IT'S (TIME)
GRAND RAPIDS IS GETTING
ATTENTION FROM ALL OVER THE
NATION AFTER BEING CROWNED
BEER CITY U-S-A.
THE SPECIAL ATTENTION IS
HELPING LOCAL BUSINESSES GROW,
ATTRACTING OUT OF TOWNERS, AND
IS EVEN GIVING PEOPLE HERE A
REASON TO STAY AT HOME DURING
THEIR TIME OFF.
OFF.NOW, ELEVEN LOCAL
BREWERIES HAVE ALL CRAFTED
THEIR OWN VERSION OF A PUMPKIN
BREW FOR THE FALL.
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24 HOUR NEWS 8 TOM HILLEN
JOINS US LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS
WITH HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.
MICRO BREWS HAVE REALLY BECOME
A BIG DEAL HERE IN OUR STATE.
NATIONALLY WE HAVE THE 5TH
MOST WITH JUST OVER 100, AND
THAT IS OF 2011 THE LATEST
NUMBERS OUT THERE, SO THAT
NUMBER HAS GROWN THIS YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY BEER HAS BECOME A
BIG ECONOMIC DRIVER IN OUR
STATE TOO. THESE LOCALLY OWNED
COMPANIES POUR MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTO OUR ECONOMY FROM
WORKERS TO SALES TO TAXES. BUT
HERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN
GRAND RAPIDS RIGHT NOW. 11
BREWERIES HAVE COME TOGETHER
REALLY TO CELEBRATE OUR TITLE
OF BEER CITY U-S-A AND HAVE
ALL MADE A PUMPKIN BREW.
PERFECT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
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WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE ALL
MORNING LONG, WE ARE GOING TO
TASTE A FEW MORE OF THESE
PUMPKIN BREWS
AND TALKING TO SOME MORE OF
THE LOCAL BREWERS. LIVE IN
GRAND RAPIDS TOM HILLEN
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WE HAVE THE 5TH MOST NATION
BREWERIES AT JUST OVER 500.
GRAND RAPIDS WAS VOTED BEER
CITY USA.
NOW 11 AREAS BREWERIES HAVE
JOINED FORCES TO CREATE GRAND
PUMPKIN BEER.
THE BEER MADE FJUST FOR THIS FAL
SEASON.
WE ARE LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS
TO TALK ABOUT THE FULL
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AS WELL AS
WHERE YOU CAN GET IT.
GOOD MORNING.
MICRO BREWS ACROSS WEST MICHIGAN
CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT BENEFITS THE LOCAL ECONOMY SO
MUCH THEY PUMP SO MUCH MONEY
BACK INTO THE LOCAL SALES HERE
BETWEEN THE TAXES AND EMPLOYEES
AND THE PRODUCTS THEY BUY THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME ALONG
AND BENEFITED WEST MICHIGAN AS A
WHOLE.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE A COUPLE
DIFFERENT BREWERIES WE ARE
JOINED WITH HE WAS A PART OF
SELECTING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO
DO FOR THE FALL.
WHAT MAKES YOURS DIFFERENT THAN
SOME OF THE OTHER ONES?
WIS DIFFERENT IS JEFF SMOKED
HIS PUMPKINS AND SMOKED ALONG
WITH IT AND DID NOT ADD THE
SPICES.
OURS IS A LOT DIFFERENT.
WHAT HAS BEER CITY USA DONE
FOR YOUR BUSINESS?
IT MROETED US.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HIT ALL 11
BREWERS FOR WHATEVER STALE THEY
ARE DOING.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
WE HAVE BILL WHITE FROM WHITE
BREWING COMPANY.
WHAT WENT INTO YOUR CRAFT BEER
HERE.
OURS IS DIFFERENT WE MADE A
PUMPKIN STOUT WITH PUMPKIN IN
THE MASH AND ALSO COFFEE AND
COCOA.
SPICED IT A LITTLE BIT WITH
CINNAMON NICE BALANCE.
SERVED IT ON NITRO.
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE PLACES ALL OVER
WEST MICHIGAN.
