The Michigan Brewers Guild Upper Peninsula Fall Beer Festival will be taking place on Saturday, September 9 in Marquette, MI!

The annual event is taking place at Mattson Lower Harbor Park on the shores of Lake Superior. It is a gorgeous venue that, we believe, cannot be matched by any of the other Michigan Brewers Guild beer festival locations. VIP ticket holders begin admission at noon, while General Admission is allowed access at 1 pm. The festival runs until 6pm.

Around 85 Michigan Brewers Guild member breweries are set to pour with a little over 500 beers ready to be enjoyed. With partly cloudy skies and a high in the mid 60s, it is shaping up to be a beautiful day in the Upper Peninsula. This festival is one of our team’s favorites at Better on Draft. Its typically the first weekend after Labor and occurs around 906 Day. It is the perfect festival to stop thinking about summer beers and start thinking about fall offerings.

Our 20 Beers to Check Out List is below and is organized in Beer Flight order. We try to find something for everyone with these lists!

Lighter Beers

Stay a Little Lager

Lake Superior Smokehouse Brewpub | Harvey | Mexican Lager | 5.1%

1898

Petoskey Brewing | Petoskey | American Light Lager | 4.1%

JQ Brew

Snowbelt Brewing Co | Gaylord | Pre-Prohibition Style Lager | 4.8%

Old School Pilz

Stone Hound Brewery | Williamsburg | German Pilsner | 5.8%

Canadian Blonde Ale

The Vierling Restaurant & Marquette Harbor Brewery | Marquette | Blonde Ale | Unknown ABV

IPAs

Ghost of Alebird with Cotton Candy

Alebird Taphouse & Brewery | Byron Center | NEIPA | 6.4%

Baby Nelson

City Built Brewing Company | Grand Rapids | Session IPA | 5%

Breakwater Haze

Flatiron Brewing | Manistique | NEIPA | 6.5%

Big Country

The Mitten Brewing Company | Grand Rapids | Imperial IPA | 10.2%

Dew Drop Hazy Session

Upper Peninsula Brewing Company | Negaunee | Session IPA | 5%

Oktoberfests

Küsterer Märzen

Cedar Springs Brewing Company | Cedar Springs | Märzen | 6%

Operation Stein Grabber

Copper Hop Brewing Company | St. Clair Shores | Märzen | 5.2%

Oktoberfest

Old Nation Brewing Co | Williamston | Märzen | 5.7%

Spiders from Märzen

River’s Edge Brewing Co | Milford | Märzen | 5.8%

Oktoberfest

Silver Spruce Brewing | Traverse City | Märzen | 5.9%

Heavy Beers

Threat Level Midnight

East Channel Brewing Company | Munising | Imperial Stout | 13%

Muscles from Brussels

Looking Glass Brewing Company | DeWitt | Belgian Quadrupel | 13%

Cinna-Mom on French Toast

Pigeon Hill Brewing Company | Muskegon | Russian Imperial Stout | 11%

Junie

Transient Artisan Ales | Bridgman | Imperial Stout | 11.5%

SISU Stout

Upper Hand Brewery | Escanaba | Imperial Stout | 10%

Check out all the beers here. Which beer are you looking forward to at the festival?

Cheers!