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Small Breweries Celebrated Around Michigan Sunday

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While you’re holiday shopping, why not stop in and grab a beer at your local craft brewery? Sunday was Small Brewery Sunday and Michigan has almost 400 independent breweries, putting it in the top five nationally. Ryan Balicki is the co-owner of Copper Hop in St. Clair Shores and told Michigan News Network this week it’s all about creating a welcoming environment.

“A brewery should be like a community drinking hole,” Balicki said. “Back in the day, we’d have hitching posts and it would be the place where everybody hitches their horses…If you don’t do that, you’re not connecting with your regulars.”

According to the National Brewers Association, craft beer was worth almost $10 billion to the Michigan economy. Michigan has more than 350 craft breweries across the state. The craft beer industry in The Mitten employs almost 67,000 people.

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