About Us

Michigan: Farm to Glass

Like food, beer and wine are agricultural products. Our goal is to highlight the connections between the beverage in your glass, the food on your plate, and the farming behind them.

We partner with Michigan farms for our malt, hops, and fruit to craft beverages representative of a certain place and time. Our growers have a variety of farming practices, but we seek out organic growers believing it’s better for the environment, ourselves, and the beverage in your glass.

Monarch butterfly caterpillar
Monarch butterfly caterpillar
A ladybug larva helping keep the aphid population in check.
A ladybug larva helping keep the aphid population in check.
Our chickens love assisting in the vineyard.
Our chickens love assisting in the vineyard.
Ladybug, a beneficial insect in the vineyard.
Ladybug, a beneficial insect in the vineyard.
Snapping turtle
Snapping turtle
Praying mantis egg sack on a grapevine trunk. A great beneficial insect.
Praying mantis egg sack on a grapevine trunk. A great beneficial insect.
Soon to be monarch butterfly.
Soon to be monarch butterfly.
Praying mantis
Praying mantis
We have to look out for these little guys while mowing.
We have to look out for these little guys while mowing.
Baby red squirrel. They left the nest and decided to check out our garage. Luckily, they decided that trees are better.
Baby red squirrel. They left the nest and decided to check out our garage. Luckily, they decided that trees are better.
A gruesome fate, this tomato hornworm has been parasitized by a wasp and the white protrusions are wasp larvae cocoons. This does help keep the vineyard in balance as these caterpillars are voracious eaters.
A gruesome fate, this tomato hornworm has been parasitized by a wasp and the white protrusions are wasp larvae cocoons. This does help keep the vineyard in balance as these caterpillars are voracious eaters.
Red-winged blackbird nest.
Red-winged blackbird nest.
Our turkey thinks she's performing pest control when she eats one Japanese beetle and the entire grape leaf it's sitting on.
Our turkey thinks she's performing pest control when she eats one Japanese beetle and the entire grape leaf it's sitting on.

At our home in Allegan, we farm and forage a portion of the ingredients used at the brewery and winery, while taking steps each year to increase the amount we can supply ourselves.

We use a probiotic spray program in our hopyard and vineyard consisting of beneficial microorganisms, seaweed, molasses, and clay which allows us to farm organically without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or heavy metals. We also encourage beneficial insects, manage bird houses, and allow other animals to call these spaces their home.

Our Team

Ben Ramsay

Brewmaster

Katelyn Ramsay

Winemaker

Zach Waters

Taproom Manager