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  • Jennie - 12 years ago

    Voted and I don't even like beer!

  • Gary Gibbs - 12 years ago

    My fav brand would be founders

  • Casey - 12 years ago

    Yeah, Kazoo - where Michigan's beer culture started - where Larry's Bell's determination got the state law changed multiple times and allowed everyone else to jump on board.

  • K. Kline - 12 years ago

    Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo! They are all great cities! The best of Michigan for sure. But Kalamazoo has my vote!

  • Cf - 12 years ago

    Gr

  • Robin Root - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids, MI is the only beer city usa!!!!

  • Steve Baron - 12 years ago

    No Doubt.....Grand Rapids

  • Jeff R - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids! This town really is a BEER CITY!

  • Hugh - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids all the way!!! We have great people and great beer.

  • Jennifer Britten - 12 years ago

    GR again!

  • Roger - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids has the charm, the night life and of course.....the Beer!!!!!!

  • Stoof - 12 years ago

    Yep. Once AGAIN. Grand Rapids. You cant beat em.

  • Mike E - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo

  • Mindy Lugers - 12 years ago

    GR!!!

  • Whitey - 12 years ago

    No place has embraced beer like Grand Rapids. Nearly two dozen breweries, headed by Founders, a truly great brewer of darker beers.

  • dutch - 12 years ago

    Didn't know GR is allowed to drink on Sundays ...:-) therefor KALAMAZOO all the way

  • Marcy - 12 years ago

    Best beer around

  • Gman - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo is the best

  • Sandy - 12 years ago

    Go Kalamazoo !

  • Coop - 12 years ago

    It's still Asheville baby come enjoy all our great beers

  • Angie - 12 years ago

    ASHEVILLE

  • Kenneth Sweet - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo has the best beer for sure.

  • Joey - 12 years ago

    GR for sure. No one does it better!

  • Chris Henning - 12 years ago

    I like beer too.

  • Lo - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids!!!

  • dutch - 12 years ago

    KALAMAZOOOOO

  • Kathy Scytko - 12 years ago

    GO GRAND RAPIDS

  • Mb - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids

  • Mary Ellen - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids!

  • Michael Roskamp - 12 years ago

    Sorry Bro, your place, Fort Collins, is looking for votes too, but I think Beer City, USA, might be a stretch. I love that city of your, but it just can't match the "hopped exquisitness" of GR.

  • rob Townsend - 12 years ago

    Kzoo the best and we even have a Beer Exchange........go AZO !..........it's Kalamazoo !!

  • casey jo - 12 years ago

    GRAND RAPIDS

  • Judd - 12 years ago

    Go go Ashevegas!!!

  • Michael Roskamp - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids...Beer City USA! Scramopolis....Kazoo is good too, but we are not voting on who's breweries have been around the longest. We are voting on the best place to go to experience micro-brew at it's finest...TODAY! That would be Grand Rapids, hands down! ...and so many within walking distance of each other!

  • Chadwick - 12 years ago

    Love this city and all its micro brews

  • Chadwick - 12 years ago

    Love this city and all its micro brews

  • Malty Dawg - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo does have Bells - and it is a great brewery, but take that away and the rest have something to be desired. I've been to every brewery in Michigan at least once. GR area has a vast number of great breweries, not just the big ones like Founders and Perrin.

  • Charlie - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids!

  • FreeRangeBeef - 12 years ago

    GR For sure. I've lived in both Kzoo and GR. So much more beer in GR.

  • jen - 12 years ago

    Michigan beer is good, but Asheville has you beat... no doubt about it. Go Avl!

  • Kelly H - 12 years ago

    KALAMAZOO is truly the micro-brew capitol of the nation, thanks to BELL'S which has attracted other breweries to the area. This Festival City hosts fantastic ethnic and music gatherings at its downtown Arcadia site and the beer tent is the most popular venue at every festival. KALAMAZOO is upwardly mobile, with a broad spectrum of beer enthusiasts beginning with university and college students all the way up to retirees, like me. GR, you have a long way to go before you can compete with KALAMAZOO!

  • J. K. Van - 12 years ago

    Founders ftw!

  • Mickey MacKinlay - 12 years ago

    I would like to nominate Lincoln Illinois. I know it's not on the list, but it really is the center of beer drinking in the world. Some of the crickers (keg party at the creek) live in community memory beyond history. One particular shindig lasted three days and averaged over a half a keg per reveler. The creek was yellow for a week. We kept the generator going and the music never ended. Three different deer came out of the woods and asked us to turn it down. We said no we're doe deca hedonists, and they where squares. The cops showed up a couple times and kept the sobriatists at bay for us. Really. Stop drinking beer? Might as well stop breathing. Those guys belong on the ID 10 T form. And as far as water is concerned, are you kidding, fish ffffffffffunction in it. Beer, it's not just for drinking. Oh wait, it is.

  • casey - 12 years ago

    why can't I see the results? what are the standings?

  • #49 - 12 years ago

    Ahhh...delicious...be sure to try the 55555513 IPA at Mitten Brewing Co. West side Grand Rapids!!!

