The 10th Annual Keweenaw Brewfest was held at Kestner Waterfront Park in Houghton on Saturday, Sept. 7. It was an incredible time with 60 breweries sharing over 200 brews through local distributors Imperial, Pisani, and Peterlin. Classic rock was performed all day by the band Rewind, and amazing food was served up by Fitzgerald’s, Baby E’s BBQ, Vollwerth’s, and The Matador. Keweenaw Coffee Works sponsored a designated drivers table with a number of coffees. Over 1,100 attended the event raising over $41,000 for the Keweenaw Community Foundation. All proceeds raised during the event will go towards promoting our mission to inspire giving that invests in our community’s quality of life. We are amazed at the level of giving that occurs in our area, and we could not function without the community’s support.

Keweenaw Brewfest in numbers:

• Over 1,100 people attended the event

• Over $41,000 was raised

• Approximately 17,568 craft brew samples were poured

• 60 breweries serving 238 different brews

• Over 70 sponsors helped make the event possible

• Approximately 90 volunteers helped the event run smoothly

• Over 200 commemorative t-shirts, koozies, and prints sold

• Over 300 stickers given away

• Approximately 50 classic rock songs performed

• Countless delicious meals served

The Keweenaw Community Foundation wishes to extend a huge thank you to the incredible local businesses and organizations that made the event possible. They were A-1 Toilets, American Forest Management, Ameriprise-Ted Simonsen, Baby E’s BBQ Betterly Painting, Bonfire Grill, Brickside Brewery, Brogan & Yonkers -Estate Planning & Elder Law, Campioni Pat’s Foods, Carmelita’s Restaurant, City of Hancock, City of Houghton, Continental Fire Co., Craft Culture Yeast Labs, Cross Country Sports, Copper Country Ford, Copper Island Printing, The Daily Mining Gazette, The Den, Dollar Bay Linoleum and Tile, Edward Jones – Steve Zutter, Edward Jones – Brent Peterson,Electric Brewing Supply, Fitzgerald’s Restaurant, Frank A. Douglass Agency, Ginger Stroube – REMAX, Hancock Bottling – Coca Cola, Houghton Community Broadcasting Corporation, Jim’s Food Mart, Keweenaw Brewing Company, Keweenaw Chevrolet, Keweenaw Coffee Works, Keweenaw Mountain Lodge, La Cantina Restaurant, Laiti Jewelers, LeClaire Geo Surveying, Michigan Tech Employees Federal Credit Union, Miners State Bank, The Mix 93.5, MTM Contracting, Mount Bohemia, Northern Auto, Numinen, DeForge & Toutant, P.C., OHM Advisors, Pepsi-Cola of Houghton, Portage Health Foundation, Quincy’s Dining Company, Range Bank, Red Hawk, Retirement Solutions, Rukkila Negro & Associates, The Shipping Shop, Suomi Restaurant, Superior Block, Superior Equipment and Events, Superior Governmental Consulting, Superior National Bank, Surplus Outlet, Swift True Value, Tadych’s Econo Foods,U.P. North Custom Apparel, UP Engineers and Architects, The Vault, Vollwerth’s, and the Zola Foundation.