Pontiac Brewing Tribe

08/24/2026

What a great weekend it was at MHF!

PBT celebrated our 30th anniversary with all the hbc's from all over Michigan!
Pamela turned 21 this year with a toast and Birthday cake on Sat!
See pic below...

Usual Suspects & PBT created the Farfrumpuken Biergarten with assorted hbc's beers on tap all weekend!
Big success!
It'll be back in '27!

Congrats to:
Royal Oak hbc
Gang Beer winner!
PBT's ...

Deadgrass award:
Usual Suspects for their 250th anniversary theme. Very cool!

And a very special shout out to PBT's own Al Selberg for winning BOS (Best of Show beer) in the Michigan Beer Cup!
A German Pils aptly named "Hell Ya".
We're just as shocked as anyone...🤣
Awsome job Al!

Great job per usual by the MHF event crew!
Thanks again to Dan Frechette for all your support of the Michigan Beer Cup and MHF over many years!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!
Plus BOS Beer '26! 🍺
Hell Ya!

08/13/2026

Usual Suspects HBC are hosting & tapping their charity IPA colab beer featuring Great Lakes Malting Co grains and Top Hops Farm Hops!
Pure Michigan! 💯%
greatlakesmalting.com
tophopsfarm.com

When & where:
Sat. at Kickstand Brewery 1pm!
Link below...

Stop by and say hello and support our local brewery plus a great charity at the same time! Win-Win! 🍻
Thanks for the invite U.S.
See everyone Saturday!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

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Great Lakes Malting Company in Traverse City, Michigan supplies premium malted grains to craft brewers and distillers across the Midwest, offering consistent quality, local sourcing, and expert support for brewing and distilling needs.

07/26/2026

Urbanrest Smash beer comp results:

Over 200 votes were casts for the Smash beers today!
A packed house enjoying these fantastic homebrews this afternoon!

Thanks to Zack and the awsome crew at UrbanRest for hosting & supporting the homebrew community here in Michigan!

Results:
1. Ken Cleary
DH Belgian Single

2. Scott Kimble & Anton Pugh.
English Pale Ale

3.Nick Donnellson
Hazy Brut IPA.
PBT member...👍

Congrats to the winners!
It was a very close finish.

Look for Ken Cleary's Smash beer to be on tap in the near future!

PBT's next event is the Michigan Homebrew Festival in August at Camp Agawam!
See you all there!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

Nick & Dave serving their beers...

07/13/2026

Big Brew Review '26

PBT held its 15th annual homebrew competition at Cadillac Straits Brewery!
Thank you to Gary and Gordie for supporting homebrewers & hbc's in Michigan all these years!
Much appreciated!
And Stec for being a great host Saturday!
We'll all miss the brewery and supply house for sure!

There final day will be Saturday July 18th!
Be sure to stop by as they have some awsome beers saved for the party!

Competition results:
Peoples Choice winners:

HM- Naren T. Farmhouse Ale
HM- Nick Donnellson, Neipa
3rd- Steve Zimnie IPL
2nd- Tony Greening, Chocolate Cherry Sout
1st- Peter Jones, Honey Blonde ale.

Brewer's Choice winners:
HM- Naren T. Farmhouse Ale
HM- Nick Donnellson
3rd- Sue Sullivan, Hibiscus Wit.
2nd- Peter Jones, Honey Blonde ale.
1st- Tony Greening, Chocolate Cherry Sout.
It was very close between 1st & 3rd places!

Thanks to ALL homebrewers who brewed at RMBC in May & entered their beers for judging Sat!

*Finally thanks to our proud sponsors!Rochester Mills Brewing Company,
Great Lakes Malting Company. & Michigan Hop Allience for supporting homebrewers in this great homebrew state!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

06/08/2026

PBT weekend,

We had two awsome brew days Sat & Sun!

Saturday we brewed with the Usual Suspects hbc at their annual brew for a cause charity event!
Thanks to Keith and Amy for hosting all of us for this worthy cause! It was another great brew day!

