Third Life Brewing Company

Third Life Brewing Company A community focused nano brewery located in a historic city on the northern shores of Lake Michigan

This page is merely a place holder for when our location is decided. Until then, check here for updates on all of our newest brews!

Thank you Andy and Glover from Starving Artist Brewing Co for the photo opportunity in the brew house 🤔
06/05/2026

Thank you Andy and Glover from Starving Artist Brewing Co for the photo opportunity in the brew house 🤔

🚨 New Beerahs 🚨 Well, well, well. It’s been quiet on the page for a minute but we’ve been cranking out some new beerahs...
05/30/2026

🚨 New Beerahs 🚨

Well, well, well. It’s been quiet on the page for a minute but we’ve been cranking out some new beerahs for everyone - and dare I say, this might just be my favorite tap list we’ve had since we’ve opened 🤐

Loaded Weiss - Hefeweizen

Traditionally brewed with pilsner and wheat malt, lightly hopped and fermented with a classic Hefeweizen strain. We shoot for balance with our Hef, an even blend of banana and clove. Super crushable summer time beer!

East Winds Lager - Vienna Lager

A German Lager featuring a high percentage of Vienna Malt, notes of biscuit, and a slight sweetness. My personal favorite lager that I brew here, currently served on the Side Pull tap!

Mark-A-Rita Gosé - Sour Wheat Beer

When the opportunity presents itself to name a beer after my good ol’ pal, we embrace it! Brewed with sea salt, fresh lime zest and agave. We keep getting asked for sours, so here ya’ll are - but be warned, it’s enamel stripping sour 🫪!

SS Chillkowiak - Cold IPA

Common theme here, there’s a few favorite beers of mine on this list, and this is yet another one. First brewed a year or two ago - I decided to bring this one back, a few minor tweaks for this batch (more hops, duh!). Brewed with Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade, Citra, and Amarillo. Bone dry, crisp, and fermented low and slow with a traditional lager yeast. Piney and dank, just the way an IPA should be 🌲

Joeltage Overload - Hazy IPA

With a freshie fresh batch hitting the taps last night - this one had a slight tweak to the hop bill. Hit with Dolcita, Sabro, and Nectaron hops - notes of creamy coconut and all the tropical fruits you could imagine. Soft mouthfeel, minimal bitterness, and best of all, you can’t see through it - totally instant gram worthy 🤪

🚨 New Hat Drop 🚨 Whelp, our friends at The Artisan Barn strike again with yet another stunning hat! These will be avail...
05/20/2026

🚨 New Hat Drop 🚨

Whelp, our friends at The Artisan Barn strike again with yet another stunning hat! These will be available starting this Friday, May 22, in limited quantities (because I’m going to keep half of them for myself 🤪)!

🚨 4 Year Anniversary Beerah 🚨 It’s not too soon to start hyping up some releases for our anniversary party, is it?! Thi...
05/18/2026

🚨 4 Year Anniversary Beerah 🚨

It’s not too soon to start hyping up some releases for our anniversary party, is it?!

This year we’re planning 4 barrel aged beers to celebrate, and the first one to announce is one that’s been in the making for a quite some time!

A dear friend of mine, and exquisite chef, Jared, owns a breakfast/lunch restaurant here in Manistee - so it only makes sense that we brewed a breakfast stout! Utilizing his custom roast blend of coffee, as well as maple syrup from our friends at Busy Beaver Maple Syrup Co, the stout is being laid to rest for several months in a Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrel! We’ll be releasing this beer in November for our 4-year anniversary - so get your calendars marked (official date TBD), it’s coming up quick!

