GR Recognized by Motor Trend Magazine

Okay, the headline may be a little misleading.  Motor Trend made mention of GR and our fantastic breweries in their review of a Cadillac CTS-V on what they "Great Midwestern Beer Run."

Either way, it's great to see our city being discovered and talked about in a positive way. One member of the Motor Trend team called GR "the biggest surprise of the run."

From the Motor Trend website and review...

"First stop: Grand Rapids, Michigan, or as Drew deemed it, "The biggest surprise of the run." Not only does it feature two first-class beer bars, Hopcat and the Green Well Pub, but we accidently stumbled upon a brewery while parking! Brewery Vivant semi-sacrilegiously resides in a former church. Happily, Vivant's beer is pretty good (especially its farmhouse ale, French Hand), and, even better, they stick it in cans. So, we bought six four-packs and shoved 'em in the back of the Caddy.

As a beer-loving Californian, I could totally move to Grand Rapids were it not for the grim and frostbitten winters. Drew concurred, "I'd be happy to live there if they could solve the whole winter problem."

But the reason Grand Rapids was on our map in the first place is Founders Brewing Company, maker of a legendary beer called Kentucky Breakfast Stout. I was not only impressed by the massive yet homey taproom, but owner and president (and seriously nice guy) Mike Stevens was wearing the exact same beach bum shoes I was. A good omen if there ever was one."

Read the entire column and review on MotorTrend.com.