{"id":8038,"date":"2012-10-22T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T19:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:28","slug":"grand-rapids-mi-breweries-collaborate-on-pumpkin-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/grand-rapids-mi-breweries-collaborate-on-pumpkin-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Rapids Breweries Collaborate On Pumpkin Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eleven breweries in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area are all offering up their take on one of our fall favorites starting this week; a pumpkin beer.<\/p>\n

But this isn’t just any pumpkin beer – it’s a Grand Pumpkin – part of a collaboration series celebrating the city’s “Beer City USA” title, which it shares with Asheville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The first collaboration beer saw the brewers try their hand at a pale ale.<\/p>\n

This time, according to MLive<\/a>, brewers will have more flexibility in crafting their Grand Pumpkin than they did their Beer City Pale Ale, which was a shared recipe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of everyone looking at one ingredient like you would with an ‘Iron Chef’ competition,\u201d said [Wob] Wanhatalo, who, until this month was brewing at The Hideout Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can I do with the beer that best represents that ingredient, but also trying to be different from everyone else?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe brewing culture is very collaborative in West Michigan,\u201d said Barry VanDyke, co-owner of Harmony Brewing Co. \u201cWe enjoy each other\u2019s company and we enjoy testing our skills against one another in a fun way. We\u2019re hopeful that beer lovers will test out a few different versions and let us know what they think of them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The breweries taking part include:<\/p>\n