North Peak & Grizzly Peak Beers
August 4, 2009 // Design + Food & Drinks



Check out this great packaging design for Michigan based Northern United Brewing Company, who have some really great looking beers. The packaging design was created by Neatly Trimmed Beard, made to have “an old-timey log cabin vibe,” which I’m totally feeling. The overall aesthetic definitely reminds me of the midwestern vibe of the 50’s and 60’s cans (click here for some great old school beer cans) and the simplicity of the design with the bold colors really makes them pop.

Does anyone know if I can get these in Los Angeles or order them online?

Found through The Dieline

Update: Also check under the cut for the advertisements that go with the beers as well. Really kind of funny with some great images.









Bobby

  1. If you like old school beer cans, check out The Wall at Studio on Fire, a Minneapolis design and letterpress studio: http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/07/its-superior/

    Comment by Allison — August 4, 2009 #

  2. Wow I love their branding. The bottle is like the Red Stripe bottle. Good stuff.

    Comment by nerdski — August 4, 2009 #

  3. Bobby, if you find out, let me know. I LIVE in Michigan (close to Traverse City, even) and have never once seen these. Anywhere. They may be new, but I’ve never even heard of the breweries.

    And I want one in my hands right now.

    Comment by Meg — August 4, 2009 #

  4. Michigan only for now Bobby. Might be available online in the first half of next year, we’d imagine.

    Thanks for the nice words. Happy you liked everything. Big fans of your site. Carry on.

    Neatly Trimmed Beard

    Comment by Neatly Trimmed Beard — August 4, 2009 #

  5. And to Meg, North Peak is in downtown Traverse City right on W Front St. Check it out sometime — it’s fun. Grizzly Peak is in Ann Arbor. These will be on shelves this summer. Enjoy!

    Neatly Trimmed Beard

    Comment by Neatly Trimmed Beard — August 4, 2009 #

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  7. And some background…

    Northern United Brewing Company is the new venture which has Ron Jeffries, brewmaster of Jolly Pumpkin (and before that, of the Grizzly Peak pub in Ann Arbor), as its president. NUBC owns Jolly Pumpkin (Artisan Ales) which has expanded from its Dexter, MI brewing location (with small attached café) to both Ann Arbor (opening on Main St. this September) and to Traverse City where Jolly Pumpkin Old Mission opened in May (PDF press release: http://www.publicityworkspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jppdf.pdf). Not only does NUBC own and operate these Jolly Pumpkin locations as well as the Jolly Pumpkin bottled beers, they also own the rights to bottle the beers made by Ann Arbor’s Grizzly Peak brewpub and North Peak in Traverse City.

    As for the beers, as a frequent GP patron I can tell you that the Grizzly Peak does not currently sell beers by those names. Whether they’re entirely new recipes or simply renamed old recipes I’m not sure. I do know that Jolly Pumpkin which specializes in open-air sour beer brewing is going to be selling an all-new line of non-sour beer in time for the opening of its Ann Arbor pub. Whether that line is the above beers is something I sadly can’t answer yet.

    One other curiosity that I don’t yet understand is whether NUBC also owns several restaurants previously started by its owners: Blue Tractor (in Ann Arbor, BBQ and southern food, as well as a few of their own beers), Café Habana (in Ann Arbor, cuban food), and the Bastone (in Royal Oak, MI, mostly European food with their own beers as well).

    Comment by Phil Dokas — August 5, 2009 #

  8. Superior.

    Comment by Jeff — August 6, 2009 #

  9. Most Canadian beer used to come in the stubby bottles until the shift to Euro-style bottles not too many years ago. Good to see them again. Fit nicely in a jacket pocket.

    Comment by Lindsey Thomas Martin — September 23, 2009 #

  10. I live about 2 blocks for North Peak in Traverse City. Actually bought the Wheat Ale today. Love the design. They recently just started to appear in stores about 2 weeks ago.

    Comment by Kiki — November 14, 2009 #