{"id":8064,"date":"2012-10-25T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T15:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:27","slug":"hopcat-expanding-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/hopcat-expanding-east\/","title":{"rendered":"HopCat Expanding East"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>HopCat, a Grand Rapids, Michigan beer bar that consistently finds itself on RateBeer’s top 50 Best Beer Bars list, was rated the #3 Beer Bar on Planet Earth by Beer Advocate magazine and the #2 Beer Bar in America by CraftBeer.com<\/a> is opening a second location in East Lansing AND building a brewpub in Lansing.<\/p>\n While the Lansing area is not hurting for good beer bars, what with the likes of Dusty’s Tap Room, Crunchy’s<\/a> and the Harrison Roadhouse<\/a> – among others, it is lacking in breweries compared with other Michigan cities. The abrupt closing of the Michigan Brewing Company this summer left the area with just two brewpubs; Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub<\/a> and EagleMonk Pub and Brewery<\/a>.<\/p>\n We’ve visited the promised land, HopCat’s flagship location in Grand Rapids, and it’s no joke. The beer list is remarkable with a balanced selection that includes hard to find Belgian beers, craft beer from all over Michigan, beer brewed in-house and the occasional odd one-off, like Arbor Brewing’s Chips and Salsa Lager<\/a>.<\/p>\n