  • Lauren - 12 years ago

    Go Asheville! I love me some Highland and Wicked Weed!

  • Cheers! - 12 years ago

    Seems like a lot of people who live in Michigan have sent this to each other. Grand Rapids is a worthy City. However, San Diego not getting more mention is a travesty. Portland is starting to make some noise too. Mmmm....beer.

  • George - 12 years ago

    Fort Collins, CO

  • Jeff - 12 years ago

    To all the people bickering that Kzoo has Bells, but GR has Founders, its not a difficult determination. Take Bells and Founders out of the mix, who is the better beer city based on the rest of what they have? GR Brewing Co. is an awesom place, but it certainly doesn't match up to the Beer Exchange. Then again, neither can beat Vivant, and so on. It's a pretty straight forward answer to me, but I live in one of the two, which brings me to my next point:

    To everyone - never realized this campaign was based off an internet popularity contest, I thought it was based on some objective criteria. This fact, to me, means it really doesn't matter what city wins, as all this really shows is which city has the most beer lovers willing to fight for their city. I'd really be interested to see how many votes come from outside these cities, and of those votes, which were case by people not originally from one of the cities.

  • I - 12 years ago

    Is this the actual website to vote or is this some scam from a news agency trying to do a mock 'poll' so they can report on it? ... to have all of the messages say GR seems suspicious... and this definitely does not look as professional or official as I expected. I just want to ensure everyone's votes count in the real survey. (...especially the votes for Grand Rapids!)

  • Ruth Ann Pennington - 12 years ago

    GR is the best beer city

  • lisa - 12 years ago

    Hideout love it

  • melly - 12 years ago

    Had to vote for GR, mostly because I would bath in Founders Breakfast Stout if I could. I look forward to checking out Asheville to see what they have to offer as well! Cheers to all the nominees from this GR native!

  • melly - 12 years ago

    Had to vote for GR, mostly because I would bath in Founders Breakfast Stout if I could. I look forward to checking out Asheville to see what they have to offer as well! Cheers to all the nominees from this GR native!

  • Loc - 12 years ago

    Let the heathens dance in kzoo, we'll stick to drinking good beers in GR.

  • Shannon - 12 years ago

    GR is BEER CITY!

  • James R - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids all the way. We have been strong into homebrewing and microbrewing for years.

  • Daniel - 12 years ago

    Michigan people stop hating on each other! We should be ecstatic that we have GR, Kalamazoo, AND Ann Arbor. I now live in NC and I can not only find Founders everywhere here but I have seen Bells Oberon in Harris Teeter (the big grocery chain here in Charlotte).

    No matter where it is Michigan is THE BEER STATE USA!!!

  • chris wagner - 12 years ago

    GR all the way

  • Rachael - 12 years ago

    Grand rapids its beer city for sure !

  • Mary Kent - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids for sure!

  • Kevin - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids MI!

  • Katie - 12 years ago

    G-Rap!!!!!! We can't have a three-peat if we don't win this year.

  • Bern - 12 years ago

    Go Kalamazoo

  • Leonard Misner - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids ONLY!!!

  • Diane - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids Mi.

  • Seth Overbeek - 12 years ago

    I voted for GR. But hey i got the best of both worlds living in Holland, MI.......CHEERS

  • Carrie - 12 years ago

    Is there really even a question? undoubtedly GR all the way.

  • Scramopolis - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids.... you can drink beer there now... but I'm still not sure they allow dancing.

  • William Z. - 12 years ago

    Kazoo all the way!!!!!

  • TakomaMark - 12 years ago

    Alright Kzoo and GR folks. Let's not bicker about who killed who, this should be a happy occasion! Two West Michigan cities in the running! Making us possibly the best brewing region in the country (especially when you add in New Holland, Arcadia, and several others in the region). Fat Tire and Sierra Nevada shouldn't add to Ashville's luster - one's a Colorado brewery and the other California. That's like putting Pittsburg in the running because Sam Adams contracts out to a brewery there. Ditto for Oskar Blues (also from Colorado) if they build a brewery in Ashville. Ashville can stand on its own home-grown breweries, and we'll stand on ours.

  • Ryan Wall - 12 years ago

    GRap! Have you been to Founders, Perrin Brewing, Brewery Vivant, GRBC, just to name a few...

  • Scramopolis - 12 years ago

    Frankly, I'm surprised that you can actually drink alcohol in GR.

  • Charley - 12 years ago

    I'm living in an alcohol-free Muslim country in Africa, DREAMING about a Bell's. Tip one for me!

  • Buster Bronco - 12 years ago

    According to the Bell's Brewery tour, their downtown Kalamazoo brewery is still the 3rd largest in the state.

    The largest brewery in Michigan, according to Bell's, is their facility in the adjacent community of Comstock Township (Galesburg mailing address). They didn't expand in downtown Kalamazoo, because there wasn't space for it (surrounded by railroad tracks on three sides), unless they wanted to remove the beer garden.

  • david a - 12 years ago

    Gr for sure

  • Holly - 12 years ago

    Arcadia is breaking ground in Kalamazoo as we speak to more than double their output

  • Joey - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo Michigan! Bars everywhere!!

