Pontiac Brewing Tribe

Pontiac Brewing Tribe We are a member club of the American Homebrewers Association. We strive to make better beer and share in the camaraderie of fellow craft beer enthusiasts.

PBT was invited to help judge UrbanRest Brewery Lagers only homebrew comp Sunday!Beers were brewed on site for Learn to ...
01/05/2026

PBT was invited to help judge UrbanRest Brewery Lagers only homebrew comp Sunday!
Beers were brewed on site for Learn to Homebrew Day in Nov.
Lots of great lagers styles!

Top 3 lagers:
-Midwestern lager by Phil Reik
-Polotmave Specialni,
aka Semi-dark lager by Eric Boyle & Mike Liniham.

The winner:
-West Coast Pilsner by Josh Linn & Rex Mclincha.
Their beer will be brewed on UrbanRest's system in the near future. Congrats to Josh & Rex!

Thanks to UrbanRest Brewery for hosting and supporting the homebrew community in Michigan!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

Huge thx to the Usual Suspects hbc for inviting PBT & SNOBS hbc to the smoked Bock release Saturday!Plus a tour of the b...
12/15/2025

Huge thx to the Usual Suspects hbc for inviting PBT & SNOBS hbc to the smoked Bock release Saturday!
Plus a tour of the brewhouse!

Adam (brewer) mentioned Kickstand recently acquired Draft Horse Brewery in S. Lyon.
We suggested the new name be KS 2..😉

The smoked Bock was outstanding plus their
belgian triple, birch bark porter and double birch bark porter were fantastic as well!
Great job Adam!

It truly was another successful homebrew/brewery co-lab day!
We may see if it's possible to have a meeting there soon?

Thx again for the invite!
See everyone at MHF Winterfest in March!
Happy Holidays!🍻

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

PBT was out at the Kris Kringle Market in downtown Rochester volunteering again Saturday. Kris Kringle is part European ...
12/08/2025

PBT was out at the Kris Kringle Market in downtown Rochester volunteering again Saturday.

Kris Kringle is part European market, lights, unique vendors, musical entertainment and a warming (beer) tent!
It was another fun & successful volunteer event helping Rochester DDA & The Mills brewing co!

Our next volunteer event is the Fire and Ice Festival in January!
Happy Holidays everyone!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

11/30/2025

Pontiac Mead Society has a new page please follow.

A big thanks to Rustic Leaf Brewery for hosting Pontiac Mead Society's 7th anniversary celebration Saturday!A Mead club ...
11/30/2025

A big thanks to Rustic Leaf Brewery for hosting Pontiac Mead Society's 7th anniversary celebration Saturday!

A Mead club that was spawned out of Pontiac Brewing Tribe and The Society of North Oakland Brewers (SNOB's) hbc in 2018.

Many meads were shared and talked about including the oldest melomel from 2014.

Everyone have a great holiday season and we'll see you all in 2026!

*Look for our brand new page coming soon to a hive near you...

Drink Mead Bee Happy! 🐝

Rich took second place at Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers annual Chili Cookoff. A fun time was had by everyone attending. Al...
10/19/2025

Rich took second place at Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers annual Chili Cookoff. A fun time was had by everyone attending. All 17 chili's were delicious.

This is a fun event. Come out and enjoy great chili and great beer. Rich will be entering a chili.
10/03/2025

This is a fun event. Come out and enjoy great chili and great beer. Rich will be entering a chili.

Big thanks to Nick and Becky for hosting PBT's 2nd annual fresh/wet hop brew day Sat!Beers were brewed for our 4th annua...
09/15/2025

Big thanks to Nick and Becky for hosting PBT's 2nd annual fresh/wet hop brew day Sat!
Beers were brewed for our 4th annual Sma$h beer comp at our upcoming October 14th meeting!

