Michigan Beer Growler Company

Great business concept and better execution! I don’t make it here as nearly frequently as I’d like, but the staff are knowledgeable without being pretentious. Great to grab a growler or two or even just to stop in for a couple of pints of something new!

Excellent variety of beers from which to choose. Great employees who know their beer. No food service but a nice place to sample some beers and get a growler or two filled.

Fantastic spot — filling growlers is great! Also they have seating space! I like this little spot!

This is my favorite place to grab a beer. The selection is amazing and I’ve been introduced to so many new favorite Michigan beers. The staff is friendly and fun. It’s a must-​visit for beer lovers.

First visit here last night. Never knew it existed till friends asked us to join them. 26 beers on tap, two ciders and two sodas. They have different sizes of growlers you can purchase, fill, take home and then bring back when you want more beer. You can buy flights of beer and pints too. Patrick and Scott were the beer servers and both were great. Lots of info and more than willing to talk. It is a small place, maybe 20 patrons inside, and they do not serve food. Pretzels and popcorn to purchase if you like. You can also bring in your own food, and there is a Papa Johns two storefronts down that is doing a helluva lot of business. Nice selection of beers from around the country. I think we will return.

Awesome place. Got a great growler there for pretty cheap. It’s a very small place but quiet so that if you have a decent size group, you can still hangout there and get a smaller drink for a good price as well. Very close to a subdivision too which is surprising.

I was soooo happy when Michigan Beer Growler Company opened! My husband & I saw the signs during construction because we shop at Premier Pet Supply next door. It’s a cute place. Very small, roughed out design.
I like the concept of a growler/​howler to go place. It’s nice to be able to go in and have a pint or try a flight of beer. The draft list is pretty good, not always the most exciting but that’s just personal taste. I was able to get a growler of Hopslam and howler of Double Crooked Tree recently. That was pretty awesome!
Staff is very nice and helpful. I love that they’re next to our favorite pet store. The only downside is that parking lot. I hate that parking lot! It’s small, and it bad shape. It won’t stop me though.

My husband and I checked out the Michigan Beer Growler Co. with two friends of ours for the first time last night. Even though there was no place to sit at 5:15 on a Friday, we were approached and able to order a pint of beer while we waited for a space to clear out (as some of the tables were getting ready to leave).
While the place is clearly too tiny for its already huge popularity (which is a bummer!), the beer list is phenomenal. Even as craft beer enthusiasts ourselves there were several options on the list that we had yet to try or had the opportunity to purchase elsewhere.
What’s awesome about this place is that you can order 6 oz samples, which is a great option to have when you want to try something new or drink something that is particularly strong (like the 11% Belgian Strong Ale I tried last night — yum!)
Our only disappointment is that my husband didn’t receive a beer that he had ordered with the guy who had been serving us – and the guy had randomly vanished for the rest of the duration of our visit (which was bizarre, because we were only there for an hour and a half…). As a result, we had to ask for our tab and ask for our growler from the bar. (And my husband never got that beer he asked for…)
Minor disappointment aside, it’s great to know there’s a place within reasonable distance from our house from which we can purchase a growler of delicious beer! Great concept, guys.

I so love this place! What’s not to love about over 30 on tap selections of Michigan beers. The staff are super friendly and know their beer. They will let you sample anything and they serve flights and fill growlers. They also have a members club were you earn points when you fill your growler. This is a great way to try something new.

$ 23ish for a 32oz growler of Hopslam is the reason I give this place a four… that just seems a tad too high. Then, there’s the whole «supply and demand» thing, so I *sort of* get it.
The fact that you can call ahead to get (a) growler (s) is really cool, but it’s kind of bad when you pick them up and they say «Thank you.» because people apparently reserve growlers, don’t pick them up, and then the beer gets tossed out. There’s a special place in hell for people like you!
Family owned. Friendly, fast service. Growler reservations. Ever-​changing tap list. It’s too bad this place is basically nowhere near my house, because otherwise I’d frequent it.

Half growlers! Soda! 6OZ glasses! These are things that you don’t expect in a tap room. I love the 32OZ growlers and the half glass concept. Yes they have the usual 64OZ size growlers too and pint glasses. But sometimes you are on your way home from the gym, feeling guilty about stopping at a tap room and the small glass is just right before you stop in next door to pick up milk. This is a small place with excellent service and our person was really knowledgeable and generous with the sample tastes. Besides Michigan brews they also have Sprecters Brewed soda and I love Sprecters but isn’t it from Wisconsin? Please don’t stop carrying it because it’s amazing. I’ll be in on Sunday to pick up a growler of soda for an 8 year old birthday party. Should be a hit. I’m only holding that 5^th star for when they get a few more munchies in. I’d like to munch while I drink my guilty glass. Did I mention that the prices are excellent? Well, they are.

