Atwater Brewery
Detroit craft brewery founded in 1997 in the Rivertown neighborhood.
Last updated September 11, 2026
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Overview
Atwater Brewery is a Detroit craft beer pioneer founded in 1997 in the Rivertown neighborhood. Its portfolio includes beers such as Dirty Blonde, Vanilla Java Porter, Atwater IPA, Atwater Lager, and Detroit City Juice Hazy IPA. The brewery operates three taprooms in Detroit's Rivertown neighborhood, Grosse Pointe Park, and Grand Rapids, and its beers are available across Detroit and Michigan.
History
Atwater Brewery was founded in 1997 in Detroit's Rivertown neighborhood, when the area's streets were pocked with potholes and lined with abandoned warehouses. The brewery describes itself as a Michigan craft beer pioneer, founded with a philosophy that hard work deserves a quality beer. It has operated through good times and bad in Detroit and states it is here now to lift a glass to Detroit's renaissance and resurgence. Its beers pay tribute to the spirit of Detroit, the grit that built the city, and the attitude that something is earned not given. The brewery operates three taprooms: in Detroit's Rivertown neighborhood, in Grosse Pointe Park, and in Grand Rapids. Its beers can be found at establishments across Detroit and Michigan.
Products and positioning
Michigan craft beer pioneer with a philosophy that hard work deserves a quality beer; beers pay tribute to the spirit of Detroit.
Wheat ale brewed with orange peel and coriander
Detroit's Light Craft Lager
Coffee-Flavored Porter, crafted with vanilla notes
Dirty Blonde
Vanilla Java Porter
Atwater IPA
Atwater Lager
Detroit City Juice Hazy IPA
Recent events
- Unconfirmed
Atwater Brewery offers discounted drinks to vaccinated customers[5]
Reported:
Atwater Brewery is offering its beer or seltzer for $1 to customers who show proof of vaccination, and for ten cents to vaccinated health care and front-line workers. The offer is limited to one per person.
Molson Coors to acquire Atwater Brewery[6]
Reported:
Atwater Brewery announced that it will be acquired by Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the U.S. craft division of Molson Coors Beverage Co. The transaction was expected to close within the next few months; its terms were not disclosed.
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