Remember we decided at the September meeting you can enter more than one Sma$h beer this year!
You could win the coveted Sma$h beer trophy and more importantly bragging rights for the year!
Nick won it last year.
Who will it be this year?
Good luck to all!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

Another epic Michigan Homebrew Festival is in the books.From the kickoff toast Thur to the final beer poured Sat night.....
08/17/2025

Another epic Michigan Homebrew Festival is in the books.
From the kickoff toast Thur to the final beer poured Sat night...

We've never seen so many Blackstones, grills and smokers at club sites!
The food served all weekend proves homebrewers are awsome foodies as well...

Matched perfectly with all the great homebrews, ciders, meads and "other " fermentables to sample!

The food p**n pic of the festival definitely was the 100+ chickens roasting on spickets at the AABG site! They were delicious!
Thx for sharing with every club!

PBT did very well in the Mi Beer Cup comp this year! Picking up 7 medals plus the High Gravity award/plaque for highest average score of all the entries! 🏆
Congrats to the 7 winners!
Awards ceremony video attached.
Thx to Keepers of the Craft hbc for that!

Special thanks to PBT's event coordinator Marcus/Beersquatch for his awsome job all weekend!
His Fat Elvis French Toast placed 2nd this year.

Please post any additional pix that you may have!
Wedding pix anyone?

Looking forward to '26 MHF when PBT celebrates our 30th anniversary and Pamela's 21st B-day!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
pontiacbrewingtribe.com About joining PBT.
Michigan Beer Cup Video 2025 Link
https://share.google/tX8WhpFmoXYUnejrZ

Thanks to all the homebrewers who brought their beers Sat for the Big Brew Review!Special thanks to Gordie and the outst...
07/13/2025

Thanks to all the homebrewers who brought their beers Sat for the Big Brew Review!
Special thanks to Gordie and the outstanding crew at Cadillac Straits Brewery for hosting the event again this year!

The winners:
PEOPLE'S CHOICE:
1st: Jeff Fijal, Bourbon cream stout.
2nd: Steve and Kyle Anderson, Strawberry blonde.
3rd: Ed Radzioch, Czech Pils.
HM: Peter Jones, Ipa.
HM: Zach Hyso, Fruit beer.

BREWER'S CHOICE:
1st: Steve and Kyle Anderson, Strawberry blonde.
2nd: Jeff Fijal, Bourbon cream stout.
3rd: Ed Radzioch, Czech Pils.
HM: Ron Hyso, Bock.
HM: Joe Tyszkowski, Ipa.

Congrats to the winners of both categories! We had some great homebrews to vote on this year! 1st & 2nd place in both categories were decided by 1 vote...

Our next event is the Michigan Homebrew Festival in August! mhfsite.com

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

07/11/2025

*****Attention *****
Homebrewers,

Looking for a fun & free homebrew event this weekend? Do you need homebrew supplies for your next beer? Check this out!

Cadillac Straits Brewery & supply house!
Tomorrow 3-6pm
Awards ~5:30pm.
PBT's Big Brew Review.
Sample and vote on your favorite homebrews from some of the best homebrewers in Michigan!
They will be pouring their beers and answering any questions you have.

It's free and open to the public 21 & over please!
See you tomorrow!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
We brew the beer we drink!

07/03/2025

PBT's 14th annual Big Brew Review:
July 12th, 3pm-6pm.
Set up 2:30pm.
Cadillac Straits Brewery.

Judging beers brewed on May 17th at Rochester Mills Beer Co.

Brewers & Peoples Choice judging 1-3rd.
Custom medals & awsome homebrew related prizes to the winners!

*PLEASE fill out the attached survey so we can properly staff for the competition.

As always this event is free and open to the public. 21 & over please!
Be sure to pick up your brewing supplies while there...

Looking forward to another great homebrew comp!
Good luck to all brewers!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
We brew the beer we drink!

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We Meet Every Second Tuesday Of The Month @6:30 Pm, 400 Water Street
Rochester, MI
48307

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