More beer drinkers say make mine craft

A lot of businesses are hurting in Michigan. Craft breweries are not among them.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports microbreweries and brew pubs from West Michigan to Detroit to Bellaire and Bay City are adding jobs, increasing production and investing in expansions and renovations totaling more than $70 million.

Kalamazoo, the home of Bell’s Brewery Inc., is among those benefitting from the growth.

Excerpt: Michigan’s total of more than 80 beermakers ranks fifth nationally; at least three more plan to open this year.

“The state has just blossomed,” said Scott Graham, executive director of the Michigan Brewers Guild, which has 81 members, a record high. “I’ve been saying I think we’ll be going through continued growth for a while, and that’s what you’re seeing.”

To find out what’s behind the boom, read the rest of the story.

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette