Michigan's Best New Brewery: the readers have spoken

Check out our poll leaders for Michigan's Best new brewery. We start our visits today in the Upper Peninsula.

(Amy Sherman)

With over 100 new breweries that have opened in Michigan since 2012, we knew we would have a few to pick from on our search for Michigan's Best new brewery. The growth of this industry has been amazing since we searched for Michigan's Best brewery in 2013.

People's passion about their favorite brewery has been equally amazing. Over 30,000 votes were cast in our polls, by far the largest number ever for a Michigan's Best search.

While we can't visit every brewery that was nominated, we are going to do our best to check out as many as we can.

Friday night we got to check out a few of the nominees at the Michigan Summer Beer Fest in Ypsilanti. We had some great beers, but more importantly got to meet many of the passionate owners behind the beer. Thanks for sharing your creations with us.

Today, we'll be heading North to the Upper Peninsula, to visit two of the nominees there. Sunday will be the Northern Lower Peninsula. We'll post our complete schedule later today. Please join us for a pint if you can.

Our top ten list will be out on August 4. We'll also share be sure to share a complete list of all the nominees, so you can plan your next beer tour with ease.

Beasts of the East

#1-North Center Brewing Company, Norhtville

#2-Kickstand Brewing, Commerce Township

#3-Redline Brewery, Burton

Best of the West

#1-Trailpoint Brewing, Allendale

#2-Millgrove Brewing, Allegan

#3-Perrin Brewing, Comstock Park

Trolls and Yoopers

#1-Cognition Brewing, Ishpeming

#2-Stormcloud Brewing, Frankfort

#3-Hoplot, Suttons Bay

Southwest Style

#1-Final Gravity, Decatur

#2-One Well Brewing, Kalamazoo

#3-Territorial Brewing, Battle Creek

In the Middle

#1-Tecumseh Brewing, Tecumseh

#2-Cotton Brewing Company, Adrian

#3-Ellison Brewery and Spirits, East Lansing