THERE ARE 11 DIFFERENT BREWERIES
ACROSS THE AREA THAT YOU CAN GO
TO TO GET THE CRAFT BEERS.
IT WILL BE A CHILLY WEEKEND.
PLACES ALSO SERVE FOOD.
YOU CAN BRING KIDS OUT.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE BREWERIES
I'M DEBBIE STABENOW,
THREE MONTHS AGO GRAND RAPIDS
WAS VOTED BEER CITY USA.
NOW 11 WEST MICHIGAN BREWERIES
HAVE JOINED FORCES TO CREATE
GRAND PUMPKIN BEER A NEW
COLLABORATIVE CRAFT BEER MADE
JUST FOR FALL.
24 HOUR NEWS 8 TOM HILLEN
JOINS US LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS TO
TELL US WHERE YOU CAN GET SOME.
HI, TOM.
GOOD MORNING BRETT AND EMILY.
JUST AS YOU SAID THE CRAFT BREW
BUSINESS IS GROWING BIG THROUGH
OUT THE STATE PARTICULARLY HERE
IN WEST MICHIGAN.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY
BENEFITS ALL OF US, WHETHER OR
NOT YOU TAKE PART IN THE CRAFT
BEER OR NOT, BECAUSE THE
BUSINESSES THEY ARE LOCAL.
THEY 2K3WI6 BACK TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
THEY HAVE LOCAL WORKERS THAT BUY
LOCAL PRODUCTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
REALLY TAKEN OFF IN THIS AREA
PARTICULARLY.
THIS MORNING WE ARE JOINED BY
JACKSON VANDYKE.
YOU ARE WITH HARVEY BREWING
COMPANY.
WE HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE
DIFFERENT BREWERIES AND TELL US
ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC PUMPKIN
BREW.
WE WENT MORE TRADITIONAL
ROUTE ON OURS.
WE USED CANNED PUMPKIN AND
SPICED IT WITH CHAI TEA.
YOU CAN GET SOME OF THE BEER
TALK ABOUT YOU ARE MORE THAN A
BREWERY, TOO, PEOPLE CAN GET
FOOD THERE.
YOU CAN BRING KIDS OUT THIS
WEEKEND GET FOOD AND ADULTS CAN
GET BEER.
WE HAVE A WOOD FIRED OVEN AND
WE DO IT RIGHT.
WE GET THE OVEN GOING 750
DEGREES AND WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY
WELL-KNOWN FOR OUR PIZZAS.
WE HAVE ALSO ICE CREAM SUNDAES
FOR THE KIDS AND WE HAVE ALWAYS
SAID ICE CREAM FOR THE KIDS BEER
FOR THE ADULTS.
TALK TO US ABOUT BEER CITY
USA.
HAS CONTINUE BENEFICIAL FOR
GRAND RAPIDS TO HAVE THAT TITLE
FOR HOW MANY BREWING COMPANIES?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE SEE MORE TRAFFIC WHEN WE DO
THESE COLLABORATIONS AND ALSO A
POINT OF PRIDE AS WELL.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
COLLABORATIVE AS FAR AS BUSINESS
GOES.
IT'S GREAT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TRY A LITTLE SIP OF YOUR
BEER.
IT HAS CHAI TEA IN IT AS WELL.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE UNIQUE.
DEFINITELY VERY TASTY.
BRETT AND EMILY WE WANT TO SEND
IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIOS
THIS MORNING.
THANKS SO MUCH, TOM.
YOU ARE HAVING ALL OF THE FUN
THIS WEEK AREN'T YOU?
I REALLY LUCKED OUT, THE
WORLD SERIES, BEER, GETTING
LOCKED IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THIS
WEEK.
IT IS INTERESTING THE LAST
TIME WE HAD ART PRIZE OF COURSE
WE HAD SOME OF THE JUDGES IN
TOWN.
ONE OF THE JUDGES WAS GOING
AROUND TO ALL OF THE CRAFT
BREWERIES IN WEST MICHIGAN
BECAUSE OF BEER CITY USA IN THAT
TITLE.
HE CAME HERE AND THAT WAS ONE OF