Cheers to Chef Jared and Company for joining us in crafting this collaboration, and we look forward to sharing it with everyone soon! 🍻

4 years is coming up quick…. 🤔 😉
05/11/2026

4 years is coming up quick…. 🤔 😉

🛑 Sunday Closure Reminder 🛑 Just a reminder that we will be closed today, Sunday, May 2nd for scheduled maintenance! We...
05/03/2026

🛑 Sunday Closure Reminder 🛑

Just a reminder that we will be closed today, Sunday, May 2nd for scheduled maintenance! We will also be closed the following Sundays for further maintenance and upgrades:

May 10
May 17

We appreciate your understanding as we prepare for our upcoming season! We do have some good news however! Pictured below are three of our upcoming releases that will be coming out over the next couple of weeks, along with another 6/7 (ha!) NEW brews! Good times ahead folks!!! 🍻

🚨 New Beerah’s Incoming 🚨 First and foremost, I want to give a big shout out to our friends Great Lakes Malting Company ...
05/01/2026

🚨 New Beerah’s Incoming 🚨

First and foremost, I want to give a big shout out to our friends Great Lakes Malting Company for their continued support! We’re proud to be brewing almost exclusively with all Michigan grown malt, supporting our farming industry across the state, as well as those employed by the malt house in Traverse City! Here’s to you Jeff 🍻 and all that you guys do for our brewing industry!

Now, with all that sappy stuff out of the way, let’s talk about some exciting new brews we’ve got coming out over the coming weeks, all featuring malt from GLMC! As these beers hit our taps, we’ll be posting in real-time, as for now - our tap list is pretty stellar as it is 🤪

Tree Four Kölsch:
A traditionally brewed Kölsch, light and crisp with subtle apple/pear undertones

East Winds Lager - Vienna Lager
Notes of bread/biscuit with a subtle sweet finish!

Noble Knights Nectar - ESB
An English style beer known for its lighter body, but stronger flavor for a lower ABV beer. Notes of caramel, toffee, and biscuit.

Wes(Ty) - Single IPA
Our OG IPA is coming back in its original form featuring ALL Citra hops!

Double Black Rye IPA (Name TBD)
A black IPA amped up in the ABV department and brewed with a recently resurrected Rye Malt grown right here in Michigan! Hit with Centennial, Simcoe, Chinook, and Columbus hops!

Hefeweizen (Name TBD)
A traditional wheat style beer known for the flavor contribution from the yeast (Banana/Clove)!

Margarita Gosé (Name TBD)
A German style sour (whaaaaat?!) wheat beer with a dash of salt and coriander! We felt inspired and went a little left field with this one and added some Agave sugar as well as fresh lime zest to mimic the flavors of a classic margarita!

SS Chillkowiak - Cold IPA
We’re bringing this old favorite back! Brewed with Rice and lager yeast then cold conditioned for a cleaner, crisper finish!

There’s more in the pipeline, but for now - this should suffice 😅

🛑 Closed On Sundays 🛑 For what we are calling “Maintenance May”, we’re going to be closed on Sundays for the next few we...
04/30/2026

🛑 Closed On Sundays 🛑

For what we are calling “Maintenance May”, we’re going to be closed on Sundays for the next few weeks as we fix some things around the taproom and brewhouse to better serve our customers and maintain some sanity for myself whilst brewing! We tentatively plan on reopening Sundays starting May 24th!

🚨 Coming Soon 🚨 Cheers to our friends at Tap House Bo for hanging out with us the last couple of days as we brewed a BRA...
04/29/2026

🚨 Coming Soon 🚨

Cheers to our friends at Tap House Bo for hanging out with us the last couple of days as we brewed a BRAND NEW style for us at the taproom! It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know Martha and Rob since they’ve been coming to the taproom, so when they mentioned brewing a beer together, the answer was easy!

We love working with our local community and fellow business owners, and this beer was a joy to develop with them! We brewed a Double Black Rye IPA, featuring Rye malt from Great Lakes Malting Company, which has a crazy story itself, and I’ll be posting more about later! Until then, the wait begins for this newest creation to hit our taps! 🍻

🚨 New Merch 🚨 Wooo! We just received our first new merchandise of the season! We’ve got 4 different style hats, as wel...
04/06/2026

🚨 New Merch 🚨

Wooo! We just received our first new merchandise of the season! We’ve got 4 different style hats, as well as engraved 40oz Double Walled Stainless Steel water bottles!

Thank you to The Artisan Barn for this recent drop!

Address

254 River Street
Manistee, MI
49660

Opening Hours

Wednesday 3pm - 8pm
Thursday 3pm - 8pm
Friday 3pm - 9pm
Saturday 3pm - 9pm
Sunday 3pm - 8pm

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