The Mitten Brewing Company Production Facility

OUR HISTORY

The Mitten Brewing Company was founded in November 2012 by lifelong friends Chris Andrus and Max Trierweiler. Located in historic Engine House No. 9, The Mitten is a vintage baseball-themed microbrewery/pizzeria with a focus on community involvement and charitable giving. Andrus and Trierweiler were dedicated homebrewers who saw an opportunity to broaden the city’s craft beer scene and also have an impact on the community at large.

Lifelong residents of Grand Rapids, The Mitten’s founders sought to add a unique establishment – a craft brewery where sports enthusiasts felt welcome – to the city’s growing craft beer community. The West Side of Grand Rapids, which hasn’t been home to a working brewery since Prohibition, was the perfect location. Andrus and Trierweiler saw an opportunity for growth and redevelopment on the Leonard Street corridor, and were confident that new investment would foster it.