The Brew Systems
The Petoskey Pub
As tradition since 2012, we also still brew on-site at our Petoskey Pub location. In our basement we house our original Howard Street 1BBL system. This allows us to continue to experiment and bring you new recipes and beverages like Honeydew Seltzer and Pink Suburban Shandy.
Brew System: Brewmation / Stout Tank and Kettle
Batch Size: 1bbl (31 gallons)
Fermenters: Five 1.5bbl | Two 3bbl
Brite Tanks: One 3bbl
Batches in a Day: 1-3
V-Word: Variety
Charlevoix Production Facility
Location: Charlevoix
Brew System: Craftwerk Brewing Systems (Lake Orion, Michigan)
Batch Size: 15bbl (465 gallons)
Fermenters: Six 15bbl, three 45bbl
Brite Tanks: Two 15bbl, one 45bbl
Can Line: Microcanner (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Typical Brew Days: Thursday & Friday.
Batches in a Day: Single, Double, Triple
V-Word: Volume
Pub / Bar: No, not open to the public
What we don’t brew in our basement in Petoskey, we tackle and craft at our 15 barrel production facility in Charlevoix. To keep up with all of you enthusiastic drinkers out there, we added 45 BBL fermenters and a brite tank in order to triple batch some of our most popular brews. But, where does it all go? Built to feed not only our new Petoskey pub, we also are sharing the Beards brand across the state! We currently distribute our beer in draft & in package across all of Michigan.
The Brew Squad
Our Brew Squad at Beards is made up of quite the elegant yet scrappy group of gentlemen. They come from a variety of food, beverage, and other craft backgrounds but are definitely all united in the quest for making and supplying quality craft beer.