Northern Michigan’s Best Happy Hours, Wineries & Local Sips

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Best Craft Drink Above the Bridge

Best Brewery:
1) Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery
2) Keweenaw Brewing Company
3) Les Cheneaux Distillers

Best Happy Hour:
1) Pink Pony
2) Round Island Kitchen, Mission Point Resort
3) Horn’s Gaslight Bar & Restaurant

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Widow Maker, Keweenaw Brewing Company
2) Ginger Beer, Superior Culture
3) 51K IPA, Blackrocks Brewery

Best Winery:
1) End of the Road Winery
2) Threefold Vine Winery

Benzie & Leelanau’s Best Craft Drink

Best Brewery:
1) Hop Lot Brewing Co.
2) Lake Ann Brewing Co.
3) Stormcloud Brewing Company

Best Happy Hour:
1) Lake Ann Brewing Co.
2) Northern Latitudes Distillery
3) Art’s Tavern

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Smackintosh, Tandem Ciders
2) Maple Bourbon Whiskey, Iron Fish Distillery
3) Sex, MAWBY

Best Winery:
1) Blustone Vineyards
2) Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery
3) St. Ambrose Cellars

The Best Craft Drink in Cadillac Manistee & Ludington

Best Brewery:
1) North Channel Brewing Co.
2) Clam Lake Beer Co.
3) Ludington Bay Brewing Co.

Best Happy Hour:
1) TJ’s Pub
2) Blue Slipper Tavern
3) The Truck Stop

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Northern Star Cider, Northern Natural Cider House & Winery
2) I Scream You Scream Dark Cherry, Starving Artist Brewing Co.
3) Tangelo Dream, Ludington Bay Brewing Co.

Best Winery:
1) Northern Natural Cider House & Winery
2) Cadillac Winery
3) Pere Marquette Winery

Charlevoix & The Chain of Lakes Best Craft Drink

Best Brewery:
1) Short’s Brewing Company, Bellaire Pub
2) Bier’s Inwood Brewery
3) Short’s Brewing Company, Elk Rapids Pull Barn

Best Happy Hour:
1) Torch Lake Café
2) Dockside Torch Lake
3) Cafe Santé (tie)
3) Hello Vino (tie)

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Local’s Light, Short’s Brewing Company
2) Soft Parade, Short’s Brewing Company
3) Mammoth Gin, Mammoth Distilling

Best Winery:
1) Cellar 1914
2) Torch Lake Cellars
3) Boyne Valley Vineyards

The Best Craft Drink in Kalkaska, Gaylord & Grayling

Best Brewery:
1) Rolling Oak Brewing Co.
2) Paddle Hard Brewing
3) Big Buck Brewery

Best Happy Hour:
1) Kal-Ho Lounge
2) Rolling Oak Brewing Co.
3) The Iron Pig Smokehouse

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Rolling Oak White, Rolling Oak Brewing Co.
2) Fall Harvest Cider, Big Buck Brewery
3) C1 Cider, Rolling Oak Brewing Co.

Petoskey, Harbor Springs & The Straits Best Craft Drink

Best Brewery:
1) Petoskey Brewing Company
2) Pond Hill Farm
3) Beards Brewery

Best Happy Hour:
1) The Back Lot Petoskey
2) Palette Bistro
3) The Side Door Saloon

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Gypsy Vodka, Gypsy Distillery
2) Blood Orange Honey, Cheboygan Brewing Company
3) Horny Monk, Petoskey Brewing

Best Winery:
1) Pond Hill Farm
2) Petoskey Farms Vineyard & Winery
3) Walloon Lake Winery

Best Craft Drink in Traverse City

Best Brewery:
1) The Filling Station Microbrewery
2) Brewery Terra Firma
3) Rare Bird Brewpub

Best Happy Hour:
1) The Parlor
2) The Little Fleet
3) 7 Monks Taproom

Best Locally Made Hard Beverage:
1) Cinnamon Girl, Left Foot Charley
2) American Cherry Whiskey, Traverse City Whiskey Co.
3) Lavender Cider, Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery

Best Winery:
1) Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery
2) Left Foot Charley
3) Mari Vineyards

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