Brew Fest is a fun tasting event featuring beer, wine, and spirits with food and live music. Come to historic Downtown Iron Mountain MI on Saturday, June 14, 2025 from noon to 5:00pm for an enjoyable Saturday afternoon to taste an assortment of beer, wines, and spirits from some of our local favorites in the Upper Peninsula, south of the Mackinac Bridge (the mitten), and Wisconsin.
Purchase of a ticket includes a Brew Fest taster glass along with tokens to taste beverages from a selection of 14 Michigan breweries and distilleries, along with one wine and spirits vendor from Wisconsin. Many of our favorites from last year will be back again too. The selection includes 51st State Brewing (Kingsford MI), Tripleroot Brewery (Zeeland MI), Shorts Brewing Company (Bellaire MI), Starcut Ciders (Bellaire MI), LoDuca Wine & Spirits (New Berlin WI), Iron Fish Distillery (Thompsonville MI), Bell’s Brewery (Kalamazoo MI), Ore Dock Brewing Company (Marquette MI), Drifa Brewing Company (Marquette MI), LaTulip Brewing Company (Cooks MI), Northern Latitudes Distillery (Suttons Bay MI), Upper Hand Brewery (Marquette MI), St. Ambrose Cellars (Beulah MI), Alpha Michigan Brewing Company (Alpha MI), and Upper Peninsula Brewing Company (Negaunee MI). Downtown Iron Mountain “boba bar” Bes.Teas is also joining Brew Fest in 2025 with some non-alcoholic treats.
The food this year is from competition barbecue champion Meat Sweats BBQ (Iron Mountain MI), and there are also plenty of eating and drinking establishments nearby in Downtown Iron Mountain. To see a list, go to the Business Directory at downtownironmountain.com. Local favorite Norton Chartier & Company will provide the entertainment for Brew Fest. New this year: Don’t miss the Beards & Brews Competition! Got great facial hair? Bring the beard and bring the cheers!
For all of you Wisconsin folks who like to spend some time in the north woods, Iron Mountain MI is right on the border and across the Menominee River. It’s just a short 1 or 2 hour road trip from Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Rhinelander, Marinette, Stevens Point, and Wausau. If you’re down in Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Madison, or even Chicago IL, it’s a 3 to 5 hour drive, which is still very reasonable for a weekend. If you need a place to stay, just go to ironmountain.org/stay and you’ll see an abundance of lodging in the Iron Mountain area.
So don’t wait! If you’re looking for something different and unique to do on a weekend in early summer up north, get your tickets now because attendance is limited to 500 people to keep this event intimate, casual, and relaxing. There will be plenty of ale, lager, cider, wine, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages on hand. If you’re looking for more to do on a weekend or vacation in the Iron Mountain area, you can find more information at www.ironmountain.org. Finally, many thanks to our sponsors, especially Signature Sponsor Bacco Construction. We’ll see you at Brew Fest on Saturday, June 14, 2025!
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