"One of the founder’s favorite musicians is Frank Zappa.” “A big part of HopCat’s history is our relation to music,” said Joe Sonheim, director of marketing for BarFly Ventures. Rick Martinez, HopCat Grand Rapids Beer Program Manager OctoWood & Wild, Barrel-Aged We're counting down the days, hours and minutes until the Wood & Wild Festival, taking place Oct. The fest runs 30 per ticket for 15 sample tokens w/ additional tokens available for 0.50 each. There will be a bus taking us to the Fest in Ypsilanti. It’s named after the Frank Zappa song "Cosmik Debris.” Pub crawl around Grand Rapids starting at 11am Optional Trip - MI Summer Beer Fest.
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"The drug crack has devastated many of the communities that we serve."īut don’t think of the name as a reference to a galaxy far, far away. (WOOD) The popular Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer and Food Festival will return to Grand Rapids for its 14th year next week. "While the name Crack Fries was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, drug addiction is not a joke," Mark Gray, CEO of BarFly Ventures, HopCat's parent company, said in a Youtube video and blog post when announcing the name change last month. In December Grand Rapids-based Barfly Ventures, HopCat’s parent company said that the name “Crack Fries” would go away because of unintended drug reference. by Draft Magazine, ranked as 3 Beer Bar in the world by Beer Advocate, and among the Top 5 beer bars in the U.S. HopCat opened in Grand Rapids, MI by thanking our guests for their support In our unending quest to be the best beer bar in the world, over the years we’ve been listed as one of the Top 50 Bars in the U.S. Starting Monday, look for “Cosmik Fries” on the menu at HopCat’s 17 locations. We are celebrating 12 years since the O.G. by Patrick Revere HopCat is heralded by Beeradvocate magazine as one of the best brew houses in the world and not just because its a great place to sit and sip your favorite ale, lager or. Gastropub HopCat rolled out a new name for its award-winning French fries. 3 Beer Bar on Planet Earth by Beer Advocate magazine, a Top 5 Great American Beer Bar by for three years straight and No.