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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

3/13/2010 Hell Yes! Bike Sprints
HopCat gets turned into a regular Tour De France...IN HELL! You don’t gotta wear spandex to come check this out. Brett is brewing a special beer just for the event. Registration starts at noon and the sprints start at 1pm and go until 5pm.
3/14/2010 North Peak Beer Dinner 6PM
Join us in welcoming North Peak for another fabulous beer dinner. We'll be serving up four courses paired with for fantastic NP beers for a paltry $35. Mike (The Brewer) & Mike (The Rep) will be here too.

Course One

  • Stuffed Pork Nachos with slow roasted Siren Amber marinated pork, topped with shredded pepper jack, cilantro, and fresh lime juice
  • Paired with Siren Amber

    Course Two

  • Peach Salad with fresh mixed greens, goat cheese & walnuts
  • Paired with Majestic Wheat

    Course Three

  • Steak Wrap with house made pear-onion relish, house made blue cheese dressing & spinach
  • Paired with Diabolical IPA

    Course Four

  • Citrus Gelato with ‘nilla wafers (which always make me think of my Aunt Ruby's Banana Pudding. Jim, can you make Banana Pudding? God, I miss that woman)
  • Paired with Hopped Wheat
  • 3/17/2010 St. Patrick's Day
    We'll have the beer chilled, the beef corned, and the luck...lucked? Join us for what is fast becoming a GR tradition. Live irish music all day long and plenty of great beer, Irish and otherwise, to shake a shillelagh at, or whatever.

    Green beer? Don't even ask.

    Guinness? Yeah, I like it too, but you can find it at any other bar on the street.

  • Live music - Angry Piper 11am - 1pm
  • Rich O’Burkholder 1pm - 4pm
  • An Dro 5pm - 8pm
  • The Lash - a GR St. Pat's must-see from 9pm - Midnight Beer features from Arcadia, Arbor, Bells, HopCat, Shorts, & O'Hara’s HopCat beers:
  • Step Child Red
  • Unlucky Dry Irish Stout (formally known as Admiral Akbar's "It's a trap!" Stout) got a better name for this? Drop me a line!
  • 3/20/2010 Beer School - Nice Cans!
    Bottle v. keg as storage method - pros and cons. Discuss!
    3/23/2010 Big Sky Brewing Co. Debut 6PM
    Come on down and get acquaint yourself with Missoula's favorite brewery as they feature their beers for the first time anywhere in Michigan.
    3/28/2010 Founders Beer Dinner
    Seeing as how this is a special beer dinner to celebrate on of North America’s greatest breweries and we are doing 5 great beers paired with food....$45 6pm (I am coming home a couple of days early from somewhere warm and sunny just to attend this dinner - surely you should come too!)

    Course One

  • Pear Salad with arugula & asiago
  • Paired with Founder’s Pale.

    Course Two

  • Wild Mushroom & Barley Porter Soup with spent grain crackers.
  • Paired with Founder’s Porter.

    Course Three

  • Backwoods Bastard BBQ Braised Beef Sliders (say it fives times fast!) with sweet potato fries & whiskey/maple syrup reduction
  • Paired with Founder’s Backwoods Bastard

    Course Four

  • Spicy Shark Steak with blue rice (note to self: Give Jim a raise)
  • Paired with Nemesis

    Course Five

  • Espresso-Whiskey Tiramisu with KBS reduction
  • Paired with Founder’s Kentucky Breakfast Stout