Events List

We take pride in our sustainability, initiatives, especially the ones that allow us the opportunity to partner with urban farms, community gardens & groups that are inspiring sustainable growth within their local communities.

We believe that creating productive green spaces within urban environments is one of the most impactful ways to further positive change. This includes cleaning up abandoned & vacant lots, rebuilding healthy soil, harvesting rainwater, supporting wildlife & local pollinators, planting trees or gardens & growing healthy, organic & accessible produce for local communities, often creating jobs & stimulating the local economy.

This Earth Day (4/22) we will be partnering with & raising funds for 15 different non-profit organizations doing just that. Hopcat Royal Oak is partnering Michigan Urban Farming Initiative.

Participating breweries will donate $1 of every pint sold to Michigan Urban Farming Initiative, in which HopCat will match, up to $300. 

The first Wednesday of every month, we’ll search our cellar and tap one of the rarest beers we have. Every Banger will be tapped at open, and will run until its gone!

Real smoked pig heads give it the smokey flavor. There is no smoked malt in this recipe. The beer that put Right Brain on the map. A rich and chocolaty porter brewed with real smoked pig heads and bones. Not for vegetarians! You simply have to experience this beer and describe it to your friends. 2011 Gold Medal Winner for Best Experimental Beer at the Great American Beer Festival®.

Right Brain Brewing Co. // Mangalitsa Pig Porter // American Stout w/ Smoked Pig Heads // 7% ABV

It seems like only yesterday our building was under construction and everyone was wondering what was coming to Royal Oak. We weren’t sure who or what was moving in, only that it was something big. Since then, hundreds of different beers have passed through this builing, thousands of orders of Crack Fries have been served and we couldn’t be happier to serve the beer obsessed Royal Oak community. Keeping with the love of our city, we are dipping into the cellar to pull out some of our favorite beers from the some of our favorite breweries that have been behind us since day one. Come enjoy some of the  finest beers we saved in our collection and help us look back on our first year and look forward to the many more to come!

-Commemorative Grand Opening Glassware Giveaway for first 25 guests of the day

Beer List (Continued)

-Deschutes Black Butte XXIX // Bourbon & Rum BA American Porter w/ Turbinado Sugar, Dutched Cocoa Powder, Cinnamon & Cayenne // 12%

-De Proefbrouwerij & New Glarus Brewing’s ABTsolution // Belgian Strong Dark Ale w/ Lactose // 9%

-Vandermill’s BA Totally Roasted // BBA Traditional Hard Apple Cider w/ Cinnamon, Pecan & Vanilla // 6.9%

-Wolverine Massacre // BBA Imperial Dark Lager // 13%

-Lakefront’s Brandy BA Cherry Lager // Brandy BA American Lager // 10.7%

-Arbor’s Mafka // Mixed-Fermentation Sour Ale w/ Oak Staves // 5%

-New Holland’s Dragons Milk Reserve: Mocha Mint // Bourbon BA American Imperial Stout w/ Peppermint, Chocolate & Coffee // 11%

-Nebraska’s Mélange A Trois // Chardonnay BA Belgian-Style Blonde Ale // 11.3%