Events - Hopcat, Grand Rapids MI 616-451-HOPS

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Weekly Events

Monday Michigan Mondays

Each week the Chief Beer Geek picks his favorite Michigan beers and gives you a deal on them. Say Yes! to Michigan. From 6 - 9pm.

Tuesday Ladies Night

Who appreciates the ladies like HopCat? NO ONE! Come on down for 25% off appetizers & draft specials all night for the ladies. Every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm.

Tuesday $3 Tuesdays

Our Chief Beer Geek shows you some love with $3 specials - check the board or ask your server for today's picks! Every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm.

Wednesday Pitchers & Wings

Our Wings rock (unlike the band). You should have some. Need a little arm twist?... On Wednesdays after 6pm, Wings are $.50 each (minimum 6) until they are all gone or until 9pm. Not a sweet enough deal? Okay, how about this...Pitchers are 25% off as well from 6pm until 9pm. Gather your friends and co-workers (not necessarily mutually exclusive) and head down for some good food, some good beer, and a good time!

Wednesday D.R.A.F.T. Card Night

Even deeper discounts for our D.R.A.F.T. card members $2 off our drafts & 25% off appetizers - all night!

Thursday $3 Thursdays

Our Chief Beer Geek shows you some love with $3 specials - check the board or ask your server for today's picks! Every Thursday from 6pm to 9pm.

Sunday Industry Night

HopCat shares the love with our service industry brethren with 25% from 9-Close.

Monday Monday-Friday Special

Our infamous Monday-Friday 4PM-6PM Special - What could be better than a burger and a beer for $6?? Choose any $4 Michigan made beer or any HopCat beer to go with your delicious burger. An unbeatable deal! NOTE: On concert nights, we reserve the right to not offer this special. Sorry to be stingy, but when we have a pre-concert rush, our kitchen is just too slammed to keep up with the burger specials. Call ahead if you need to know! (and my hearty apologies to Kristen and friends - my bad)

Upcoming Events

2/14/2010 Valentine's Day Beer Dinner

Nothing says "I love you" like beer! Join us for a sexy version of our wonderful beer dinners featuring a special Valentine's menu that's sure to get you on the train to booty town.

Course One

Fresh flower salad with arugula, fresh berries, and raspberry vinaigrette

Paired with Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus Raspberry Lambic

Course Two

Oysters (variety to TBD) topped with vanilla stout foam

Paired with Deu De'Ceil Aphrodisiac Vanilla Cocoa Stout

Course Three

Chocolate Chili Rubbed Flank Steak served with garlic asiago mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus

Paired with Fantome Chocolat

Course Four

House made Ginger Honey Ice Cream topped with cinnamon goat cheese fritters

Paired with Makana iQhilika Mead

2/16/2010 PCBG

Come hang out with cool chicks to drink and talk about great beer.

2/16/2010 Fat Tuesday, Baby!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez! Come join us for a Cajun Crawl through the arena district. Take part in the 2nd annual "World's First Motionless Parade" and done eat too many paczki so that you can enjoy our special Mardi Gras Menu featuring

Shrimp and Andouille Sausage

Gator Bites

Blackened Catfish

You can cool the Cajun fire with specials on

Abita Purple Haze

Turbo dog

Hurricanes

Sazeracs

2/19/2010 C-Snip's Bow-Wow & brews fundraiser at the UICA

Come out to make $$ for a great local cause featuring HopCat food and (of course!) beer. In addition to great food and drink for humans, we will have bowser brew and homemade (by me!) spent grain dog biscuits for your fuzzy friends. 6-9PM

2/20/2010 Beer School

With all the "big boys" talking about their drinkability and triple hops, and the fact that "craft" Blue Moon is in fact owned by Coors we thought we'd provide a lesson in macro vs. micro. 3PM $5

2/22/2010 Michigan Brewers Guild Beer Fest Monday

Yeah. You know how we have Michigan beer specials on Monday? We're taking it to a whole new level to get ready you for beer fest. Steve will pick a few to feature for $3

2/26/2010 Winter Beer Fest Pre-Party

As we gear up for Beer Fest, we'll be featuring lots of special beers from your favorite Michigan breweries as well as some special firkins: a sour from Arbor Brewing Company and a dry hopped mead from B. Netar. The fun starts at 6PM

2/27/2010 Michigan Winter Beer Fest!

Grab your warmest hat and start with a belly-warming high gravity my dearies - it's here! The HopCat Express will be running so you don't have to worry about driving and parking. We'll leave around 11AM and return around 6 (Fest runs from 12-5, so you can do the math)...It'll set you back 10 bones. Our bus features a tap system and we'll give you some pretzel necklaces to munch on, plus all the fun of riding on the "short bus".

You can also buy beer fest tickets at HopCat - $35 now, $40 the day of the show.

2/27/2010 Beer Fest Post Party

It's sure to be a who's who of Michigan breweries that you won't want to miss. Make sure you stop by the HopCat booth to get a voucher or hang onto your ticket stub to skip cover. There will be plenty of Michigan Brewing rockstars for you to schmooz with as well as 48 Michigan beers on tap and some special firkins for you enjoy.

A note about cover:

Dear casual HopCat patrons,

We love you and don't mean to treat you like second class citizens, BUT, a ton of folks come into town just for beer fest and disperse themselves among one of the many great beer bars and brew pubs here in GR. Cover for folks that haven't been to beerfest is our way of trying to make room for them - hope you understand