Sunday we brewed at Urbanrest's Sma$h beer competition.
Another great brew day with some of Michigan's best homebrewers!
Stop back July 26th Noon-4pm for the Sma$h beer comp.
The winning beer will be brewed on Urbanrest's system!

PBT's next event is our Big Brew Review July 11th 2-6pm at Cadillac Straits Brewery!
This is a free event 21& over...
Beers from our Big Brew Day (May 16th) will be judged for Brewers Choice and Peoples choice 1-3rd with great prizes for the winners!
Stop by to judge the homebrews and support our local brewery and supply house!

Happy homebrewing and we’ll see you soon!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

Doug, Dave, Preston & Jeromy. L-R
Brew for a cause Sat.
Nick chillin and brewing at Urbanrest Brewing Company

05/31/2026

Thanks to Nick & Becky for hosting PBT's "Brew for the Cup" day Saturday!
It was a beautiful day for homebrewing!

Members brewed beers for the Michigan Beer Cup & Michigan State Fair Homebrew competitions.
Good luck to all!

Next Saturday June 6th we're splitting up our brewers for 2 different days.

We'll be at UrbanRest Brewery for their sma$h beer competition and the Usual Suspects annual brew a thon at Keith Manchesters house!
Check out their posts for all the information about those great brewing events!

If you're going to The Usual Suspects charity brew day please donate to this year's charity!
Plus they'll have a charity raffle also.
As always cash is king!

See everyone at one or both events!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

05/19/2026

BIG THANKS to Rochester Mills Beer Co. & their new head brewer Eric Straw for hosting PBT's 15th annual
"Mi largest ALL GRAIN homebrew day"!
What a great homebrew day!

15 year totals:
Batches: 1116
Gallons: 903
8gal avg batch size...
Avg 74 brewers per year...

All brewers showed up despite a bit of rain in the am.
It's always great to brew & catch up with everyone!

Homebrewers won over $4000 worth of homebrew related prizes from our generous sponsors during the raffle. Congrats!

A special thanks to Jeff Malkiewicz from Great Lakes Malting Co.https://www.greatlakesmalting.com/ for the grain & Brian Tennis from Michigan Hop Allience https://hopalliance.com for the Mi. hops again this year! All Michigan ingredients for 3yrs now!

The 2nd part of our brew day is Big Brew Review July 11th 2-6pm at Cadillac Straits Brewery. Beers brewed Sat will complete for Brewer's choice and Peoples choice medals and prizes.
Details to follow...

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

* Please post any pictures you have of the brew day!

05/16/2026

Rain has stopped. The sun is out. We are brewing.

05/16/2026

Happy Big Brew Day. It's a little wet this morning. But we're still in back of Rochester Mills Brewery brewing. Come out and see us. Raffle @3

05/15/2026

It's finally here!

MICHIGAN'S LARGEST ALL GRAIN HOMEBREW DAY '26!

SAT MAY 16TH 9am (No early birds please)...
ROCHESTER MILLS BEER CO!

PRO TIPS:
-Cash for $10 registration and raffle
-Sanitized howler/growler for WLP 090 yeast.
-Wheeled cart for hot water transport.
-Hoses and especially splitters for cold water.
-Pop ups?
-Chairs for chillin...
-NO electric outlets...
-Bring your own food/snacks. No grills please....
-Clean brewing gear on grass only. Spent grain in dumpsters on the left, NOT cardboard only dumpster.

Most importantly your fermentables to share with everyone while brewing!

Not brewing, stop by for our awsome homebrew related raffle ~3pm!...
Going to be another great day!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
Celebrating 30yrs of homebrewing!

Grand Prizes!

3 & 5gal ball lock kegs in the Cool Brewing Koozies.
-Milwaukee Instruments MW102 digital Temp/Refractometer. -2 full Co2 tanks with dual gages.
- 1.6gal ball lock keg.
-Red Head 5L Oak Barrel.
-A Spike Brewing $100 gift card.

GOOD LUCK!