  • Don Kern - 12 years ago

    Hey guys! Knock off the trash talk. We're beer people. We love each other. (And if we don't right now, we will after another couple of beers.)

  • Mark - 12 years ago

    GR

  • Matthew Wrisley - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids FTW.

  • dutchie - 12 years ago

    I don't know why some people are saying Bell's isn't in Kalamazoo simply because of their facility in Comstock; it's still Kalamazoo county. Geez, some people need to get a life and find a worthier cause to get upset about. My vote will be Kalamazoo though I do really enjoy Founder's in GR.

  • scramopolis - 12 years ago

    Lets be honest....the industry has grown so much in GR in the last decade because GR is a wealthier area than Kalamazoo. But Bell's, OP, & Kraftbrau were brewing great stuff 20 yrs ago when Downtown GR was a ghost town and the only reason people went there was to go to work, church or the hospital.

  • Jenni - 12 years ago

    GR!

  • Farrell - 12 years ago

    Here is the history of Bell's for those doubting that it is indeed in Kalamazoo and that they still brew in Kalamazoo. The Comstock location was added later to accomodate the demand for distribution. It's called expansion and its what any successful brewer wants! http://www.bellsbeer.com/about/history/

    -Founded by Larry Bell in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Bell's Brewery, Inc. sold its first beer in September 1985. Beer was initially brewed in a 15-gallon soup kettle and the company has grown remarkably from its production of 135 barrels (1 bbl = 31 gal.) in 1986 to a capacity of more than 500,000 barrels today.

    Originally self-distributed, Larry and his staff of 9 employees bottled and delivered all of the beer to market during the company's first four years. By 1989, Bell's was shipping over 500 barrels annually and assigned its first wholesaler to further establish itself across the state of Michigan. In 1993, Bell's became the first Michigan brewery to open an onsite pub.

    After struggling several years to produce and sell robust, full-bodied ales against a tide of mass-market domestic beer, Bell's began to see the demand for craft beer grow dramatically and expanded into new markets. Bell's currently sells beer across an 18-state area in addition to Puerto Rico and Washington DC through a network of more than 60 quality wholesalers.

    In 2003, Bell's opened a new brewery in nearby Comstock. This facility has now seen five expansions since then.

    Despite expansion at our main production facility, we haven't forgotten our roots, and we continue to brew at our original location in downtown Kalamazoo. Using the same equipment that served us so well for so many years, this space has become home to several specialty projects, as well as brewing an extensive array of brands typically only available at the adjoining Eccentric Café.-

  • Seth Overbeek - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids for the win

  • Baxter - 12 years ago

    I love Bell's and Kzoo but have to vote for GR. There is a THRIVING beer community that is more than just the breweries we support. Bike races sponsored by breweries, year round beer centric activities, Founders work with the GR Whitewater movement. On and on and on

  • Emily - 12 years ago

    let's go kzoooooo!!!

  • Kerra - 12 years ago

    Have enjoyed great beer in Ashville. Just moved to Richmond where the beer scene is expanding. I want to visit them all! Go Richmond!

  • Derek - 12 years ago

    Luke, you forgot Craggie, Green Man and Wicked Weed.

  • Tommie - 12 years ago

    Grand Rapids, Michigan: "the best city beer has to offer, really"

  • Luke Burrell - 12 years ago

    Asheville NC is BeerCity USA!!!!!!
    Highland Brewing Company
    Asheville Brewing Company
    Lexington Avenue Brewery
    Wedge Brewing Company
    French Broad Brewery
    Oysterhouse Brewing Company.
    And Coming soon!!!
    Sierra Nevada Brewery
    New Belgium Brewing Company

  • Farrell - 12 years ago

    @Beer Connoisseur - There is absolutely no need for you to continue to spread misinformation that you have been corrected on about a dozen times on this forum to move the vote. Vote for your own, its fine. That's what we are all doing. Everyone knows that Bell's started in Kalamazoo and is where Bell's Eccentric Cafe stands today, right in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo at 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave.,
    Kalamazoo, Michigan. It's right on their website. Anyone can Google it and find out about the history and growth of Bell's. Yes, there is a location about ten minutes away in Comstock that was added later on to accomodate the demand for distribution. Just like Arcadia originally wanted to be in Kalamazoo, then went to Battle Creek and is now adding another location in Kalamazoo. Doesn't mean that Arcadia is not in Battle Creek anymore just because they are building a second location in Kalamazoo. It's hard to take you seriously when you continue to spread misinformation that any true "craft beer connoisseur" would know about one of the largest, most respected craft brew distributors out there. Even people who dislike Bell's know its in Kalamazoo.

  • Brittany - 12 years ago

    Grand rapids

  • Jake Brenner - 12 years ago

    Represent GR beer!! You will not find better beer in a more cultured environment. I love you Asheville but my heart is in Grand Rapids

  • kenny powers - 12 years ago

    grand rapds chyea beer city bro!

  • Zach - 12 years ago

    Asheville rules!

  • Tara - 12 years ago

    Kalamazoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lauren - 12 years ago

    Hello

  • Lauren - 12 years ago

    Hello

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