Michigan Distilleries

Welcome to “The Wolverine State,” a beautiful location along the great lakes and with easy access to Canada! Michigan has so much to offer the nature enthusiast, from lakeside camping to natural forests, and more! While you’re in this beautiful state, you’ll probably be visiting some of the fifty Michigan distilleries, too! Let’s take a look at what Michigan has to offer the distillery enthusiast:

If you want to make things easy and do a quick trip to some Michigan distilleries, your best bet is to fly into Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. You’ll find three distilleries right in Detroit, and several more within an hour’s driving distance of you: Rusted Crow Spirits in Dearborn (13m), Valentine Distilling Co. in Ferndale (17m), Weiss Distilling Co. in Clawson (21m), Motor City Gas Whiskey Distillery in Royal Oak (21m), Ann Arbor Distilling Company in Ann Arbor (42m), Temperance Distilling Company in Temperance (53m), and Ugly Dog Distillery in Chelsea (54m).

If you want to go on a road trip up to the northwestern area of Michigan, we recommend hitting distilleries in Thompsonville, Traverse City, Suttons Bay, Lake Leelanau, Central Lake, Boyne Falls, and Petoskey. There are so many Michigan distilleries sprinkled across this beautiful state that it makes it hard to plan exactly where to go while you’re here – we’re sure you’ll be back another time to knock some distilleries off your to-do list!

If you’re the kind of person that wants to see the best of the Michigan distilleries, we highly recommend Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Grand Traverse Distillery in Traverse City, and Detroit City Distillery in Detroit. You’ll also notice that there are six Michigan distilleries in Grand Rapids, making it a great spot to tour, too!

Regardless of how you choose to spend your time visiting Michigan distilleries, make it worthwhile, unwind, and relax a little bit – sipping on some spirits will certainly help!

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