{"id":69,"date":"2012-12-09T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2013-04-10T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T17:54:00","slug":"goodbye-gr-brew-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye GR Brew Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 breweries in 12 hours is my way of saying goodbye to the city of so many memories&#8230; Most of them including beer. Gav and Linz hit the house around 2 and we headed straight to Founders for our first pint of the day. I went for a red&#8217;s rye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0150.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0150.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being the good friend that I am, I got Gav a Bolt Cutter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0149.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0149.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0149.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there we headed out to Hudsonville to check out two new brew pubs out there&#8230; First we hit Pike 51.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0151.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0151.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0151.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharing the bar with the wine tasters of hudsonville winery, It&#8217;s a nice little spot with a lot of excellent brews on tap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0152.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0152.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0152.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went with the black light and was very pleased with this lager&#8230; I was impressed by how many lagers they had on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0155.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0155.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0155.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next we went across the street to White Flame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0157.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0157.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0157.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This place was very cool. Chill atmosphere and great beers. They had a mandolin hanging on the wall and let me play it which made my day. No food.there, so we ordered in. Loved the logo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After a quick trip accross M6, we hit Jaden James which is inside cascade winery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0160.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0160.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0160.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good little place and you can taste the passion for quality after one sip. Extra likes&#8230; The cider, the home brew store, and the spirited conversation about beer city USA and the future of grand rapids brews&#8230; It was a good stop.<\/p>\n<p>10 down Patterson and we were sitting in Schmohz Brewery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0162.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0162.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0162.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always liked this place. The location is where my introduction to craft beer happened in 1996 when it was Robert Thomas. Now its great&#8230; Jim and Chaz are always around to make you feel welcomed&#8230; The tap room is chill with free pool and pingpong and the beers are all decent&#8230; I love it because its the kind of spot that I do if I decided to open a little brewery&#8230; It&#8217;s like your hanging in a friend&#8217;s basement man cave&#8230; And I love it.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop was Harmony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0163.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0163.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0163.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new addition to the gr beer scene, harmony, has a couple barrel system and wood fired pizza. I like their rye PA.<\/p>\n<p>Up lake and we strolled into Brewery Vivant for some Big Red Coq and Duck confit nachos&#8230;. Amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0165.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0165.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0165.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Headed downtown to check out Hop Cat&#8230; It&#8217;s a well known beer bar, but also a noteworthy brewery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0166.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0166.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0166.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One block away and we hit the newest kid on the block, the recently restored GRBC&#8230; And let me tell you, this place it going to make some waves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0167.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0167.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0167.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great beer, great location, tons of room for the thousands of people who will be there waiting for the show to start at Van Andel Arena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0171.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG0171.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-IMAG0171.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went to the Bob, but they were going to charge us a cover for no reason&#8230; So we headed back to Founders to finish up the tour. It was a great ride and I thoroughly enjoyed all of the friends that popped in along the way. Thanks everyone! Tons of fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-Beer-Brawl-084.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Beer Brawl 084.JPG\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-Beer-Brawl-084.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to miss you guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 breweries in 12 hours is my way of saying goodbye to the city of so many memories&#8230; Most of them including beer. Gav and Linz hit the house around 2 and we headed straight to Founders for our first pint of the day. I went for a red&#8217;s rye. Being the good friend that I am, I got Gav&#8230;<span class=\"path-read-more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/?p=69\" title=\"Goodbye GR Brew Tour\">  Read more &rarr; <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breweries","category-food-and-drink","category-grand-rapids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}