Went back with my growler for a refill, this place is great. The service was friendly and fast, the place isn’t your typical bar it was quiet with a good mixed crowd. It’s not the biggest place and was pretty full both times I was there. The prices are reasonable and they are focused on the beer. Great choices if your into craft beer you need to put this place on your short list, I think you won’t be disappointed.

I was in town for the weekend to visit family and wanted to have a beer. I love craft beer and wanted to find a location where I could pick up a growler of something special/​unique and take it back to my home state. Well, I found the perfect location. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. They were also very knowledgeable about the beers on tap. I had a wonderful time and picked up a unique growler and beer. I recently dropped my growler, so when I’m in town again I will definitely be going back to sample the beers on tap and pick up a new growler. Total thumbs up.

Great idea and great products! Really cool idea. It’s nice to not have to deal with the recycling pain. Beer and pop keep fresh in the containers very well. I like the availability of Sprecher’s sodas!

Great staff, great conversation, great concept, great atmosphere!!! Will be back!
My husband and I came here on our way to buy a Christmas tree at Home Depot, and ended up spending a good part of the afternoon enjoying great beer and conversation with the owner,
staff, and the Rep from Frankenmuth Brewery. We also enjoyed great snacks of pulled pork and ribs from Brady’s next door. One of their staff dropped off a big tray for everyone to enjoy.
This is definitely a place to check out!

Went in with my boyfriend today for a couple drinks and to check the place out. It was awesome! I cannot say how awesome this place is… service was great, it is obviously family owned because the two women working there referred to the gentlemen helping us as dad.
They have a great selection on tap and to fill the growler ranges in price obviously. I purchased a 32oz growler which was $ 5.00 and filled it with perrin kona… which I think wasn’t even $ 10.00 for the fill. Also in the tap room is a nice selection of Michigan related products.
I will definitely be here again. It is a great escape from the whole One eyed bettys hustle and bustle. Keep in mind they do not have food here, but you can bring food in.

I stopped by the business on the opening weekend. Has everything a young man could want on the weekend. Plenty of taps serving delicious Michigan beers, a friendly staff that cares about what they are selling and large windows to let in the rays of the sun. They will pour a taste size beer if you just want to explore the taps. Beer drinkers should definitely check this place out!

This place is awesome. Friendly and helpful staff that is more than willing to give you free samples of as many beers you want.

I’ve been waiting patiently for this place to open. As a craft beer enthusiast, it’s been excited to have a place such as this open up just a couple miles away from my house. Fast forward to opening week and… after stopping in just once… this place is GREAT!
Here is the concept: They have 30 taps inside. Most are Michigan-​brewed craft beers and hard ciders – which makes perfect sense due to the abundance of amazing breweries here in Michigan – but they also keep a small rotation of National/​International offerings as well as a couple of NA choices (craft root beer, cream soda, etc).
The primary goal of Michigan Beer Growler Company is to sell growlers of their beer. In case you don’t know, a Growler is a 64 oz jug (or 32 oz jug called a Howler, «H“alf a growler) that is meant to be filled with beer. It gets capped and sealed so you can transport it legally in public via vehicle, bike, foot, etc (if it wasn’t sealed you’d be committing an Open Intox misdemeanor). You can bring your own empty growlers or howlers into MBGC and they will fill them for you. Don’t have a growler/​/​howler bottle? No problem, MBGC will sell you one of theirs for a few bucks which you can then bring back reuse for future fills.
Historically in Michigan, growlers have been an avenue for breweries to sell for carry-​out beers that they do not otherwise bottle or distribute. However recently, due to some craft-​beer friendly state legislation, we’ve started seeing some bars offering to fill up growlers… as well as a few «growler shops» such as MBGC opening up. And that’s what MBGC is; a growler shop, not a bar. It’s small, quaint, not much seating, geared toward carry-​out. You can still sit down and have a pint, if you wish. Or you can order flights to sample 4oz pours of multiple beers. They will also give you tiny thimble-​cups of any beer for free, so you can sample it. Their primary goal is to fill growlers so all the samples, flights, and pints are geared toward helping you decide what to take home with you.
They also have a member club. Just give them your contact info on your first visit and every 11^th growler fill will be free!
It’s fantastic to have something interesting and hip like this opening in Beverly Hills. Until now you’ve typically had to travel into ultra-​hip neighborhoods like Ferndale or Ann Arbor to find such a place. Here’s to hoping MBGC does well and we see even more of this type of store in the future. It’s a great place to sample craft beers, try out special offerings from breweries that are only distributed in kegs (not bottles), and bring home big yummy bottles for your fridge!