alpha? Alpha Brewing in Alpha Michigan.
You’re right! Somehow it got cut out while editing this! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
Blackrocks was our goto place when my son was as NMU. A big brewer with a small brewpub.
LOVEE it there too! Amazing energy and community