{"id":918,"date":"2010-07-22T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:19:26","slug":"drinking-in-da-up-keweenaw-brewing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/drinking-in-da-up-keweenaw-brewing-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking In Da UP – Keweenaw Brewing Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It’s pronounced Kee-wah-naw,” the woman seated next to me said for the third time.\u00a0 I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around the name of the brewery or how a gem of a brewpub could be hidden away in a quaint town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.<\/p>\n

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For you geography buffs, Keweenaw Brewing is located in Houghton, Michigan.\u00a0 Which, ironically, is NOT located in Keweenaw county – but is on the Keweenaw Peninsula.\u00a0 The area is damn near as far west as you can go in the eastern time zone.\u00a0 Which means the sun does not set there until around 10 p.m. in the summer.\u00a0 I can attest to this fact.<\/p>\n

Keweenaw could double as a mining history museum if you glance in the front windows.\u00a0 Houghton is steeped in mining history and Keweenaw pays tribute to that before you even walk in the bar with an array of old helmets and equipment on display.\u00a0 Once you do walk in you’ll find a number of tables in the front, a bar in the middle and some of the brewing equipment in the back.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If the front bar is too crowded, which it very well could be, there is a second bar off to the left.\u00a0 Also, there are no waitstaff so don’t sit at a table and wait for a few minutes for someone to come.\u00a0 They won’t.\u00a0 Not that I did this — just a helpful piece of advise.<\/p>\n

Beer prices here were great. $2.50 to $3 for a pint, $10 for a growler fill and $5.25 for a sampler of five beers.\u00a0 I chose to start my night with this unknown brewery — at least to me — with the aforementioned sampler.<\/p>\n

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