Grand Rapids Brewing Company

About

In December of 1993, exactly one hundred years from the time of its original inception, the doors were open to the historically themed Grand Rapids Brewing Co. Now over a decade old, you can say that the Grand Rapids Brewing Co. has existed in three centuries: 1800s, 1900s, and the current century. Enthusiasts continue to bring in glasses, pictures, and artifacts from the turn-of-the century brewery. One woman found half of the original sign that hung on the Ionia and Michigan Street building—as she was cleaning her great uncle's inherited barn. The sign was facing down and being used as a shelf. In a different incident, the brewery was called by archeologists digging at a Michigan training camp for soldiers during the Spanish-American War. There, in what must have been their trash, were dozens of empty Silver Foam bottles.