Vote for your favorite Ann Arbor area brewery in our search for Michigan's Best Brewery
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
AnnArbor.com and MLive are teaming up to find the best brewery in the state of Michigan, and you can imagine that the competition is fairly intense. Craft beer is a booming business in Michigan, and the Washtenaw Country area is well represented with a significant list of high-quality brewers.
Based on the comments this week, allegiances among our readers are pretty evenly split, and the vote should be a close one. Our poll will be open until 9 p.m. on Sept. 9. Come back and vote once per day, and make sure to tell your friends.
After we've determined our reader favorites, MLive statewide entertainment reporter John Gonzales will be touring the state, taste-testing as he goes. Local beer expert David Bardallis, AnnArbor.com beer columnist and author of "Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Ann Arbor Brewing" will be joining us on the Ann Arbor leg of Gonzo's beer trip.
Jessica Webster leads the Food & Grocery section for AnnArbor.com, a part of the MLive Media Group. Reach her at JessicaWebster@annarbor.com. You also can follow her on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Comments
Doug
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 : 2:55 a.m.
Well, no - you'd just get fudged numbers, to wit: If Jolly Pumpkin opened a branch in Ypsi., that combo would win by a mile. ABC is good, but on many nights it's out of several of its beers. A brewery out of several beers? That's like Cottage Inn being out of several varieties of pizza. Kinda difficult to defend... I usually disagree with aa.com's non-scientific polls -- for instance, the disturbing number of readers clamoring for a P.F. Chain's to open in Briarwood -- but, this time, the best brewery won.
My2bits
Mon, Sep 9, 2013 : 7:13 p.m.
Add ABC and The Corner Brewery together and you can see who the best is by far.
Doug
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 : 2:51 a.m.
Well, no - you'd just get fudged numbers, to wit: If Jolly Pumpkin opened a branch in Ypsi., that combo would win by a mile. ABC is good, but on many nights it's out of several of its beers. A brewery out of several of its beers? That's like Cottage Inn being out of several varieties of pizza. Kinda difficult to defend...
Kyle Mattson
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 3:47 p.m.
Hi Everyone- Just want to make a quick note: We've removed Witch's Hat from out poll as they were also featured in the poll from MLive Detroit you can show your support for them by voting here: http://bit.ly/15JkdJM
treetowncartel
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 12:19 p.m.
oG's menu for food looks good, have to check it out soon
MRSJ
Mon, Sep 9, 2013 : 7:52 p.m.
Very good food and beer...my personal favorite brewery!
MorningGlory
Sun, Sep 8, 2013 : 9:43 a.m.
I recommend the County Street Amber.
Ignatz
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 5:24 p.m.
Great beer and the sandwiches rock!
Jessica Webster
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 4:26 p.m.
I keep meaning to head over there. Friends rave about OG.
Robert E.
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 4:19 p.m.
Their sandwiches are fantastic! Very very good food...I will go out of my way to grab lunch and a beer there...totally worth it...
Bob Anderson
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 4:54 a.m.
What about breweries in the UP? Marquette has several great breweries.
Jessica Webster
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 4:34 p.m.
Gonzo is heading there this weekend! http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/michigans_best_brewery_upper_p.html
Piledriver
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 : 1:53 a.m.
When it comes to getting tipsy in Ypsi...it's gotta be The Corner Brewery!
A2comments
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 7:31 p.m.
We can cross reference the results with their health department ratings...
Karma21
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 7:14 p.m.
It;s tough to just pick one, So I picked Three Best Atmosphere: Corner Brewery Most Drinkable beer: Wolverine Brewery Most Unique Beer: Jolly Pumpkin
bubba1111
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 : 1:37 a.m.
You vote doesn't count when posted in the comments.
Blue Marker
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 8:52 p.m.
I love the fact the Corner has all those windows. Most bars are so dark you have to squint your eyes coming out. I also think your list is pretty darn good, kudos.
Robert E.
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 5:41 p.m.
ABC (and Corner) have got to take this for all they do for and with the community...however Jolly Pumpkin wins for being on the cutting edge with Mr. Jeffries wonderful sour beers...Original Gravity is excellent as well...Witches Hat is up and coming...Cheers!
zeeba
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 5:04 p.m.
Arbor Brewing Co. and the Corner Brewery are the same company and brewery. They should not be listed separately.
zeeba
Mon, Sep 9, 2013 : 8:40 p.m.
They are not "essentially" the same, they are the same. Corner Brewery is a tasting room for Arbor Brewing Co's bottling plant. Voting for them separately makes no more sense that it would be to vote separately for each of Budweiser's 12 plants in a national competition.
Ignatz
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 7:06 p.m.
They are essentially the same company, yes, but they each brew beer and run different types of establishments.
JimB
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 2:57 p.m.
Leopolds
Jessica Webster
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 11:59 p.m.
Ha! I was just remembering Leopold Brothers. For a while there, it was where we went for all the going-away parties for Borders HQ employees.
kingofannarbor
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 3:55 p.m.
Their beer was embarrassingly bad.
shutthefrtdoor
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 2:57 p.m.
I'm glad to see Jessica wrote this...
Jessica Webster
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 3:06 p.m.
Thanks shutthefrtdoor! I'm still trying to figure out which brewery I'm going to vote for. What about you?
JGS
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 1:55 p.m.
OG, OG, OG!
Kyle Mattson
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 12:50 p.m.
You should be able to see the poll now EH, but your Duggan idea is not too bad. One of the breweries in Detroit should create an election batch of beer with blank labels.
EyeHeartA2
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 12:22 p.m.
So, how do we vote? Is this a write-in campaign? If so, I vote for Mike Duggan.
Hume
Mon, Sep 9, 2013 : 8:09 p.m.
I'm voting for My Duggan...
Jessica Webster
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 3:09 p.m.
Ha! I might write in my neighbor, who brews some pretty awesome beers.
Craig Lounsbury
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 12:35 p.m.
while your voting for Mike Duggan I'll be getting my hair cut by Mike Dugeon. After that I might have a beer at the Wolverine on Stadium. Now since I deviated slightly off topic I suppose the delete gang is debating pulling the plug 5-4-3-2-1......
JGS
Thu, Sep 5, 2013 : 12:34 p.m.
I was wondering the same thing and thought I must have some javascript turned off or blocking the poll site.