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Harmony Brewing’s celebration offers something for under, over age 21

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Harmony Brewing Company celebrates its fifth year of business this weekend, and, yes, there is something special on tap. (Supplied)

By K.D. Norris

ken@wktv.org

 

Keep it straight: the magician is for the kids and the barleywine is for the adults — unless the adults like magic too.

 

As Grand Rapids’ Harmony Brewing Company celebrates its fifth year of business this weekend, it will offer an hour of kid-friendly family fun and then a little something special for the older crowd.

 

On Saturday, Feb. 4, Harmony will host a party and a limited edition bottle release of their annual brew, Birthday Barleywine, according to supplied material. Festivities include an hour of family fun, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. with brunch and kid-friendly magician and comedian PJ Weber in attendance.

 

The celebration will get a little more loud at night with the Vinyl Night All Stars featuring a line up of the most popular DJ’s from Harmony’s weekly event, Vinyl Thursday.

 

For those unfamiliar with Harmony’s barleywine, the brewery describes it as “a brilliantly clear ruddy copper color with a lingering lacey off-white head. Deep earthy, spicy, resiny hops are balanced with a hint of caramel maltiness in the aroma. The first sip is surprisingly light, and balanced for such a large beer. As the glass warms up, assertive hop bitterness interplays with a delicately malty body and a characteristic alcohol warmth.  The aftertaste lingers clean and bitter as the beer creates legs and lace down the sides of the glass.”

 

Seems a little like magic for me.

 

Harmony Brewing’s Eastown brewpub was opened in 2012. Harmony later opened a second location, Harmony Hall, on Grand Rapid’s West Side. (Supplied)

Harmony Brewing’s Eastown brewpub was opened by siblings Heather Van Dyke-Titus, Barry Van Dyke and Jackson Van Dyke in February 2012. Harmony later opened a second location, Harmony Hall, on Grand Rapid’s West Side.

 

“Its been an amazing five years,” Jackson Van Dyke said in supplied material. “Opening Harmony gave us the opportunity to pursue things that we’re truly passionate about: inventive, creative beer, simple but delicious food and being a part of building our community and city.

 

“Since we’ve opened Harmony has been a part of, and witnessed, Grand Rapids being recognized as Beer City USA, a national and even global beer destination,” he said.

 

For more information visit harmonybeer.com

 

Are Micro-Breweries a Fad, or Here to Stay?

Local Business

By Chef Oliver Hale

Harmony Brewing Company

 

There’s a new fad in town that centers around beer. But is it really a fad?  Micro-Breweries are the center of a great deal of attention and commotion and are spreading all across West Michigan. In the past few years, new breweries have opened up in Comstock Park, Holland, Hudsonville, Rockford and in Grand Rapids. Even Bell’s Brewery, the largest beer-maker in Michigan, opened up  a bar in Grand Rapids in an unusual location– the Gerard R. Ford Airport.  Even more, GR was voted 2013 BEER CITY USA.

 

So to ease my mind, I went out to a micro-brewery to test the new in-thing. I stopped by a small brewery named HARMONY BREWING CO. at 1551 Lake Dr. GR, SE. I was introduced to the Brewery Manager, Ben Isbell. Ben has been with Harmony for a 1 ½ years and they carry 10 different beers on tap. So I asked him to educate me on why micro-brews are growing!

 

“People love to drink beers and micro-brews offer so many different flavor of beers,” Ben said. “We use different melted barely and hops to make our beers very tasty.” he exclaimed.

 

HARMONY BREWING COMPANY also offers an outstanding family menu. When the owners, Jackson and Sandie Van Dyke, started putting together the brewery, they wanted an environment that would attract families to come and enjoy themselves.

 

Grand Rapids is drawing a lot of people from many other states to attend events like Art Prize, Laughfest, and many others. With that in mind, the 2013 Beer City USA is ready for them and going to be around for many years. Micro-Breweries are here to stay!